MBA Advocacy Update Sept. 25: FDIC Chairman Gruenberg Calls for Enhanced Prudential Standards and Increased Nonbank Reporting in Speech
This week’s top legislative and policy news from the Mortgage Bankers Association.
ATTOM: Home Flipping Drops in Q2
ATTOM, Irvine, Calif., found home flipping activity fell in the second quarter.
MBA Chart of the Week: Selected Indexes of Housing Costs
The monthly cost burden of purchasing a new home, as interest rates and house prices rose precipitously in 2022, continued in the first few months of 2023. For example, MBA’s Purchase Applications Payment Index (PAPI), hit a new high in May. Since then, despite 30-year mortgage interest rates eclipsing 7%, the index has come down slightly as median loan application amounts moderated. We are, however, still in record territory as shown by the solid green line in this week’s chart.
