Perspectives

December 18, 2020

Douglas Duncan

Executive Advisor, Senior Vice President

The COVID-19 pandemic has had a particularly severe impact on renters, minorities, and lower-income households according to the third quarter National Housing Survey®, as the overall results indicate broad financial and employment repercussions due to the virus.

October 20, 2020

Jodi Horne

Director, Single-Family Collateral Risk Management

Fannie Mae surveyed senior mortgage executives to better understand lender perspectives on market trends and to identify opportunities to streamline or enhance policy and process requirements in order to more effectively and efficiently manage condo project risks.

October 16, 2020

Malloy Evans

Senior Vice President, Single-Family Chief Credit Officer

Steve Holden

Senior Vice President, Single-Family Analytics

The COVID-19 health pandemic has had far-reaching effects across the globe. In this crisis, Fannie Mae’s job is to responsibly keep those impacted by the pandemic in their homes wherever possible.

September 10, 2020

Renee Schultz

Senior Vice President for Capital Markets

We recently completed the issuance of our sixth “green” single-family mortgage-backed security transaction backed by loans financing newly constructed, energy efficient homes. 

September 1, 2020

Jaclene Begley

Economist, Fannie Mae

Xiaodi Li

Doctoral Fellow, NYU Furman Center

In recent years, household income has not kept pace with housing demand. Housing costs as a share of income, or housing affordability, is a key concern for many households, particularly in urban areas.