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HFA Advantage Overview Video

Watch our new video and discover how HFA Advantage expands homeownership opportunities for very low-, low, and moderate-income borrowers.

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We’ve compiled Freddie Mac’s most current affordable and equitable housing research, insights, and thought leadership in one convenient place. Click any of the links below to explore more about how we can work together to help aspiring homebuyers overcome barriers and achieve responsible, sustainable homeownership.

NEW! Case Study

Read about Southeast Texas Housing Finance Corporation’s (SETH) success with DPA One®.

NEW! 2024 Cost to Originate Study

Review our latest study that explores cost to originate trends, indicators of top performing lenders and solutions like Loan Product Advisor® that boost the bottom line.

CreditSmart®

CreditSmart® is a suite of educational resources designed to empower consumers with the skills and knowledge to assist them through every stage of their financial capability and homeownership journey.

Making Home Possible – and Sustainable

Learn more about our efforts to providing stability and sustainability to the housing finance system, so it continues to work for current and future generations.

Making Good on Our Duty to Serve

Gain insight into our road map for identifying housing challenges in underserved markets and finding opportunities to make home possible for low- to middle-income homebuyers and renters.

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DPA One®

DPA One is a free, online resource developed for housing professionals. DPA One is designed to help you quickly find, understand, and match down payment assistance (DPA) programs for borrowers who need financial assistance to purchase a home.

Standardized Subordinate Lien Documents

Standardized Subordinate Lien Documents

Access standardized subordinate mortgage documents that local and state housing finance agencies (HFAs) can offer their participating lenders and other housing providers to increase clarity and consistency around down payment assistance (DPA) programs.

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HFA Advantage®

The Freddie Mac HFA Advantage® mortgage is a conventional mortgage product available exclusively to housing finance agencies (HFAs) seeking strategic solutions to diversify their product offerings and portfolio mix.

Affordable Solutions

Affordable Solutions Spotlight

Explore this guide to Freddie Mac affordable solutions and discover the insights, educational tools, mortgage solutions, business and technology capabilities and resources that you can use to make home possible.

October Loan Product Advisor Releases

Resources and Learning

Review our catalog of release notes, updates, feedback messages and training opportunities.

Affordable Lending Training

Affordable Lending Training

Check out these available resources to help you leverage our affordable lending solutions.

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Housing and Economic Research

Original research and analysis on housing trends, the economy and the mortgage market.

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Equitable Housing

See how Freddie Mac, and you, can help to advance homeownership and increase generational wealth building in communities of color.

Housing Finance Agencies: A Key Partner in Equitable Housing

Different stakeholders within the mortgage and housing industry play a role in decreasing barriers to homeownership. Kasey Kier, Assistant Commissioner at Minnesota Housing, and Tamela Thurman, Director, Freddie Mac's Single-Family Equitable Housing Team discuss ways to address the array of complex issues communities of color face in attaining, sustaining and building wealth through homeownership.

Home Starts Here Podcast

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Date: 12/3/2024 Time: 2:00 pm - 3:30 pm Type:Webinar Event:Condominium Project Eligibility Requirements for HFAs

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