Builder confidence in the market for newly built single-family homes inched up one point to 35 in August, according to the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB)/Wells Fargo Housing Market Index (HMI) report. Any HMI reading under 50 indicates that more builders...
After five consecutive weeks on the rise, mortgage rates finally took a very mild dip. According to the Primary Mortgage Market Survey published by Freddie Mac (OTCQB: FMCC), the 30-year fixed-rate mortgage averaged 6.67% as of Aug. 13, down from last week when it...
A new data report from the Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) determined that 2,530 different multifamily lenders originated a total of $381.8 billion in new mortgages for multifamily properties with five or more units during 2025. Last year’s multifamily lending...
The July housing market had 51.3% more home sellers than buyers, according to data from Redfin. That imbalance was slightly below December’s peak of 51.8% and up from the 47.9% share recorded in June. Nationwide, there were an estimated 966,752 buyers in the...
The delinquency rate for mortgage loans on one-to-four-unit residential properties during the second quarter decreased to a seasonally adjusted rate of 4.37% of all loans outstanding, according to data from the Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA). The delinquency rate...