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Nuno Mota

Senior Manager, Economic and Strategic Research — Economics
Nuno Mota.

Nuno Mota is an economist on the Foundational Research Team in Fannie Mae’s Economic and Strategic Research Group. His research focuses on real estate finance topics related to natural disaster risk and housing affordability. Most recently, he conducted research on the impacts of flood damage on mortgage performance and home sales and on how flood risk information disclosure impacts home prices.

Nuno has also published research related to mortgage closing costs and home purchase appraisals. His work has been published in the Journal of Urban Economics, the Journal of Housing Economics, and the Journal of Real Estate Finance and Economics. He joined Fannie Mae in 2015.

Nuno has an M.S. in economics from Iowa State University and a Ph.D. in economics from Syracuse University.

Research by Nuno Mota

August 2, 2024

Fannie Mae Updates Demographic Projections
William McClain
William McClain

Lead Associate, Economic and Strategic Research — Economics

Nuno Mota.
Nuno Mota

Senior Manager, Economic and Strategic Research — Economics

We provide an overview of the methodology and our outlook regarding projected growth in total households, owner households, and renter households over the 2023-2032 time period.

May 29, 2024

Mortgage Performance and Home Sales for Damaged Homes Following Hurricane Harvey
Nuno Mota.
Nuno Mota

Senior Manager, Economic and Strategic Research — Economics

Mark Palim
Mark Palim

Senior Vice President and Chief Economist

We analyze loan performance and property transactions following Hurricane Harvey using a novel dataset with property-specific flood insurance and claim information. Using insurance claims to proxy for damages we find that both short-term delinquency and forbearance take-up are positively associated…

February 21, 2024

The Impact of 2019 Changes to Texas' Flood Disclosure Requirements on House Prices
William McClain
William McClain

Lead Associate, Economic and Strategic Research — Economics

Nuno Mota.
Nuno Mota

Senior Manager, Economic and Strategic Research — Economics

This paper examines the impact of a 2019 change to Texas' real estate disclosure law that introduced requirements to disclose when a property is in a moderate risk flood zone and increased the prominence of all flood-related disclosures.

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