FHFA: Deemed-Issuance Ratio for Trading of Uniform Mortgage-Backed Securities Announced for 2025
Ratio changes to 51 Percent Fannie Mae and 49 Percent Freddie Mac The Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) today announced the deemed-issuance ratio for the 2025 calendar year in accordance with Internal Revenue Service (IRS) guidelines on the trading of the Uniform Mortgage-Backed Security (UMBS). The deemed-issuance-ratio will be used for diversification reporting on the bonds ultimately…
FHFA: Conforming Loan Limit Values for 2025 Announced for Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac
The baseline CLL value of $806,500 for one-unit mortgages purchased by the Enterprises represents a 5.2 percent increase from 2024 The Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) today announced the conforming loan limit values (CLLs) for mortgages acquired by Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac (the Enterprises) in 2025. In most of the United States, the 2025…
FHFA: U.S. House Prices Rise 4.3 Percent over the Prior Year; Up 0.7 Percent from the Second Quarter of 2024
U.S. house prices rose 4.3 percent between the third quarter of 2023 and the third quarter of 2024, according to the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) House Price Index (FHFA HPI®). House prices were up 0.7 percent compared to the second quarter of 2024. FHFA’s seasonally adjusted monthly index for September was up 0.7 percent from August. “U.S. house price growth…
FHFA: Enterprises’ Three-Year Plans Unveiled to Improve Housing Opportunities for the Underserved
Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac will expand their focus on rural communities among other activities outlined in blueprints aimed at advancing equitable housing access in markets and communities facing persistent challenges. Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac (the Enterprises) will seek to extend housing access in rural underserved markets, enhance their support for manufactured housing, and…
FHFA: Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac Expand Support for Rental Housing
The Federal Housing Finance Agency announced higher caps for 2025 that allow the Enterprises to purchase up to $146 billion in multifamily loans and will continue to exempt workforce housing from the limit The Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) will allow greater rental housing support from Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac (the Enterprises) by raising…
FHFA: FY 2024 Performance and Accountability Report Released
The Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) today released its annual 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 2024. For the sixteenth consecutive year, FHFA received an unmodified audit opinion on its…
FHFA: FHLB Bank Parnterships with Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac Announced to Expand Housing Access for Tribal Communities
The Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) today announced two partnerships involving Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, and Federal Home Loan Banks (FHLBanks) to boost awareness and liquidity for programs that expand housing access for tribal communities. In one partnership, the FHLBank of Des Moines will promote a Freddie Mac mortgage product intended to improve credit access…
CDFI Fund: U.S. Department of the Treasury’s CDFI Fund and Federal Housing Finance Agency Collaborate to Bolster CDFI Access to Capital
Today, the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Community Development Financial Institutions Fund (CDFI Fund) and the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) announced the establishment of a Working Group to increase capital for affordable housing lending from the Federal Home Loan Banks. The group will advance the Biden-Harris Administration’s priority of expanding the supply of affordable…
FHFA: House Price Index Up 0.3 Percent in August 2024; Up 4.2 Percent from Last Year
U.S. house prices rose 0.3 percent in August, according to the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) seasonally adjusted monthly House Price Index (HPI®). House prices rose 4.2 percent from August 2023 to August 2024. The previously reported 0.1 percent price increase in July was revised upward to 0.2 percent. For the nine census divisions, seasonally adjusted monthly price changes…
FHFA: HUD and FHFA Expand Scope of Public Appraisal Data to Ensure Fairer Home Appraisals
The Federal Housing Finance Agency released its latest update of the Uniform Appraisal Dataset (UAD) that now includes appraisal data on loan applications submitted to the Federal Housing Administration The Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) and U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) today jointly released new appraisal data from loan applications on single-family…