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Announcements, publications, and news releases covering regulatory changes, policy updates, reports, news, initiatives, and the performance of the Enterprises in the housing finance sector.

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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...

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    FHFA Releases New Strategic Plan and Scorecard for Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac

    ​​​Washington, D.C. – The Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) today released a new Strategic Plan for the Conservatorships of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac and a new 2020 Scorecard for Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, and Common Securitization Solutions. The Strategic Plan provides a framework for how FHFA...

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    FHFA Announces Key Hires

    Washington, D.C. – ​The Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) today announced that Jonathan McKernan will join FHFA as Senior Counsel for Policy. Also, Raphael “Raffi” Williams recently joined the Agency as its Press Secretary and Senior Communications Advisor. McKernan comes to FHFA from the U.S...

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    Mortgage Translations Clearinghouse Now Includes Chinese and Spanish Language

    ​ ​​ Washington, D.C . – (October 23, 2019) – The Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA), Freddie Mac (OTCQB:FMCC), and Fannie Mae (FNMA/OTCQB) today announced the addition of the traditional Chinese language resources to the Mortgage Translations clearinghouse. These enhancements to the existing...