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Single-Family Home Prices Rise in Q2

Fannie Mae's latest Home Price Index reveals home prices grew 3% year-over-year in Q2, and while demand remained resilient, competition heated up for the near-historically limited supply of existing homes for sale.

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Housing Market Confidence Remained Flat in June

“Confidence in the housing market appears to have plateaued at a relatively low level, suggesting that many consumers may be coming to terms with elevated mortgage rates and high home prices,” said Doug Duncan, Fannie Mae SVP and Chief Economist.

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Serving the Underserved

Fannie Mae’s recap of its Environmental, Social, and Governance efforts in 2022 details how the GSE acquired mortgages supporting 1.2 million single-family home purchases nationwide, nearly half of which were for first-time homebuyers.

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Mortgage Rates Shift Direction, Trend Upward

After a three-week slide, Freddie Mac reports the fixed-rate mortgage rose four basis points week-over-week, and despite affordability headwinds, buyers have driven new home sales to levels seen in more than 12 months.

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New Single-Family Home Sales Hit 15-Month High

The U.S. Census Bureau and HUD have found that new, single-family home sales were at a seasonally-adjusted annual rate of 763,000 in May 2023, 12.2% above April 2023’s rate of 680,000 marking the highest level reported since February 2022.

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Advancing Latino Homeownership and Housing Stability

Latino homeownership lagged 22 percentage points behind white homeownership in 2021 and experienced significantly higher mortgage denial rates than their white counterparts, according to Fannie Mae’s new Latino Housing Journey. Click through for more on the disparities Latino households face and policy solutions that could increase homeownership opportunities.

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