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Washington, D.C. – U.S. house prices fell modestly in the fourth quarter of 2011 according to the Federal Housing Finance Agency’s (FHFA) seasonally adjusted purchase-only House Price Index (HPI). The HPI, calculated using home sales price information from Fannie Mae- and Freddie Mac-acquired...

Washington, D.C. – Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) Acting Director Edward J. DeMarco today sent to Congress a strategic plan for the next phase of the conservatorships of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac (the Enterprises). The plan builds on the Acting Director’s February 2010 letter to Congress on...

Washington, D.C. – The Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) today announced the first step of a Real-Estate Owned (REO) Initiative targeted to hardest-hit metropolitan areas announced in August 2011. Investors interested in participating may "pre-qualify" to establish eligibility to bid on...

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 ARM contracts, was 4.15 percent based on loans closed in December. This is a...

Washington, D.C. – U.S. house prices rose 1.0 percent on a seasonally adjusted basis from October to November, according to the Federal Housing Finance Agency’s monthly House Price Index. The previously reported 0.2 percent decrease in October was revised downward to reflect a 0.7 percent decrease...

Washington, D.C. – In response to a request from members of Congress, the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) has publicly disclosed the analysis that led the agency to exclude principal forgiveness from its menu of loss mitigation tools. On Friday, FHFA delivered to Representative Cummings...

Washington, D.C. – U.S. house prices fell 0.2 percent on a seasonally adjusted basis from September to October, according to the Federal Housing Finance Agency’s monthly House Price Index. The previously reported 0.9 percent increase in September was revised downward to reflect a 0.4 percent...

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 ARM contracts, was 4.22 percent based on loans closed in November. This is an...

Washington, D.C. – The Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) today said it will extend implementation dates for a key component of the Uniform Mortgage Data Program (UMDP) announced in May 2010, known as the Uniform Loan Delivery Dataset (ULDD). Industry participants have demonstrated continued...

Washington, D.C. – The Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA), on its own behalf and as Conservator for Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac (the Enterprises), has filed a lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois against the city of Chicago to prevent enforcement of the city’s...