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October 9, 2023

Elevated Mortgage Rates Push Housing Sentiment Even Lower

The Fannie Mae Home Purchase Sentiment Index® (HPSI) decreased by 2.4 points in September to 64.5, as elevated mortgage rates further dampened already-pessimistic consumer housing sentiment.

October 3, 2023

Fannie Mae Announces Partnership with Pulsenomics to Produce Home Price Expectations Survey

Fannie Mae announced today a partnership with Pulsenomics LLC, an independent research and consulting firm, to produce the quarterly Home Price Expectations Survey (HPES) beginning this month.

September 28, 2023

Fannie Mae Releases August 2023 Monthly Summary

The monthly summary report contains information about Fannie Mae’s monthly and year-to-date activities.

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Housing Perspectives

June 5, 2019

Consumers Continue to Overestimate Mortgage Requirements

Despite increased exposure to credit scores and online resources, consumer understanding about what it takes to qualify for a mortgage has not improved since our original study in 2015, potentially discouraging willing and qualified Americans from taking steps toward homeownership. We see an…

June 3, 2019

The Intriguing Future of Appraisal Careers

Real estate appraisals have long been an integral component of buying and selling a home, and they continue to be an important part of the mortgage process. We at Fannie Mae employ appraisers, and our lender partners engage them to provide a professional opinion of market value of a home, which…

April 22, 2019

Mortgage Lenders Look to Leverage New Technologies to Gain Competitive Advantages

Mortgage lenders view Application Programming Interfaces (APIs) and Optical Character Recognition (OCR) as the top two technologies with the greatest potential to help improve or streamline processes, according to Fannie Mae’s Q1 2019 Mortgage Lender Sentiment Survey® (MLSS). Ease of technology…

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