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Washington, D.C. – The Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) today reported that the National Average Contract Mortgage Rate for the Purchase of Previously Occupied Homes by Combined Lenders, used as an index in some adjustable-rate mortgage (ARM) contracts, was 3.35 percent based on loans closed in...

Washington, D.C. – The Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) today released its November 2012 Refinance Report, which shows that Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac have reached a new milestone and refinanced more than 2 million loans through the Home Affordable Refinance Program (HARP). In November alone...

​Joint Release​ Department of Housing and Urban Development Federal Housing Finance Agency​​ ​ Washington, D.C. – U.S. Housing and Urban Development Secretary Shaun Donovan, who serves as President Obama’s Chairman of the Hurricane Sandy Rebuilding Task Force, and Federal Housing Finance Agency...

Washington, D.C. – The Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) today reported that the National Average Contract Mortgage Rate for the Purchase of Previously Occupied Homes by Combined Lenders, used as an index in some adjustable-rate mortgage (ARM) contracts, was 3.29 percent based on loans closed in...

Washington, D.C. – U.S. house prices rose 0.6 percent on a seasonally adjusted basis from October to November, according to the Federal Housing Finance Agency’s monthly House Price Index (HPI). The previously reported 0.5 percent increase in October was revised upward to a 0.6 percent increase. For...

Washington, D.C. – Beginning Wednesday, Jan. 23, 2013, the Federal Housing Finance Agency will release its monthly and quarterly House Price Index (HPI) at 9 a.m. EST. Release dates for the 2013 quarterly and monthly HPI are: ​Date Release ​Type Latest ​Included Data ​ January 23, 2013 ​Monthly...

​Joint Release​ Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation Federal Housing Finance Agency​ National Credit Union Administration​ Office of the Comptroller of the Currency​ ​ Washington, D.C. – Six federal financial...

Washington, D.C. – Federal Housing Finance Agency Acting Director Edward J. DeMarco today announced the appointment of Sandra Thompson as Deputy Director of the Division of Housing Mission and Goals. Thompson will oversee FHFA’s housing and regulatory policy, financial analysis, and policy research...

Washington, D.C. – Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac completed more than 134,000 foreclosure prevention actions in the third quarter of 2012, bringing the total foreclosure prevention actions to more than 2.5 million since the start of conservatorship in 2008 with nearly 1.3 million of those actions being...

Washington, D.C. – The Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) today reported that the National Average Contract Mortgage Rate for the Purchase of Previously Occupied Homes by Combined Lenders, used as an index in some adjustable-rate mortgage (ARM) contracts, was 3.36 percent based on loans closed in...