Research and Insights
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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The expertise and insight of our market research offers you a broader view of the current environment and can help inform your decisions.
January 22, 2025
Higher Mortgage Rates Likely to Keep Existing Home Sales Near Multi-Decade Lows
The recent jump in the 10-year Treasury yield and the resulting rise in mortgage rates are expected to continue to weigh on existing home sales in the near future, likely keeping them at or near their lowest level since 1995, according to the January 2025 commentary from the Fannie Mae Economic and Strategic Research (ESR) Group.
February 7, 2025
Overall Housing Sentiment Ticks Higher Despite Consumers’ Growing Affordability Concerns
The Fannie Mae Home Purchase Sentiment Index® (HPSI) increased 0.3 points in January to 73.4, bouncing back slightly after falling last month for the first time since July.
January 14, 2025
Home Price Growth Reaccelerates in Fourth Quarter
Single-family home prices increased 5.8 percent from Q4 2023 to Q4 2024, an acceleration from the previous quarter’s downwardly revised annual growth rate of 5.4 percent, according to the latest reading of the Fannie Mae Home Price Index (FNM-HPI).
More perspectives
October 29, 2024
Fannie Mae's and Freddie Mac's Mission Index disclosures provide insights into mission-oriented lending activities underlying our Single-Family mortgage-backed securities (MBS).
October 22, 2024
We surveyed over 200 senior mortgage executives to gather insights from lenders about opportunities to simplify and standardize closing cost line-item descriptions.
August 29, 2024
In the rapidly evolving residential real estate landscape, there is a resounding demand to continue modernizing the property valuation process.
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