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Fannie Mae raises forecast for multifamily housing production
Fannie Mae’s August economic forecast projects lower GDP growth for the rest of 2021, partially offset by higher GDP growth for Q1 2022. Their...
Fannie Mae lowers near-term GDP growth forecast
Fannie Mae’s July economic and housing forecast projects a flattening of the GDP growth curve in 2021, with lower growth in Q2 but higher...
Forecasts say higher inflation is coming
A pair of forecasts, one from Fannie Mae and one from the Federal Reserve anticipate that a period of significantly higher inflation than had...
Fannie Mae introduces sponsor-initiated affordability incentives for multifamily borrowers
Fannie Mae announced that it is offering Sponsor-Initiated Affordability (SIA) incentives for multifamily borrowers through its network of Delegated Underwriting and Servicing (DUS) lenders...
Fannie Mae forecasts higher near-term growth
Fannie Mae issued its February forecasts for the economy and for housing. They predict slightly higher growth in 2021 but slightly lower growth in...
Fannie Mae Multifamily has completed $1.5 billion of LIHTC investments since 2018
Fannie Mae announced that since its return to the Low-Income Housing Tax Credit equity (LIHTC) market in 2018, it has provided $1.5 billion of...
Fannie Mae updates 2021 and 2022 forecasts
Fannie Mae recently revised its economic outlook for 2021. The new forecast predicts significantly higher growth over the next two years than their last...
Fannie Mae advances market readiness for new index rate
Fannie Mae highlighted the achievement of key milestones, as it continues advancing the mortgage market's readiness for the anticipated future cessation of LIBOR. Through external engagement,...
Fannie Mae announces new measures to support residential tenants
Fannie Mae has remained committed to assisting residential tenants in Fannie Mae-financed multifamily rental housing who are facing financial hardship due to the COVID-19...
U.S. economic growth expectations largely unchanged as lockdown restrictions ease
Despite substantial revisions to the components constituting real GDP, headline growth expectations on a quarterly and full-year basis were only slightly changed compared to...
Fannie Mae provides assistance to help renters impacted by COVID-19 stay in their apartments
Fannie Mae wants to help ensure families who are renting in multifamily properties are able to remain in their apartments during these unprecedented times....
Resilience of U.S. economy tested by COVID-19 outbreak and oil price shock
According to the latest commentary from the Fannie Mae Economic and Strategic Research (ESR) Group, the COVID-19 (coronavirus) outbreak and sharp decline in oil prices...
Building a strong foundation for a housing recovery
The federal government, which now owns or guarantees some 37 million mortgages because of the Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac bailouts, is forced to...
Fannie Mae focuses on affordable housing
While there are 15.2 million occupied multifamily rentals in the U.S., Fannie Mae reports that market conditions suggests that number will not meet the...
Fannie and Freddie: cool heads prevail warn regulators
The mortgage buyers, now controlled by the government, and their regulator, the Federal Housing Finance Agency, are "facing challenging times," the agency's head Edward...
