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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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March 28, 2025

Mortgage Rates Expected to Move Lower in 2025 and 2026

Mortgage rates are now expected to end 2025 and 2026 at 6.3 percent and 6.2 percent, respectively, downward revisions of three-tenths for each, according to the March 2025 commentary from the Fannie Mae Economic and Strategic Research (ESR) Group.

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March 7, 2025

Consumer Housing Sentiment Down Year over Year for First Time Since 2023

The Fannie Mae (FNMA/OTCQB) Home Purchase Sentiment Index® (HPSI) decreased 1.8 points in February to 71.6, driven largely by consumers’ increased pessimism that mortgage rates will go down in the next year.

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).

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August 8, 2024

Opportunities Exist to Offer Digital Verification Tools to More Homebuyers
Brooke Smith
Brooke Smith

Senior Manager, Single-Family Digital Solutions

Li-Ning Huang
Li-Ning Huang

Principal, Economic and Strategic Research — Market Research

Earlier this year, we surveyed recent homebuyers to better understand adoption rates and overall experiences with digital technology.

July 25, 2024

Fannie Mae Research Highlights the Impact of Tangled Titles
Tim Carpenter
Tim Carpenter

Senior Director – Community Impact

Last year we partnered with the Housing Assistance Council (HAC) to estimate the prevalence of residential heirs' property on a national scale.

July 9, 2024

Mortgage Lenders Cite Talent Management and Cost-Cutting as Top Priorities
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Douglas Duncan

Executive Advisor, Senior Vice President

We recently surveyed over 200 senior mortgage executives via the MLSS to better understand lenders' top business priorities for the year and how they may differ from prior years.

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