Eye On Housing
According to the Federal Reserve Board’s third quarter of 2016 release of its Financial Accounts of the United States report, household holdings of real estate, measured on a not seasonally adjusted basis, totaled $22.725 trillion in the third quarter of 2016, $1.520 trillion higher than its level in the third quarter of 2015, $21.204 trillion. At the same time, home mortgage… Read More ›
Nationally, the contract interest rate on conventional mortgages for home purchase held steady in October 2016. Over the month, the rate on conventional mortgages for home purchase was unchanged at 3.60%, according to data released by the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA). Rates on the purchase of previously occupied homes ticked up 1 basis point to 3.62% while rates on new homes… Read More ›
Builders and developers continue to report easing credit conditions for acquisition, development, and construction (AD&C) loans according to NAHB’s survey on AD&C Financing. However, the pace of easing slowed somewhat in the third quarter of 2016 from the rate in the second quarter. In the third quarter of 2016, the overall net tightening index based on the AD&C survey was… Read More ›
A recent NAHB study based on new data from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) shows that, in 2014, $93 million in loans were closed and used to finance the construction of 77 new multifamily projects, under USDA’s Multifamily Housing Loan Guarantee Program (also known as the 538 Guaranteed Rural Rental Housing program). The data were provided by USDA in… Read More ›
Information released by the Mortgage Bankers’ Association (MBA) indicates that the share of all 1-4 family mortgage loans past due has returned to a level of normality. According to the MBA’s National Delinquency Survey, the share of all 1-4 family mortgages considered past due fell by 14 basis points to 4.52 percent. One year ago 4.99 percent of loans were… Read More ›
The most recent iteration of the Federal Reserve Board’s Senior Loan Officer Opinion Survey (SLOOS) finds stronger supply of and demand for most mortgage products across commercial bank respondents. On the mortgage supply side, net credit standards eased on 5 of the 7 mortgage products tracked by the SLOOS while stronger demand was recorded for 6 of the same 7… Read More ›
Interest rates on conventional mortgages ticked up over the month of September 2016 according to data released by the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA). However the increase in mortgage rates reflected a rise in the effective rate on previously occupied homes. Rates on new homes fell in September. The FHFA data show that the effective rate on all homes ticked… Read More ›
NAHB analysis of the most recent Census estimates concerning sources of financing for new home sales reveals that the composition of mortgages by financing method shifted over the third quarter of 2016. The share of new home sales financed with conventional loans expanded at the expense of FHA-insured and VA-backed mortgages. The shift to conventional mortgages indicates continued return to health in the… Read More ›
Recent data released under the Home Mortgage Disclosure Act (HMDA) on mortgage loans indicates that the FHA-insured share of all 1-4 family mortgage originations in owner-occupied homes increased in 2015. At the same time, refinancings relative to home purchase and home improvement mortgages also rose, especially for FHA-insured mortgages. The HMDA was enacted by Congress in 1975 and was implemented… Read More ›
Interest rates on conventional mortgages for newly built homes fell again in August 2016 according to data released by the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA), extending the decline to 7 consecutive months. The FHFA data show that the average contract rate on the loans fell from 3.64% to 3.60%, while initial fees and charges went from 1.11% to 1.09%. As… Read More ›