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Kevin Tillmann

Lead Associate, Economic and Strategic Research — Market Research
Kevin Tillmann

Kevin Tillmann is a Lead Associate on the Market Insights Team in Fannie Mae’s Economic and Strategic Research Group. In this role, he focuses on survey research involving consumer attitudes and behaviors via Fannie Mae’s monthly National Housing Survey. He also conducts quantitative and qualitative topical research involving natural disaster risk, housing mobility, and technology. Kevin joined Fannie Mae in 2020.

Prior to Fannie Mae, Kevin managed consumer research at AvalonBay Communities, a large multifamily real estate investment trust, which builds and operates apartment communities in most of the largest U.S. rental markets.

Kevin has a B.A. in sociology from The University of Virginia.

Surveys and Indices Researcher

Surveys and Indices Researcher

Develops surveys and monitors market developments to provide insights on forces shaping the housing market.

All surveys and indices 

Research by Kevin Tillmann

March 10, 2025

What's Driving the Increasing Importance Consumers Place on Their Homes
Kevin Tillmann
Kevin Tillmann

Lead Associate, Economic and Strategic Research — Market Research

In our latest National Housing Survey® analysis, we explore how consumers' perceptions of the overall value of their home have changed based on new needs and utilization, and how changing needs might impact future homebuying decisions.

February 7, 2025

Overall Housing Sentiment Ticks Higher Despite Consumers’ Growing Affordability Concerns
Kevin Tillmann
Kevin Tillmann

Lead Associate, Economic and Strategic Research — Market Research

The Fannie Mae Home Purchase Sentiment Index® (HPSI) increased 0.3 points in January to 73.4, bouncing back slightly after falling last month for the first time since July.

January 7, 2025

Housing Sentiment Finishes 2024 Higher Despite December Dip
Kevin Tillmann
Kevin Tillmann

Lead Associate, Economic and Strategic Research — Market Research

The Fannie Mae Home Purchase Sentiment Index® (HPSI) decreased 1.9 points in December to 73.1 but remained substantially higher than year-ago levels due in part to ongoing mortgage rate optimism.

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