MICHAEL FRATANTONI, Ph.D

Chief Economist, Senior Vice President, and Research and Business Development at Mortgage Bankers Association.

Michael Fratantoni is MBA's Chief Economist and Senior Vice President of Research and Business Development. In this role, he oversees MBA's industry surveys and benchmarking studies, economic and mortgage originations forecasts, and policy development research for single-family and commercial/multifamily markets. Additionally, Fratantoni is a member of the Board of Directors of the CONVERGENCE Collaborative and the Smith Enterprise Risk Consortium’s (SERC’s) Advisory Council. MBA’s economics team received a Crystal Ball award from Pulsenomics for their home price predictions.

Before joining MBA, Fratantoni worked in risk management and senior economist roles at Washington Mutual and Fannie Mae. He received a Ph.D. in economics from Johns Hopkins University and a B.A. from the College of William and Mary. He has been an adjunct professor at the University of Washington, Johns Hopkins, George Washington, and Georgetown Universities.