All Posts Tagged With: "FHFA"
Real Estate: What Really Happened To Home Prices
We’re not going to restore the housing market without solid factual evidence to suggest that home prices have started to turn around. A good source for such evidence is the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA), the government body that now oversees Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. In figures release yesterday, FHFA tells us that in [...]
26Aug2009 | Peter G. Miller | 0 comments | Continued
The Untold Story Behind Fannie Mae & Freddie Mac
The government is out with new foreclosure prevention numbers from Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. According to the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA), the headline is that “FANNIE MAE AND FREDDIE MAC LOAN MODIFICATIONS UP BY MORE THAN 50 PERCENT IN FIRST QUARTER, MONTHLY PAYMENTS REDUCED FOR HOMEOWNERS.” We then learn that “Fannie Mae and [...]
24Jun2009 | Peter G. Miller | 1 comment | Continued
Can This Be? Home Prices Are up?
I wouldn’t take this as the last word, but the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) is reporting that home values nationwide rose in .7 percent from January to February. “U.S. home prices rose 0.7 percent on a seasonally-adjusted basis from January to February, according to the Federal Housing Finance Agency’s monthly House Price Index. January’s [...]
23Apr2009 | Peter G. Miller | 2 comments | Continued
