Mortgage application activity slowed last week as rates continued to rise, according to new data from Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA). The MBA’s Market Composite Index, a measure of mortgage loan application volume, was down by 5.7% on a seasonally adjusted basis...
Single‐family housing starts in April were at a rate of 846,000, a 1.6% increase from the revised March figure of 833,000, according to data from the U.S. Census Bureau and the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. Privately‐owned housing starts in April...
Builder confidence in the market for newly built single-family homes rose five points this month to 50, according to the latest Housing Market Index (HMI) report from the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) and Wells Fargo (NYSE:WFC). This is the fifth...
The share of home loans in forbearance declined by 4 basis points from March to April, reaching a level of 0.51% of servicers’ portfolio volume, according to new data from the Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA). The share of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac loans in...
The Federal Home Loan Bank of Dallas (FHLB Dallas) has donated $1 million to assist with relief and recovery efforts in the regions of Arkansas, the Mississippi Delta and Northeast Mississippi that were damaged by recent tornadoes and heavy storms. FHLB Dallas is...
The Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) has revised its forecast for the commercial and multifamily mortgage borrowing and lending environment and is now predicting this sector will fall to $654 billion this year, down 20% from the $816 billion generated in 2022. If...
Hits and Misses for the Real Estate Week of Aug. 10-14
