Tag Archives: FHFA

Time is winding down on the FHFA’s Home Affordable Refinance Program, the number of borrowers completing refinances through the program is winding down also.

The GSEs' national conforming loan limit has remained unchanged for 10 years. How would raising that limit affect origination volumes?

The FHFA announces the issuance of proposed amendments to its Minority and Women Inclusion regulations. What other actions are industry leaders pursuing to further diversity and inclusion?

The FHFA spells out what it hopes to accomplish through the agencies it regulates (Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, and the Federal Home Loan Banks) in the Agency's FY2017 Annual Performance Plan.

The debate around Property Assessed Clean Energy (PACE) programs is heating up with the Federal Housing Administration (FHA) announcement permitting FHA-insured mortgages on some PACE-assessed properties.

The number of mortgage loans backed by Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac that refinanced reversed course in July, declining after three months of gains as mortgage rates hover slightly above record lows.

The FHFA's conservatorship of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, which were intended to be temporary, reached their eight-year anniversary on Tuesday, September 6.

The FHFA announced on Thursday that it will extend its Home Affordable Refinance Program (HARP) another nine months, and the agency will also be offering a new streamlined refinancing option for high LTV borrowers.

Under severely adverse economic conditions applied by the Dodd-Frank Stress Tests, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac are projected to need another taxpayer-funded bailout.

The FHFA's annual report on the progress of the GSEs' guarantee fees found that the fees are more stable due to lower credit risk on new acquisitions.