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In our rapidly shifting housing industry, expertise and insight are critical.

Fannie Mae’s market intelligence helps you understand changes in the housing and economic environment today and what it might signal for tomorrow. Our expert economists, analysts, and strategists study every major aspect of housing and the economy and publish their research findings in timely forecasts, analyses, and detailed reports.​

 

About the ESR Group

Our Economic and Strategic Research (ESR) Group of economists, analysts, and strategists study every major aspect of housing and the economy.

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December 16, 2024

Housing Market Unlikely to Thaw in 2025 Due to Affordability Challenges and ‘Lock-in Effect’

Affordability and the so-called “lock-in effect” are expected to keep housing activity subdued in 2025, with existing home sales forecast to move only slightly upward from recent multi-decade lows, according to the December 2024 commentary from the Fannie Mae Economic and Strategic Research (ESR) Group.

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December 9, 2024

Consumer Housing Sentiment Up Significantly Year over Year

The Fannie Mae Home Purchase Sentiment Index® (HPSI) increased 0.4 points in November to 75.0, continuing its sharp upward trend over the past year as consumers appear to be acclimating to the higher mortgage rate and home price environment.

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October 15, 2024

Home Price Growth Slows but Remains Robust

Single-family home prices increased 5.9 percent from Q3 2023 to Q3 2024, a deceleration compared to the previous quarter’s downwardly revised annual growth rate of 6.4 percent, according to the latest reading of the Fannie Mae Home Price Index (FNM-HPI).

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October 21, 2022

Testing Our Ability to Knock Down Barriers
Katrina Jones
Katrina Jones

Vice President of Housing Equity Strategy & Impact

Fannie Mae is committed to finding new ways to make homeownership more affordable, more fair, and more achievable for all people.

August 17, 2022

A Proposed Methodology for Single-Family Social Disclosure
Laurel Davis
Laurel Davis

Senior Vice President – Environment, Social, and Governance (ESG)

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

The proposed methodology aims to provide investors with insights into socially oriented lending in a creative and unique way that is designed to help preserve the confidentiality of the mortgage consumer's personal information.

July 27, 2022

Lenders Cite Cost-Cutting as Top 2022 Business Priority
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Douglas Duncan

Executive Advisor, Senior Vice President

Mortgage lenders' business priorities shifted significantly this past quarter compared to prior years, according to Fannie Mae's Mortgage Lender Sentiment Survey® (MLSS), with cost-cutting now the most frequently cited business priority.

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