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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 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...

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    Total Refinance Volume Ticks Up Slightly in Third Quarter

    ​Washington, D.C. – The Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) today reported that more than 362,934 refinances were completed in the third quarter of 2017, compared with 356,707 in the second quarter. FHFA's third quarter Refinance Report also shows that more than 6,913 loans were refinanced through...

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    FHFA Announces Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac Will Re-enter LIHTC Market

    Washington, D.C. – The Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) today announced that Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac (the Enterprises) will be allowed limited re-entry into the Low Income Housing Tax Credit (LIHTC) market as equity investors, effective immediately. The LIHTC, established in the Tax Reform...

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    FHFA Releases 2017 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 2017. For the...

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    FHFA Index Shows Mortgage Rates Decreased in September

    Washington, D.C. – Nationally, interest rates on conventional purchase-money mortgages decreased from August to September, 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 4...

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    FHFA House Price Index Up 0.7 Percent in August

    Washington, D.C. – U.S. house prices rose in August, up 0.7 percent from the previous month, according to the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) seasonally adjusted monthly House Price Index (HPI). The previously reported 0.2 percent increase in July was revised upward to 0.4 percent. The FHFA...

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    Preferred Language Question to be Added to the Redesigned Uniform Residential Loan Application

    Washington, D.C. – The Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) today announced its decision to add a preferred language question to the redesigned Uniform Residential Loan Application (URLA). This question will enable borrowers who prefer to communicate in a language other than English to identify...

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    Pregunta sobre el lenguaje de preferencia será añadida a la solicitud rediseñada del Préstamo Hipotecario Residencial Uniforme

    Washington, D.C. – La Agencia Federal de la Financiación del Hogar (FHFA por sus siglas en inglés) anunció hoy su decisión de añadir una pregunta sobre el lenguaje de preferencia a la solicitud rediseñada del Préstamo Hipotecario Residencial Uniforme. La pregunta va a permitir a los prestatarios, si...

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    FHFA Issues 2016 Report to Congress on Guarantee Fees

    Washington, D.C. – As required by the Housing and Economic Recovery Act of 2008, the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) today released its annual report on the single-family guarantee fees charged by Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac (the Enterprises). The report discusses guarantee fees charged in 2016...