The Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) is an independent federal regulator established in 2008 that supervises Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, and the Federal Home Loan Bank System. FHFA provides publicly accessible data APIs and datasets covering house price indexes (FHFA HPI), mortgage market surveys, conforming loan limits, National Mortgage Database (NMDB) aggregate statistics, Public Use Databases (PUDB) for Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, Uniform Appraisal Dataset (UAD) statistics, and GSE performance and duty-to-serve data. Data is available in CSV, JSON, XML, and Excel formats with open public access under FHFA's API Terms of Service.
Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) publishes 7 APIs on the APIs.io network. Tagged areas include Housing Finance, House Price Index, Mortgage, Government, and Government-Sponsored Enterprise.
The Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) catalog on APIs.io includes 1 JSON-LD context.
Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA)’s developer surface includes support, code examples, documentation, engineering blog, and 20 more developer resources.
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The FHFA House Price Index (HPI) is a comprehensive, publicly available dataset measuring changes in single-family home values across all 50 states and over 400 American cities,...
The National Mortgage Database (NMDB) is a nationally representative, longitudinal database of residential mortgages providing aggregate statistics on outstanding residential mo...
The FHFA Enterprise Public Use Database (PUDB) provides loan-level data on single-family and multifamily mortgages acquired by Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, as well as data on Fed...
FHFA publishes annual conforming loan limit (CLL) values establishing the maximum mortgage amounts that Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac may purchase. Data is available at the county ...
The FHFA Uniform Appraisal Dataset (UAD) Aggregate Statistics provide data on residential appraisals submitted to Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, covering appraisal values, property...
FHFA's agency data catalog, published as a Project Open Data v1.1 (DCAT-US) JSON-LD document at https://www.fhfa.gov/data/data.json. 39 datasets and 50 distributions covering th...
The FHFA House Price Index distributed as bulk files over anonymous HTTPS GET. The master series at https://www.fhfa.gov/hpi/download/monthly/hpi_master.json returns 186,011 obs...
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tags:
- Housing Finance
- House Price Index
- Mortgage
- Government
- Government-Sponsored Enterprise
- Fannie Mae
- Freddie Mac
- Federal
tags_raw:
- Housing Finance
- House Price Index
- Mortgage
- Government
- GSE
- Fannie Mae
- Freddie Mac
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created: '2026-06-13'
modified: '2026-06-13'
specificationVersion: '0.23'
description: The Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) is an independent federal regulator established in 2008 that supervises
Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, and the Federal Home Loan Bank System. FHFA provides publicly accessible data APIs and datasets
covering house price indexes (FHFA HPI), mortgage market surveys, conforming loan limits, National Mortgage Database (NMDB)
aggregate statistics, Public Use Databases (PUDB) for Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, Uniform Appraisal Dataset (UAD) statistics,
and GSE performance and duty-to-serve data. Data is available in CSV, JSON, XML, and Excel formats with open public access
under FHFA's API Terms of Service.
apis:
- aid: fhfa:fhfa-house-price-index-api
name: FHFA House Price Index (HPI) API
tags:
- House Price Index
- Housing
- CSV
- JSON
- XML
humanURL: https://www.fhfa.gov/data/hpi
properties:
- url: https://www.fhfa.gov/data/hpi
type: Documentation
- url: https://www.fhfa.gov/data/hpi/datasets
type: Datasets
- url: https://www.fhfa.gov/hpi/download/monthly/hpi_master.csv
type: DataDownloadCSV
- url: https://www.fhfa.gov/hpi/download/monthly/hpi_master.xml
type: DataDownloadXML
- url: https://www.fhfa.gov/sites/default/files/2023-09/HPI_dictionary.xls
type: DataDictionary
- url: https://www.fhfa.gov/data/hpi/summary-tables
type: SummaryTables
- url: https://www.fhfa.gov/hpi-calculator
type: Calculator
description: The FHFA House Price Index (HPI) is a comprehensive, publicly available dataset measuring changes in single-family
home values across all 50 states and over 400 American cities, with data extending back to the mid-1970s. The HPI uses
a weighted repeat-sales methodology based on tens of millions of home sales and is available in CSV, JSON, and XML formats
at monthly and quarterly intervals. Datasets include purchase-only indexes, all-transaction indexes incorporating appraisal
data, expanded-data indexes adding FHA and county recorder data, and volatility parameters. Data is free and publicly
accessible with attribution required under FHFA API Terms of Service.
- aid: fhfa:fhfa-national-mortgage-database-api
name: FHFA National Mortgage Database (NMDB) API
tags:
- Mortgage
- National Mortgage Database
- Statistics
- CSV
humanURL: https://www.fhfa.gov/data/nmdb
properties:
- url: https://www.fhfa.gov/data/nmdb
type: Documentation
- url: https://www.fhfa.gov/data/nsmo
type: RelatedDataset
- url: https://www.fhfa.gov/data/dashboard/nmdb-outstanding-residential-mortgage-statistics
type: Dashboard
description: The National Mortgage Database (NMDB) is a nationally representative, longitudinal database of residential
mortgages providing aggregate statistics on outstanding residential mortgages and mortgage originations. Data covers loan
characteristics, borrower demographics, and geographic distributions. NMDB aggregate statistics and National Survey of
Mortgage Originations (NSMO) data are downloadable as CSV files with interactive Tableau dashboards for visualization.
- aid: fhfa:fhfa-public-use-database-api
name: FHFA Enterprise Public Use Database (PUDB) API
tags:
- Fannie Mae
- Freddie Mac
- Government-Sponsored Enterprise
- Mortgage
- Public Use Database
- CSV
tags_raw:
- Fannie Mae
- Freddie Mac
- GSE
- Mortgage
- Public Use Database
- CSV
humanURL: https://www.fhfa.gov/data/pudb
properties:
- url: https://www.fhfa.gov/data/pudb
type: Documentation
- url: https://www.fhfa.gov/data/public-use-database
type: Overview
description: The FHFA Enterprise Public Use Database (PUDB) provides loan-level data on single-family and multifamily mortgages
acquired by Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, as well as data on Federal Home Loan Bank member institutions. Files include National
File A, B, and C for single-family mortgages and property-level and unit-class-level files for multifamily. Data is downloadable
as zipped CSV files with accompanying data dictionaries.
- aid: fhfa:fhfa-conforming-loan-limits-api
name: FHFA Conforming Loan Limits API
tags:
- Conforming Loan Limits
- Fannie Mae
- Freddie Mac
- Mortgage
- CSV
humanURL: https://www.fhfa.gov/data/conforming-loan-limit
properties:
- url: https://www.fhfa.gov/data/conforming-loan-limit
type: Documentation
description: FHFA publishes annual conforming loan limit (CLL) values establishing the maximum mortgage amounts that Fannie
Mae and Freddie Mac may purchase. Data is available at the county level for all U.S. states and territories, downloadable
in XLSX, CSV, and PDF formats. Limits are adjusted annually per the Housing and Economic Recovery Act (HERA) formula,
with higher limits for designated high-cost areas.
- aid: fhfa:fhfa-uad-aggregate-statistics-api
name: FHFA Uniform Appraisal Dataset (UAD) Aggregate Statistics API
tags:
- Appraisal
- UAD
- Housing
- Statistics
humanURL: https://www.fhfa.gov/data/uad
properties:
- url: https://www.fhfa.gov/data/uad
type: Documentation
- url: https://www.fhfa.gov/data/uad/puf
type: PublicUseFile
- url: https://www.fhfa.gov/data/dashboard
type: Dashboard
description: The FHFA Uniform Appraisal Dataset (UAD) Aggregate Statistics provide data on residential appraisals submitted
to Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, covering appraisal values, property characteristics, and geographic distributions. An Appraisal-Level
Public Use File (PUF) with anonymized individual appraisal records is also available for research.
- aid: federal-housing-finance-agency:federal-housing-finance-agency
name: Federal Housing Finance Agency Data Catalog
image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/icons/federal-housing-finance-agency.png
tags:
- Open Data
- Datasets
humanURL: https://www.fhfa.gov/data/datasets
baseURL: https://www.fhfa.gov/data/
properties:
- url: https://www.fhfa.gov/data/datasets
type: Documentation
- url: json-ld/fhfa-data-catalog.json
type: JSONLD
- url: conformance/fhfa-conformance.yml
type: Conformance
description: FHFA's agency data catalog, published as a Project Open Data v1.1 (DCAT-US) JSON-LD document at https://www.fhfa.gov/data/data.json.
39 datasets and 50 distributions covering the House Price Index, Federal Home Loan Bank membership, Duty to Serve, Enterprise
Housing Goals, Fair Lending, Borrower Assistance and the annual reports to Congress. Every distribution resolves to a
file (csv/xls/STATA); none declares an API endpoint.
- aid: federal-housing-finance-agency:house-price-index
name: FHFA House Price Index Data
image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/icons/federal-housing-finance-agency.png
tags:
- Housing
- Finance
humanURL: https://www.fhfa.gov/data/hpi/datasets
baseURL: https://www.fhfa.gov/hpi/download/
properties:
- url: https://www.fhfa.gov/data/hpi
type: Documentation
- url: json-schema/fhfa-hpi-master.json
type: JSONSchema
- url: examples/fhfa-hpi-master-examples.json
type: Examples
- url: data-model/fhfa-data-model.yml
type: DataModel
- url: https://www.fhfa.gov/about/fhfa-policies/api-terms-of-service
type: TermsOfService
description: The FHFA House Price Index distributed as bulk files over anonymous HTTPS GET. The master series at https://www.fhfa.gov/hpi/download/monthly/hpi_master.json
returns 186,011 observations spanning 1975 to 2026 across 472 places and 16 index variants in a single ~60 MB application/json
document. No key, no query parameters, no pagination — the whole document is served and filtered client-side. Annual,
quarterly and monthly cuts are also published as CSV, XLSX and TXT at national, state, metro, county, three-digit ZIP,
five-digit ZIP and census-tract level.
common:
- type: Support
url: https://www.fhfa.gov/contact/data-and-research
- type: PrivacyPolicy
url: https://www.fhfa.gov/about/privacy
- type: Security
url: security/fhfa-vulnerability-disclosure.yml
- type: VulnerabilityDisclosure
url: security/fhfa-vulnerability-disclosure.yml
- type: Conformance
url: conformance/fhfa-conformance.yml
- type: Conventions
url: conventions/fhfa-conventions.yml
- type: Lifecycle
url: lifecycle/fhfa-lifecycle.yml
- type: DataModel
url: data-model/fhfa-data-model.yml
- type: JSONLD
url: json-ld/fhfa-data-catalog.json
- type: JSONSchema
url: json-schema/fhfa-hpi-master.json
- type: Examples
url: examples/fhfa-hpi-master-examples.json
- type: LLMsTxt
url: llms/fhfa-llms.txt
- type: DomainSecurity
url: security/fhfa-domain-security.yml
- type: Website
url: https://www.fhfa.gov
- type: Documentation
url: https://www.fhfa.gov/data/developer-information
- type: TermsOfService
url: https://www.fhfa.gov/about/fhfa-policies/api-terms-of-service
- type: Datasets
url: https://www.fhfa.gov/data/datasets
- type: Blog
url: https://www.fhfa.gov/news
- type: LinkedIn
url: https://www.linkedin.com/company/fhfa
- type: X
url: https://x.com/FHFA
- type: GitHubOrg
url: https://github.com/fhfa
- type: Plans
url: plans/fhfa-plans-pricing.yml
- type: RateLimits
url: rate-limits/fhfa-rate-limits.yml
- type: FinOps
url: finops/fhfa-finops.yml
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
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