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Research Guides

Real Estate: Mortgage/Finance

Associations

American Bankers Association
The American Bankers Association brings together banks of all sizes and charters into one association.
Mortgage Bankers Association
Provides extensive access to mortgage industry related data and news. Find financial news and commentary, forecasts, special reports, issue papers, CREF industry data and information on interest rates. Must register.
Commercial Mortgage Securities Association
Commercial Mortgage Securities Association, the international trade association dedicated to promoting the ongoing strength, liquidity and viability of commercial real estate capital market finance, acts as a legislative and regulatory advocate, playing a vital role in setting industry standards for the global commercial mortgage markets.

Mortgage & Financing Statistics

Average Mortgage Rate
Produced by Freddie Mac. Weekly primary mortgage market survey of 30 year fixed, 15 year fixed, 5/1 year arm, 1 year arm.
Mortgage Purchase Application Index
This subscription-based survey contains 15 indices covering application activity for fixed rate, adjustable rate, conventional and government loans for home purchases and refinances.

Resources

Bankrate.com
Bankrate, Inc. is the Web's leading aggregator of financial rate information. Bankrate.com, provides free rate information to consumers on more than 300 financial products, including mortgages, credit cards, new and used automobile loans, money market accounts, certificates of deposit, checking and ATM fees, home equity loans and online banking fees.
Fannie Mae
Fannie Mae is a government-sponsored enterprise (GSE) chartered by Congress with a mission to provide liquidity, stability and affordability to the U.S. housing and mortgage markets. Fannie Mae operates in the U.S. secondary mortgage market. Rather than making home loans directly to consumers, they work with mortgage bankers, brokers and other primary mortgage market partners to help ensure they have funds to lend to home buyers at affordable rates.
Federal Housing Administration
The Federal Housing Administration, generally known as "FHA", is the largest government insurer of mortgages in the world, insuring over 35 million properties since its inception in 1934. A part of the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), FHA provides mortgage insurance on single-family, multifamily, manufactured homes and hospital loans made by FHA-approved lenders throughout the United States and its territories.
Federal Reserve Board
The Federal Reserve provides a wealth of economic and market data. Through the statistical releases locate daily interest rates for U.S. government securities and private money markets. In addition check out the Economic Research and Data section for historical data, surveys, and working papers. The Federal Reserve has tweleve district banks. Check out the websites for the district banks for additional financial and economic data.
Freddie Mac
Freddie Mac, one of America's biggest buyers of home mortgages, is a stockholder-owned corporation chartered by Congress in 1970 to keep money flowing to mortgage lenders in support of homeownership and rental housing.
Ginnie Mae
Ginnie Mae guarantees investors the timely payment of principal and interest on MBS backed by federally insured or guaranteed loans — mainly loans insured by the Federal Housing Administration (FHA) or guaranteed by the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA).
HSH Associates Financial Publishers
This commercial site is the nation's largest publisher of mortgage and consumer loan information.
HUD - U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development
Provides access to over 800 datasets on housing related issues.
United States Department of Veterans Affairs--Home Loans
The VA Loan Guaranty Service is the organization within the Veterans Benefits Administration, charged with the responsibility of administering the home loan program.