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FHFA Reports Mortgage Interest Rates, March 2011
Washington, D.C. – The Federal Housing Finance Agency 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 4.84 percent based on loans closed in March. This is an increase of 0...
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U.S. Monthly House Price Index Declined 1.6 Percent from January to February
Washington, D.C. – U.S. house prices declined 1.6 percent on a seasonally adjusted basis from January to February, according to the Federal Housing Finance Agency’s monthly House Price Index. The previously reported 0.3 percent decrease in January was revised to a 1.0 percent decrease. For the 12...
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Agencies Seek Comment on Swap Margin and Capital Requirements
Joint Release Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System Farm Credit Administration Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation Federal Housing Finance Agency Office of the Comptroller of the Currency Five federal agencies are seeking comment on a proposed rule to establish margin and...
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Agencies Seek Comment on Risk Retention Proposal
Joint Release Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System Department of Housing and Urban Development Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation Federal Housing Finance Agency Office of the Comptroller of the Currency Securities and Exchange Commission Washington, D.C. – Six federal agencies...
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Agencies Seek Comment on Proposed Rule on Incentive Compensation
Joint Release Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation Federal Housing Finance Agency National Credit Union Administration Office of the Comptroller of the Currency Office of Thrift Supervision Securities and Exchange Commission Washington, D.C....
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FHFA Reports Mortgage Interest Rates, February 2011
Washington, D.C. – The Federal Housing Finance Agency 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 4.79 percent based on loans closed in February. This is an increase of...
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Agencies Announce Consideration of Risk Retention Notice of Proposed Rulemaking
Joint Release Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System Department of Housing and Urban Development Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation Federal Housing Finance Agency Office of the Comptroller of the Currency Securities and Exchange Commission The staffs of the Office of the Comptroller...
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U.S. Monthly House Price Index Declined 0.3 Percent from December to January
Washington, D.C. – U.S. house prices declined 0.3 percent on a seasonally adjusted basis from December to January, according to the Federal Housing Finance Agency’s monthly House Price Index. The previously reported 0.3 percent decrease in December was revised downward to a 1.0 percent decrease. For...
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FHFA Extends Refinance Program by One Year, 2011
Washington, D.C. – Federal Housing Finance Agency Acting Director Edward J. DeMarco has announced an extension of the Home Affordable Refinance Program (HARP), a refinancing program administered by Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, to June 30, 2012. The program was set to expire on June 30 of this year...
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Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac Foreclosure Prevention Actions Double from 2009
Washington, D.C. – The total number of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac completed foreclosure prevention actions in 2010 more than doubled from one year earlier, according to the FHFA’s Fourth Quarter 2010 Foreclosure Prevention & Refinance Report. Although loan modifications declined for the second...