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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 Third Quarter Foreclosure Prevention Report Shows Foreclosure Preventions Top 3.9 Million

    Washington, D.C. – The Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) today released its third quarter Foreclosure Prevention Report, which shows that Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac (the Enterprises) completed 41,465 foreclosure prevention actions in the third quarter of 2017, bringing the total number of...

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    FHFA Issues Request for Input on Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac Credit Score Requirements

    PageContent Washington, D.C. – The Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) today issued a Request for Input (RFI) to obtain feedback about the operational and competition considerations of changing Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac’s (the Enterprises) current credit score requirements. The credit scores...

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    FHFA Publishes Fannie Mae's and Freddie Mac's Underserved Markets Plans for Duty to Serve Program

    Washington, D.C. – The Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) today published Fannie Mae's and Freddie Mac's (the Enterprises) Underserved Markets Plans for 2018-2020 under the Duty to Serve program. The Plans become effective January 1, 2018. FHFA issued a final rule on December 13, 2016 to...

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    FHFA Releases Further Data on Non-performing Loan Sales

    Washington, D.C. – The Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) today released its fourth report providing information about the sale of non-performing loans (NPLs) by Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac (the Enterprises). The Enterprise Non-Performing Loan Sales Report includes information about NPLs sold...

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    FHFA Updates Progress on the Single Security Initiative and Common Securitization Platform

    Washington, D.C. – The Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) today published An Update on Implementation of the Single Security Initiative and the Common Securitization Platform detailing progress toward further implementation of the Common Securitization Platform (CSP) and launch of a single...

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    FHFA Index Shows Mortgage Rates Decreased in October

    Washington, D.C. – Nationally, interest rates on conventional purchase-money mortgages decreased from September to October, according to several indices of new mortgage contracts. The National Average Contract Mortgage Rate for the Purchase of Previously Occupied Homes by Combined Lenders Index was...

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    U.S. House Prices Rise 1.4 Percent in Third Quarter

    Washington, D.C. – U.S. house prices rose 1.4 percent in the third quarter of 2017 according to the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) House Price Index (HPI). House prices rose 6.5 percent from the third quarter of 2016 to the third quarter of 2017. FHFA's seasonally adjusted monthly index for...

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    FHFA Announces Maximum Conforming Loan Limits for 2018

    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 2018. In most of the U.S., the 2018 maximum conforming loan limit for one-unit properties will be $453,100, an increase from...

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    FHFA Updates Progress on Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac Credit Risk Transfer Programs

    Washington, D.C. – The Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) today issued a Credit Risk Transfer Progress Report describing the status and volume of credit risk transfer transactions through the second quarter of 2017. The Report provides a comprehensive picture of how Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac...

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    FHFA Announces 2018 Multifamily Lending Caps For Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac

    PageContent Washington, D.C. – The Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) today announced that the 2018 multifamily lending caps for Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac (the Enterprises) will be $35 billion for each Enterprise, down from $36.5 billion in 2017. The caps are based on projections of the overall...