The Rental Housing Finance Survey provides a current and continuous measure of financial, mortgage, and property characteristics of rental housing properties in the United States. The survey focuses on the financing of rental housing properties, with emphasis on new mortgages, refinanced mortgages, or similar devices such as deeds of trust or land contracts, and the characteristics of debt originations. The 2018 RHFS included single-family residential and multifamily residential properties with at least one housing unit intended for rent. Data collection was conducted from June 2018 through November 2018.

The Rental Housing Finance Survey provides a current and continuous measure of financial, mortgage, and property characteristics of rental housing properties in the United States. The survey focuses on the financing of rental housing properties, with emphasis on new mortgages, refinanced mortgages, or similar devices such as deeds of trust or land contracts, and the characteristics of debt originations. The 2018 RHFS included single-family residential and multifamily residential properties with at least one housing unit intended for rent. Data collection was conducted from June 2018 through November 2018.

The 2001 Residential Finance Survey (RFS) was sponsored by the Department of Housing and Urban Development and conducted by the Census Bureau. The RFS is a follow-on survey to the 2000 decennial census designed to collect, process, and produce information about the financing of all nonfarm, residential properties. The 1991 data is also available.

The FHA Office of Housing last conducted a series of mortgage loan sales under the Single Family Loan Sale (SFLS) Initiative in 2016. The current sales structure consisted of whole loan, competitive auctions, offering for purchase defaulted single family mortgages provided by FHA-approved loan servicers. The loans sold contained specified representations and warranties and may be sold with post-sale restrictions and/or reporting requirements. FHA sold loans in large national pools, as well as loan pools in designated geographical areas that are aimed at a neighborhood stabilization outcome (“NSO pools”).

The Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) was established by the Housing and Economic Recovery Act of 2008 (HERA) and is responsible for the supervision, regulation, and housing mission oversight of the Federal National Mortgage Association (Fannie Mae), the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation (Freddie Mac), and the Federal Home Loan Bank (FHLBank) System, which includes 11 FHLBanks and the Office of Finance. FHFA’s mission is to ensure its regulated entities fulfill their mission by operating in a safe and sound manner to serve as a reliable source of liquidity for equitable and sustainable housing finance and community investment throughout the economic cycle. Since 2008, FHFA has also served as conservator of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac (collectively, the Enterprises).