Public Use Databases

Public Use Database - Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac

The Public Use Database (PUDB) is released annually to meet FHFA’s requirement under 12 U.S.C. 4543 and 4546(d) to publicly disclose data about the Enterprises’ single-family and multifamily mortgage acquisitions. The datasets supply mortgage lenders, planners, researchers, policymakers, and housing advocates with information concerning the flow of mortgage credit in America’s neighborhoods. Beginning with data for mortgages acquired in 2018, FHFA has ordered that the PUDB be expanded to include additional data that is the same as the data definitions used by the regulations implementing the Home Mortgage Disclosure Act, as required by 12 U.S.C. 4543(a)(2) and 4546(d)(1).

The PUDB single-family datasets include loan-level records that include data elements on the income, race, and gender of each borrower as well as the census tract location of the property, loan-to-value (LTV) ratio, age of mortgage note, and affordability of the mortgage. New for 2018 are the inclusion of the borrower’s debt-to-income (DTI) ratio and detailed LTV ratio data at the census tract level. The PUDB multifamily property-level datasets include information on the unpaid principal balance and type of seller/servicer from which the Enterprise acquired the mortgage. New for 2018 is the inclusion of property size data at the census tract level. The multifamily unit-class files also include information on the number and affordability of the units in the property. Both the single-family and multifamily datasets include indicators of whether the purchases are from “underserved” census tracts, as defined in terms of median income and minority percentage of population.

Prior to 2010 the single-family PUDB consisted of three files: Census Tract, National A, and National B files. With the 2010 PUDB a fourth file, National C, was added to provide information on high-cost mortgages acquired by the Enterprises. The single-family Census Tract file includes information on the location of the property based on the 2010 Census for acquisition years 2012 through 2021, and the 2020 Census beginning with the 2022 acquisition year. The National files contain other information but lack detailed geographic information in order to protect Enterprise proprietary data. The multifamily datasets also consist of a Census Tract file, and a National file without detailed geographic information.

FHFA PUDB Orders and Federal Register Notices

https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2010-07-15/pdf/2010-17119.pdf

https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2011-09-28/pdf/2011-24791.pdf

https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2020-06-03/pdf/2020-11819.pdf

Privacy and Proprietary Determination Matrices

Datasets

Single-Family Mortgage-Level Owner-Occupied 1-Unit Properties (National File A)
2023 Data (zip) / Dictionary (pdf) / Previous Years

Single-Family Unit-Level Properties (1-4), includes Renter-Occupied 1-Unit Properties (National File B)
2023 Data (zip) / Dictionary (pdf) / Previous Years

Single-Family Mortgage-Level Properties, high-cost single-family mortgages purchased and securitized by the Enterprises (National File C)
2023 Data (zip) / Dictionary (pdf) / Previous Years

Single-Family Census Tract File
2023 Freddie Mac Data (zip) / 2023 Fannie Mae Data (zip) /2023 GSE Data (zip) / Dictionary (pdf) / Previous Years

Multifamily National File, All Multifamily properties by Unit and Mortgages
2023 Data (zip) / Property Level Dictionary (pdf) / Unit Class Level Dictionary (pdf) / Previous Years

Multifamily Census Tract File
2023 Data (zip) / Dictionary (pdf) / Previous Years

Public Use Database - Federal Home Loan Bank System

HERA Section 1212 requires the Director to make available to the public, in a form that is useful to the public (including forms accessible electronically), and to the extent practicable, census tract level data relating to mortgages purchased by each Federal Home Loan Bank.

The contents of these files are unaudited and are reported directly by the Federal Home Loan Banks to FHFA. Questions concerning the content of these files should be directed to the relevant Federal Home Loan Bank(s).

Dataset

FHLBank Public Use Database
2023 CSV / 2023 Excel / 2023 Definitions / Previous Years

Enterprise Multifamily Public Use Database Dashboard

The Enterprise Multifamily Public Use Database (PUDB) Dashboard provides users an interactive way to generate and visualize Enterprise PUDB data of multifamily mortgage acquisitions by Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. It shows characteristics about multifamily loans, properties and units at the national level, and characteristics about multifamily loans and properties at the state level. It includes key statistics, time series charts, and state maps of multifamily housing characteristics such as median loan amount, number of properties, average number of units per property, and unit affordability. The underlying aggregate statistics presented in the dashboard come from three multifamily data files in the Enterprise PUDB, updated annually since 2008, including two property-level datasets and a data file on the size and affordability of individual units.

Mortgage Loan and Natural Disaster Dashboard

FHFA published an interactive Mortgage Loan and Natural Disaster Dashboard that combines FHFA’s PUDB reports on single-family and multifamily acquisitions for the regulated entities, FEMA’s National Risk Index (NRI), and FHFA’s Duty to Serve 2023 High-Needs rural areas. Desired geographies can be exported to .pdf and Excel from the Public Use Database and National Risk Index Dashboard.

FHFA Stats Blog

Mortgage Loan and Natural Disaster Dashboard Blog Post

Contact

Questions or comments may be directed to pudbdata@fhfa.gov.

Page Last Updated: September 18, 2024