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FHFA Announces Deemed-Issuance Ratio for 2020
Washington, D.C. – The Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) today announced the deemed-issuance ratio for the 2020 calendar year in accordance with Internal Revenue Service (IRS) guidelines on the trading of the Uniform Mortgage-Backed Security (UMBS). The IRS Revenue Procedure 2018-54 provides...
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U.S. House Prices Rise 1.1 Percent in Third Quarter; Up 4.9 Percent from Last Year
Washington, D.C. – U.S. house prices rose in the third quarter of 2019, up 1.1 percent according to the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) House Price Index (HPI). House prices rose 4.9 percent from the third quarter of 2018 to the third quarter of 2019. FHFA's seasonally adjusted monthly index...
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FHFA Announces Maximum Conforming Loan Limits for 2020
Washington, D.C. – The Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) today announced the maximum conforming loan limits for mortgages to be acquired by Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac in 2020. In most of the U.S., the 2020 maximum conforming loan limit for one-unit properties will be $510,400, an increase from...
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FHFA Announces Key Hires
Washington, D.C. – The Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) today announced that Thaya Knight recently joined FHFA as Senior Counsel for Policy and Regulation, and that Lydia Mashburn joined the Agency as Deputy Chief of Staff. Knight comes to FHFA from the Securities and Exchange Commission...
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FHFA Will Re-propose Enterprise Capital Rule in 2020
Washington, D.C. – Today, the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) announced plans to re-propose the entire regulation on capital requirements (Capital Rule) for Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac (the Enterprises) sometime in 2020. “The 2018 Capital Rule was proposed before FHFA began the process of...
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FHFA Releases 2019 Performance and Accountability Report
Washington, D.C. – The Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) today released its Performance and Accountability Report, which details FHFA's activities as regulator of the Federal Home Loan Bank System and as regulator and conservator of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac during fiscal year 2019. For the...
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FHFA Extends Deadline on Request for Input on Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac UMBS Pooling Practices
Washington, D.C. – The Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) today announced that it will extend, from Dec. 19. 2019 to Jan. 21, 2020 the deadline for interested parties to provide input on potential changes to Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac Uniform Mortgage-Backed Security (UMBS) pooling practices...
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FHFA Updates Progress on Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac Credit Risk Transfer Programs
PageContent Washington, D.C. – The Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) today issued its semi-annual Credit Risk Transfer Progress Report describing the status and volume of credit risk transfer (CRT) transactions through the second quarter of 2019. The Report provides a comprehensive picture of...
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FHFA Issues Request for Input on Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac UMBS Pooling Practices
Washington, D.C. — The Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) today issued a Request for Input (RFI) about Fannie Mae’s and Freddie Mac’s (the Enterprises’) pooling practices for the formation of “To-Be-Announced” (TBA)-eligible Uniform Mortgage-Backed Securities (UMBS). FHFA is also seeking...
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Agencies Propose Rule to Amend the Swap Margin Rule
Joint Release Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System Farm Credit Administration Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation Federal Housing Finance Agency Office of Comptroller of the Currency Five federal agencies today announced a proposal to change the swap margin rules to facilitate the...