Archive of Freddie Mac's "Special Commentary
from the Office of the Chief Economist" featuring analyses of
key issues affecting the mortgage marketplace
December 2005
- "W(h)ither Home Values?" by Frank
Nothaft, Chief Economist
August 2005
- "Investing in a Second… The Rise of Investor and Second-Home Purchases" by Frank
Nothaft, Chief Economist
May 2005
- "Financing Homes for an Increasingly Diverse America" by Frank
Nothaft, Chief Economist
April 2005
- "Freddie Mac Supports Macroeconomic Stability" by Frank Nothaft,
Chief Economist
February 2005
- "Hybrids and Discounts Are Hot" by Frank Nothaft, Chief Economist
December 2004
- "Greater U.S. Home, Other Efficiencies Help Mute Effect of Recent High
Energy Costs" by Frank Nothaft, Chief Economist
November 2004
- "Investor Activity...Has It Been Driving Home Values Up?" by Frank
Nothaft, Chief Economist
June 2004
- "The Next Decade for Mortgage Finance" by Frank Nothaft, Chief
Economist
May 2004
- "Making Sense Out of Monthly Housing Starts" by Frank Nothaft, Chief Economist
May 2004
- "Bubbles? What Bubbles?" by Amy Crews Cutts, Freddie Mac's Deputy
Chief Economist and Frank Nothaft, Chief Economist
April
2004 - "Do Permits Lead Starts?"
by Frank Nothaft, Chief Economist
February 2004
- "Productivity Takes the Wheel, Driving Economic Growth" by Frank
Nothaft, Chief Economist
December
2003 - "As Economy Picks Up, Rental Market Slowly Improves"
by Frank Nothaft, Chief Economist
September 2003
- "Will Interest Change Lead to Higher ARM Share?" by Frank Nothaft,
Chief Economist
August
2003 - "Home Equity ‘Wealth Effect’ Fuels Consumer Spending" by Frank
Nothaft, Chief Economist
July
2003 - "Homeownership Rate Now Approaching 70 Percent" by Frank
Nothaft, Chief Economist
May
2003 - "Celebrating the Anniversary
of Revolutionary Concepts" by Frank
Nothaft, Chief Economist
April
2003 - "Economic Battles: A
Look at War and the U.S. Economy" by
Frank Nothaft, Chief Economist
March
2003
- "Freddie
Mac's Chief
Economist Gives
'Top Five'
List"
by Frank Nothaft,
Chief Economist
February
2003 - "Nothaft Weighs Economic
Implications of Tax Cut" by Frank Nothaft,
Chief Economist
