Perspectives

April 18, 2023

Jake Williamson

Senior Vice President, Single-Family Collateral Risk Management

We continue appraiser engagement and oversight as part of our commitment to fostering an effective, efficient, and impartial home valuation process for homebuyers and homeowners in America.

April 5, 2023

Katrina Jones

Vice President of Housing Equity Strategy & Impact

We are launching new initiatives that we believe, in time, could have a significant impact on the upfront costs of housing, on accessibility to mortgage credit, and on housing stability, for years to come.

February 9, 2023

Kevin Tillmann

Market Research Lead Associate, Economic & Strategic Research Group

Eric Brescia

Economist, Economic & Strategic Research Group

With wage growth failing to keep up with the pace of inflation over the past year, many households feel increasingly burdened paying for necessities such as gas, food, medical bills, and housing payments.

November 18, 2022

John Thibaudeau

Vice President, Single-Family Real Estate Asset Management

Rachel Zimmerman

Market Research Advisor, National Housing Survey Lead

For potential homebuyers, obtaining multiple mortgage quotes may not be as exciting as searching for the physical home itself, but research has shown that "shopping around" with different lenders for the best possible mortgage terms can result in significant savings.

October 31, 2022

While the United States does indeed have a national shortage of affordable housing, every state and city's path to addressing it is relatively unique, and the tools and tactics used to create badly needed new housing supply will have to be tailored.