Fannie Mae's National Housing Survey shows there's greater optimism about the future, but fewer than 1 in 5 consumers thought August was a good time to buy a home
Affordability challenges will limit growth in home sales to 0.5% this year — to just 4.78M — before surging to 5.19M in 2025, according to the latest housing forecast from Fannie Mae economists
Fannie Mae’s monthly National Housing Survey shows many Americans may be underestimating the odds that mortgage rates will continue to pull back from 2024 peaks
Employers added 353,000 workers to their payrolls in January, a 'head scratching' jobs report from the Labor Department that kills prospects for a March rate cut 'stone dead,' economist says
Demand for purchase loans picked up last week as would-be homebuyers took advantage of rates that are still a full percentage point lower than 2023 highs, MBA lender surveys show
A record number of consumers surveyed by Fannie Mae expect mortgage rates to keep falling, a 'significant shift' in expectations that could free homeowners from the so-called 'lock-in effect'
Employers added 199,000 workers to their payrolls in November, a sign that the economy may achieve a soft landing but making Fed spring rate cuts less likely
Fannie Mae researchers say rising mortgage rates aren't the only reason homeowners have been reluctant to sell, and that a decline in rates won't necessarily produce a flood of for-sale listings
With home prices propped up by scarce inventory and mortgage rates showing few signs of easing, only 19% of Americans surveyed by Fannie Mae thought May was a good time to buy
Fannie Mae survey shows sentiment ticked up slightly in March with consumers becoming more confident about homeselling conditions and less worried about losing their jobs
Only 24% of consumers think now is a good time to buy a home — the lowest reading ever recorded in a monthly survey conducted by Fannie Mae since 2010