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The HPSI takes information regarding consumers’ confidence in the real estate market from \u003Cem>Fannie Mae\u003C\u002Fem>’s \u003Cstrong>National Housing Survey\u003C\u002Fstrong> and condenses it into a single number. Therefore, the HPSI reflects consumers’ current views and forward-looking expectations of housing market conditions.","","blog","https:\u002F\u002Ffiles.simplifyingthemarket.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2019\u002F08\u002F08152958\u002F20190812-Share-KCM.jpg","\u003Cem>Fannie Mae\u003C\u002Fem> just released the July edition of their \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.fanniemae.com\u002Fportal\u002Fmedia\u002Fcorporate-news\u002F2019\u002Fjuly-home-purchase-sentiment-index-6908.html\">Home Purchase Sentiment Index\u003C\u002Fa> (HPSI). The HPSI takes information regarding consumers’ confidence in the real estate market from \u003Cem>Fannie Mae\u003C\u002Fem>’s \u003Cstrong>National Housing Survey\u003C\u002Fstrong> and condenses it into a single number. Therefore, the HPSI reflects consumers’ current views and forward-looking expectations of housing market conditions.\u003C!--more-->\r\n\r\n\u003Cstrong>Great News!\u003C\u002Fstrong> The index reached its highest level since \u003Cem>Fannie Mae\u003C\u002Fem> began their survey. Breaking it down, the report revealed:\r\n\u003Cul>\r\n \t\u003Cli>The share of Americans who say it is a good time to buy a home increased from the same time last year.\u003C\u002Fli>\r\n \t\u003Cli>The share of those who say it is a good time to sell a home increased from the same time last year.\u003C\u002Fli>\r\n \t\u003Cli>The share of Americans who say they are not concerned about losing their job over the next 12 months increased dramatically (16 percentage points) from the same time last year.\u003C\u002Fli>\r\n \t\u003Cli>The share of Americans who say mortgage rates will go down over the next 12 months increased dramatically (24 percentage points) from the same time last year.\u003C\u002Fli>\r\n\u003C\u002Ful>\r\nThe day after the index was released, \u003Cem>Freddie Mac\u003C\u002Fem> also announced the 30-year fixed-rate mortgage rate fell to its lowest level in three years.\r\n\r\nDoug Duncan, \u003Cem>Senior Vice President and Chief Economist\u003C\u002Fem> at \u003Cem>Fannie Mae\u003C\u002Fem> explained the uptick in the index:\r\n\u003Cblockquote>\u003Cem>“Consumer job confidence and favorable mortgage rate expectations lifted the HPSI to a new survey high in July, despite ongoing housing supply and affordability challenges. 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