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Record Low Interest Rate Fuels Refinancing Wave
The Mortgage Bankers Association’s (MBA) latest Weekly Application Survey shows that, for the week ending November 27, 2020, mortgage application activity decreased by 0.6% from the prior week on a seasonally adjusted basis, as indicated by its Market Composite Index. One of its two constituent indexes, the Purchasing Index, increased by 9% from the previous week while the other, the… Read More ›
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Suburban Shift for Home Construction Continues into Third Quarter
A trend of higher demand for housing in lower-density areas reported in the second quarter National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) Home Building Geography Index (HBGI) has persisted into the fall, as single-family and multifamily construction continued to overperform in lower cost markets like suburbs and exurbs. The third quarter HBGI reveals that a suburban shift for consumer home buying… Read More ›
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Mortgage Purchase Activity Picks Up
The Mortgage Bankers Association’s (MBA) latest Weekly Application Survey shows that, for the week ending November 13, 2020, mortgage application activity decreased by 0.3% from the prior week on a seasonally adjusted basis, as indicated by its Market Composite Index. However, the Purchasing Index, increased by 3.5% from the previous week while the Refinance Index decreased by 2%. The MBA’s… Read More ›
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Senior Loan Officer Opinion Survey Q3 2020
The Federal Reserve’s latest Senior Loan Officer Opinion Survey on Bank Lending Practices addresses changes in the standards and terms on, and demand for, bank loans to businesses and households. The lending data show a tightening of standards across all purposes , but sufficient demand-strength for gains in residential real estate. For the third quarter, significant net shares of banks… Read More ›
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Increase for 90+ Day Mortgage Delinquencies
The Mortgage Bankers Association’s (MBA) recently released National Delinquency Survey (NDS) provides seasonally adjusted rates of delinquency on all existing mortgages in the one- to four-unit first-lien residential mortgage market through the third quarter of 2020. The NDS breaks down delinquencies into various buckets: mortgages 30-59 days past due, 60-89 days past due, and 90 or more days past due…. Read More ›
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Year-over-Year Gains for Mortgages Continue
The Mortgage Bankers Association’s (MBA) latest Weekly Application Survey shows that, for the week ending November 6, 2020, mortgage application activity decreased by 0.5% from the prior week on a seasonally adjusted basis, as indicated by its Market Composite Index. One of its two constituent indexes, the Purchasing Index, decreased by 3% from the previous week while the other, the… Read More ›
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Treasury-Mortgage Spread Significantly Narrows in October
In October 2020, the spread between the 10-year Treasury yield and the 30-year fixed-rate mortgage rate, as measured by Freddie Mac’s Primary Mortgage Market Survey (PMMS), significantly narrowed as Treasury rates were pushed upward in anticipation of a vaccine breakthrough and a rebound in the labor market and as mortgage rates remained low. At the beginning of October, the 10-year… Read More ›
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Open-Ended Credit Rebounds in Third Quarter
The Federal Reserve’s latest G.19 Consumer Credit Report shows trends in consumer credit, excluding loans secured by real estate, through September 2020. In the third quarter of 2020, consumer credit increased at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 2-1/4 percent, while nonrevolving credit increased by 4 percent and revolving credit decreased by 2-1/2 percent. In September, consumer credit increased at… Read More ›
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Six Months of Year-over-Year Gains for Purchase Mortgages
The Mortgage Bankers Association’s latest Weekly Application Survey shows that, for the week ending October 30, 2020, mortgage application activity increased by 3.8% from the prior week on a seasonally adjusted basis, as indicated by its Market Composite Index. One of its two constituent indexes, the Purchasing Index, decreased by 0.1% from the previous week while the other, the Refinance… Read More ›
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Smaller Multifamily Buildings Gain Market Share in 2019
Data from the 2019 Census Bureau Survey of Construction (SOC) show a gain for the number of multifamily units built in smaller properties, reversing a trend that favored larger buildings over recent years. The SOC differentiates between a “building” and a “unit”, with “unit” defined as an apartment, a group of rooms, or a single room intended for occupancy as… Read More ›