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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.​

 

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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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May 21, 2025

Home Sales Forecast Upgraded in May Outlook

Total single-family home sales are expected to close 2025 at 4.92 million units, with existing home sales accounting for 4.24 million of those units, according to the May 2025 Economic and Housing Outlook from the Fannie Mae Economic and Strategic Research (ESR) Group.

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June 9, 2025

Fannie Mae Publishes May 2025 National Housing Survey Results

Fannie Mae today published the results of its May 2025 National Housing Survey® (NHS), which includes the Home Purchase Sentiment Index® (HPSI), a measure of consumer sentiment toward housing. Month over month, the HPSI increased 4.3 points to 73.5.

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April 17, 2025

Home Price Growth Remains Steady in First Quarter

Single-family home prices increased 5.2 percent from Q1 2024 to Q1 2025, largely unchanged from the previous quarter's year-over-year growth pace of 5.3 percent, according to the latest reading of the Fannie Mae Home Price Index (FNM-HPI).

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October 19, 2023

Devang Doshi
Devang Doshi

Senior Vice President, Capital Markets - Single-Family Products

Kathleen Pagliaro
Kathleen Pagliaro

Vice President, Credit Risk Transfer

Rob Schaefer
Rob Schaefer

Vice President, Credit Risk Transfer

Thanks to the dedication and support from our investor, reinsurer, and broker-dealer partners, together we've built a broad and liquid market for U.S. mortgage credit.

October 4, 2023

Peter Ghavami
Peter Ghavami

VP, Modeling and Data Science

In 2018, Fannie Mae surveyed senior mortgage executives to better understand lenders' views on AI/ML. This year, we re-surveyed mortgage lenders to assess how their views and experiences may have changed.

July 20, 2023

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Douglas Duncan

Executive Advisor, Senior Vice President

Mortgage lenders cited "cost-cutting" as their most important business priority for the second year in a row, according to Fannie Mae's Mortgage Lender Sentiment Survey® (MLSS). Additionally, lender sentiment toward the U.S.

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