This annual report describes FHFA's accomplishments, as well as challenges, the agency faced in meeting the strategic goals and objectives during the past fiscal year.
Read about the agency’s 2016 examinations of Fannie Mac, Freddie Mac and the Home Loan Bank System.
Submit comments and provide input on FHFA Rules Open for Comment by clicking on Rulemaking and Federal Register.
Goal: Help restore confidence, enhance capacity to fulfill mission, and mitigate systemic risk that contributed directly to instability in financial markets.
MAINTAIN foreclosure prevention activities and credit availability, REDUCE taxpayer risk, and BUILD a new single-family securitization infrastructure. Read more in the 2016 Scorecard and Conservatorships Strategic Plan.
Plans and Reports
FHFA experts provide reliable data, including all states, about activity in the U.S. mortgage market through its House Price Index, Refinance Report, Foreclosure Prevention Report, and Performance Report.
HARP - the Home Affordable Refinance Program was created by FHFA specifically to help homeowners current on their mortgage payments, but underwater on their mortgages.
FHFA economists and policy experts provide reliable research and policy analysis about critical topics impacting the nation’s housing finance sector. Meet the experts...
Key Topics pages provide information about FHFA's work on a range of issues facing the nation and highlight the most relevant related news releases, reports, statements and web pages on the respective topics.
The Honorable Melvin L. Watt of Charlotte, NC sworn in on January 6, 2014 to a 5-year term as the first Senate-confirmed Director of FHFA.
Read more about Director Watt
Existing contracts with the Freddie Mac remain in effect. United States federal law overrides any right of Freddie Mac’s counterparties to these contracts (including any "qualified financial contracts") to exercise any right to accelerate, terminate, liquidate or net such contracts solely by reason of the appointment of the conservator.
Under the conservatorship, Freddie Mac continues to have the authority to enter into new contracts and the enforceability of such new contracts is not affected by the appointment of the conservator.
Existing contracts with the Fannie Mae remain in effect. United States federal law overrides any right of Fannie Mae’s counterparties to these contracts (including any "qualified financial contracts") to exercise any right to accelerate, terminate, liquidate or net such contracts solely by reason of the appointment of the conservator.
Under the conservatorship, Fannie Mae continues to have the authority to enter into new contracts and the enforceability of such new contracts is not affected by the appointment of the conservator.
September 7, 2008
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