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Activity - Time

November 1998: Begin interagency questionnaire content development

December 1998: Begin draft: Homeowner Questionnaire

February 1999: Begin draft: Rental and Vacant Property Questionnaire

March 1999: Begin draft: Lender Questionnaire

March 2000: Prepare OMB clearance package

May 2000: Submit OMB clearance package for approval

June-July 2000: Lender Pre-Survey mailout

July 2000: OMB approval received

September 2000: Complete interagency questionnaire content development

September 2000: Complete design of all questionnaires

January 2001: Select sample for the RFS

April-June 2001: Data collection - Owner Seeker letters

April 2001 - January 2002: Data collection - Homeowner Questionnaires

May 2001 - January 2002: Data collection - Rental and Vacant Property Questionnaires

July 2001 - September 2002: Data collection - Lender Questionnaires

May 2003: Receipt, check-in, and coding of all questionnaires

July 2003 - June 2004: Review and Edit data

July 2004: Release report on the Internet

August 2004: Print RFS report

August 2004: Provide microdata tape/CD/ROM


Contact the Demographic Call Center Staff at 301-763-2422 or 1-866-758-1060 (toll free) or visit ask.census.gov for further information on Residential Finance Survey.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Housing and Household Economic Statistics Division
Last Revised: May 04, 2005