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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

July 19, 2022

Expect the Unexpected: Green Upgrades and Home Repair Costs
Kevin Tillmann
Kevin Tillmann

Lead Associate, Economic and Strategic Research — Market Research

Late last year, we leveraged our National Housing Survey® to ask homeowners about their interest in "green" home improvements, as well as the financial costs associated with making home repairs generally.

July 7, 2022

Consumers Appear Increasingly Frustrated by Housing Market, Larger Economy
Kevin Tillmann
Kevin Tillmann

Lead Associate, Economic and Strategic Research — Market Research

The Fannie Mae Home Purchase Sentiment Index® (HPSI) decreased 3.4 points in June to 64.8, its second-lowest reading in a decade.

June 7, 2022

Would-Be Homebuyers Feeling Squeeze of Higher Home Prices and Mortgage Rates
Kevin Tillmann
Kevin Tillmann

Lead Associate, Economic and Strategic Research — Market Research

The Fannie Mae Home Purchase Sentiment Index® (HPSI) remained relatively flat in May, decreasing by only 0.3 points but inching nearer its 10-year- and pandemic-low of 63.0 from April 2020

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