MBA Chart of the Week Feb. 10 2023: Climate Risk and Housing Finance

The Research Institute for Housing America, MBA’s think tank, released the first volume of A Collection of Essays on Climate Risk and the Housing Market that examines various aspects of how climate risk is impacting housing markets (as summarized in this week’s chart that replicates Exhibit 1 from the second essay).

MBA Chart of the Week Feb. 10 2023: Climate Risk and Housing Finance

The Research Institute for Housing America, MBA’s think tank, released the first volume of A Collection of Essays on Climate Risk and the Housing Market that examines various aspects of how climate risk is impacting housing markets (as summarized in this week’s chart that replicates Exhibit 1 from the second essay).

Mortgage Application Payments Fall 2.9% to $1,920 in December

Homebuyer affordability improved in December, with the national median payment applied for by purchase applicants decreasing 2.9 percent to $1,920 from $1,977 in November, the Mortgage Bankers Association reported.

Mortgage Application Payments Fall 2.9% to $1,920 in December

Homebuyer affordability improved in December, with the national median payment applied for by purchase applicants decreasing 2.9 percent to $1,920 from $1,977 in November, the Mortgage Bankers Association reported.

November Mortgage Application Payments Fall 1.8% to $1,977

Homebuyer affordability improved in November, with the national median payment applied for by mortgage applicants decreasing 1.8 percent to $1,977 from $2,012 in October, according to the Mortgage Bankers Association’s Purchase Applications Payment Index.

November Mortgage Application Payments Fall 1.8% to $1,977

Homebuyer affordability improved in November, with the national median payment applied for by mortgage applicants decreasing 1.8 percent to $1,977 from $2,012 in October, according to the Mortgage Bankers Association’s Purchase Applications Payment Index.

MBA Chart of the Week Dec. 16, 2022: Federal Funds Rate Projections

In an effort to increase transparency after the Great Recession, one of the Federal Open Market Committee communication initiatives under Chairman Ben Bernanke was to publish individual members’ assessments of the economy in the Summary of Economic Projections. In this week’s MBA Chart of the Week, we track changes in policymakers’ quarterly published SEP forecasts of the federal funds rate over the past eight quarters.