FHFA
Provider
- provider_name: FHFA
- provider_longname: Federal Housing Finance Agency
- provider URL: https://www.fhfa.gov
- region: US
- terms of use: https://www.fhfa.gov/AboutUs/Policies/Pages/Website-Social-Media-Policies.aspx
- approximate number of datasets: 2
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Data accessibility
- SDMX: (If yes, links and SDMX releases implemented: No
- REST API: No
- **Bulk Download: No
- Account: No
Desired datasets
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Description:
- House Price Index
- Monthly Interest Rate Survey
Data tree
- Existence of a hierachy of datasets on web site: No
- How to recover the information: harcode
Dataset
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datasetCode: hpi
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datasetName: House Price Index
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how to download:
- parse https://www.fhfa.gov/DataTools/Downloads/Pages/House-Price-Index-Datasets.aspx for Master HPI data JSON url
- use that URL to download file
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how to get release date: parse https://www.fhfa.gov/Media/Pages/News-Releases.aspx?k=ContentType%3APublic-Affairs%20AND%20PublicAffairsCategoryOWSCHCS%3A%22News%20Release%22%20AND%20FHFAPublishedDateOWSDATE%3D01%2F01%2F2018%2E%2E12%2F31%2F2018
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dataset docHref: https://www.fhfa.gov/DataTools/Downloads/Pages/House-Price-Index.aspx
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dataset notes: no
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dimension_list: use JSON fields:
- "type" : "hpi type"
- "flavor" : "hpi flavor"
- "freq": "frequency"
- "level": "level"
- "place" "place" use "place_id" for value code and "place name" for value label
- for the above the values of the dimensions need to be accumulated while parsing the file
- except for "place" and "ajd", dimension value codes and labels are the same
- "adj" "seasonal adjustment {("sa": "seasonaly adjusted"), ("nsa": "non seasonaly adjusted")}
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use of attributes: no
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attribute_list: no
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available frequencies: monthly quarterly
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availability of previous updates: no
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existence of real time datasets: no
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calendar of future updates: https://www.fhfa.gov/DataTools/Downloads/Pages/House-Price-Index.aspx#ReleaseDates
Series
- Series key: concatenate type_flavor_place_id_adj_freq
- Series name: concatenate values of type, flavor, place name, adj and freq
- Series docHref: no
- Series notes: no
- missing values: none
- date format: field "yr" and field "pr"
- mixed frequencies in the same dataset: yes
Dataset
- datasetCode: MIRS
- datasetName: Monthly Interest Rate Survey
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how to download:
- parse https://www.fhfa.gov/DataTools/Downloads/Pages/Monthly-Interest-Rate-Data.aspx for Adjustable Rate Mortgage Index table and for URL to "Complete history of the index" (at the very end of the page).
- download "Complete history of the index" only at the first acquisition
- how to get release date: first row of first column of Adjustable Rate Mortgage Index table
- dataset docHref: https://www.fhfa.gov/DataTools/Downloads/Pages/Monthly-Interest-Rate-Data.aspx
- dataset notes: no
- dimension_list: frequency: "monthly"
- use of attributes: no
- attribute_list: no
- available frequencies: monthly
- availability of previous updates: no
- existence of real time datasets: no
- calendar of future updates: get url in first row 4th colum and parse for a sentence like "FHFA will release August index values Thursday, September 27, 2018."
Series
- Series key: mirs (only one series in the dataset)
- Series name: monthly interest rate survey
- Series docHref: no
- Series notes: no
- missing values: none
- date format: month yyyy
- mixed frequencies in the same dataset: no
Updates
- summary of previous updates: no
- regular updates: no
- RSS flow: no
- best way to monitor updates: use calendar of future updates