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November 21, 2024

Recent Rate Run-Up Expected to Keep Existing Home Sales Near Historic Lows Through 2025

Existing home sales are now expected to rise only 4 percent next year from a 2024 pace that is on track for a nearly 30-year low, according to the November 2024 commentary from the Fannie Mae Economic and Strategic Research (ESR) Group.

November 19, 2024

Fannie Mae Announces 2025 Benchmark Securities Issuance Calendar

The 2025 Benchmark Securities Calendar identifies at least one calendar day per month for a Fannie Mae Benchmark Notes® announcement.

November 8, 2024

Moving to the Country: Unpacking the Persistent Increase in Rural Housing Demand Since the Pandemic

The confluence of increased demand for space, opportunities to work remotely, and historically low interest rates during the COVID-19 pandemic had a substantial effect on the geography of housing demand.

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Housing Perspectives

July 25, 2024

Fannie Mae Research Highlights the Impact of Tangled Titles
Tim Carpenter
Tim Carpenter

Senior Director – Community Impact

Last year we partnered with the Housing Assistance Council (HAC) to estimate the prevalence of residential heirs' property on a national scale.

July 9, 2024

Mortgage Lenders Cite Talent Management and Cost-Cutting as Top Priorities
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Douglas Duncan

Executive Advisor, Senior Vice President

We recently surveyed over 200 senior mortgage executives via the MLSS to better understand lenders' top business priorities for the year and how they may differ from prior years.

June 6, 2024

Benefiting Borrowers with a Creative MBS Disclosure Solution
Devang Doshi
Devang Doshi

Senior Vice President, Capital Markets - Single-Family Products

Nick Sapirie
Nick Sapirie

Fannie Mae Vice President, Capital Markets – Single-Family Products

Bryant Bednarek
Bryant Bednarek

Advisor, Capital Markets - Single-Family Products

The emergence of a pay-up for labeled social MBS securities has the potential to improve access to credit for the universe of Mission Index-eligible borrowers in the same way that the low balance spec pay-up supports lending to lower balance borrowers.

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