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News Releases Archive (OFHEO)

+ 2008
- 2007
  December 27 OFHEO Announces Third Quarter 2007 Minimum and Risk-Based Capital Classification for Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac; Reaffirms Fannie Mae Q1-2 2007 as Adequately Capitalized
  December 21 OFHEO Announces Myrtle Habersham as Associate Director for New Management Planning Office
  December 19 OFHEO's FY 2008 Performance Plan
  December 5 OFHEO Announces Chris Dickerson as Director of Supervision
  November 29 House Prices Weaken Further in Most Recent Quarter; First Quarterly Price Decline for U.S. since 1994
  November 27 2008 Conforming Loan Limit $417,000
  November 26 Conforming Loan Limit Letters to Enterprises
  November 15 OFHEO Releases 2007 Performance and Accountability Report
  November 8 Letter from OFHEO Director James B. Lockhart to New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo
  November 6 Consent Order Issued in Action Against Former Freddie Mac Chairman and CEO Leland C. Brendsel
  October 16 No Decline in 2008 Conforming Loan Limit; Additional Comments Sought on a Revised Loan Limit Guidance; New Mortgage Market Note on Historical Trends in Conforming Loan Limit
  October 16 Historical Trends in the Conforming Loan Limit: Mortgage Market Note 07-2
  October 11 OFHEO Announces Proposed Rule for Loss Severity Calculations Under the Risk-Based Capital Regulation
  September 27 OFHEO Announces Second Quarter 2007 Minimum and Risk-Based Capital Classification for Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac; Reaffirms Fannie Mae Q1-4 2006 as Adequately Capitalized
  September 27 Consent Order Issued In Action Against Former Freddie Mac Chief Financial Officer
  September 17 OFHEO Provides Flexibility on Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac Mortgage Portfolios
  September 11 OFHEO Announces Retirement of Supervision Director Leonard Reid
  September 10 OFHEO Director James B. Lockhart Commends GSEs on Implementation of Subprime Mortgage Lending Guidance
  September 6 OFHEO Letter of 9/6/07 to Honorable Charles E. Schumer Re: Keeping Mortgage Credit Available
  September 6 Portfolio Caps and Conforming Loan Limits: Mortgage Market Note 07-1
  August 30 U.S. House Prices Slow; OFHEO House Price Index Shows Smallest Quarterly Increase Since 1994
  August 1 OFHEO Releases Working Paper 07-5 "Zero Down Payment Mortgage Default"
  July 25 OFHEO Releases "A Note on the Differences between the OFHEO and S&P/Case-Shiller House Price Indexes"
  July 20 Comments on OFHEO's Proposed Guidance on Conforming Loan Limit Calculations Posted
  June 29 OFHEO Releases Working Paper 07-3 "Subordinated Debt Issuance by Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac"
  June 29 OFHEO Releases Working Paper 07-4 "Signals from the Markets for Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac Subordinated Debt"
  June 28 OFHEO Announces First Quarter 2007 Minimum and Risk-Based Capital Classification for Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac; Reaffirms Fannie Mae Q1-4 2005 as Adequately Capitalized
  June 25 OFHEO Releases “Mortgage Markets and the Enterprises in 2006”
  June 20 OFHEO Releases Conforming Loan Limit Guidance for Comment
  June 6 OFHEO Releases Working Paper 07-2 - "Home Improvements and Appreciation Rates Reflected in the OFHEO House Price Index"
  June 6 OFHEO Releases Working Paper 07-1 - "Securitized Jumbo Mortgages: 1986 - 2005"
  May 31 U.S. House Price Appreciation Rate Remains Slow, But Positive; OFHEO House Price Index Shows Four-Quarter Declines in Two States
  April 10 OFHEO Releases Annual Report to Congress
  March 30 OFHEO Announces Fourth Quarter 2006 Minimum and Risk-Based Capital Classification for Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac; Reclassifies Fannie Mae Q1-3 2002, 2003 and 2004 as Significantly Undercapitalized and Reaffirms Freddie Mac Q1-3 2006 as Adequately Capitalized
  March 1 U.S. House Price Appreciation Rate Steadies
  February 20 OFHEO Concurs with Fannie Mae Board Remedial Actions Regarding Former and Current Employees
  February 5 OFHEO Receives $66 Million in President's FY 2008 Budget Request; Assessment of Agency Shows Need for Legislation
  January 26 OFHEO Adopts Supervision Handbook
 
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