The Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) announced updates to several appraisal policies related to Fannie Mae (OTCQB: FNMA) and Freddie Mac (OTCBQ: FMCC). The government-sponsored enterprises (GSEs) will expand eligibility for appraisal waivers and inspection-based...
The Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) has introduced new national datasets on price trends for manufactured homes. The new data release for manufactured homes includes purchase-only as well as all-transactions house price indexes. Both datasets will measure...
The Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) announced the government-sponsored enterprises Fannie Mae (OTCMKTS: FNMA) and Freddie Mac (OTCMKTS: FMCC) are updating their Private Mortgage Insurer Eligibility Requirements (PMIERs). The GSEs first issued their PMIERs in...
The Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) announced its conditional approval for Freddie Mac (OTCQB: FMCC) to engage in a limited pilot to purchase certain single-family closed-end second mortgages. The conditional approval follows FHFA’s first publication of a...
The Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) has issued a Request for Input (RFI) regarding the mission of the Federal Home Loan Bank (FHLBank) System. According to the regulator, the RFI is seeking public comments in three categories of questions: Updating the...