MBA Chart of the Week: Home Equity and Home Prices

Homeowners’ equity in housing was at a record high of $20.4 trillion in the third quarter. The steady upward trend since 2012 was spurred by accelerating home-price growth and low mortgage rates, which have helped many households build equity in their homes.

MBA Chart of the Week: Home Equity and Home Prices

Homeowners’ equity in housing was at a record high of $20.4 trillion in the third quarter. The steady upward trend since 2012 was spurred by accelerating home-price growth and low mortgage rates, which have helped many households build equity in their homes.

Richard Ferguson: What We Can Do to Help Close the Homeownership Wealth Gap

Even when minorities do become homeowners, research shows that homeownership delivers fewer benefits than it does for white families—including significantly less home equity. Yet there are steps we as an industry can take toward leveling the playing field.

Richard Ferguson: What We Can Do to Help Close the Homeownership Wealth Gap

Even when minorities do become homeowners, research shows that homeownership delivers fewer benefits than it does for white families—including significantly less home equity. Yet there are steps we as an industry can take toward leveling the playing field.

Richard Ferguson: What We Can Do to Help Close the Homeownership Wealth Gap

Even when minorities do become homeowners, research shows that homeownership delivers fewer benefits than it does for white families—including significantly less home equity. Yet there are steps we as an industry can take toward leveling the playing field.

MBA Advocacy Update Aug. 10, 2020

As congressional leaders and the administration remain deadlocked in negotiations on the next potential COVID-19 relief package, MBA’s advocacy on key federal regulatory and state-based actions has continued.

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“Households in 2019 remained hesitant to tap into the equity in their homes, despite several years of significant home-price appreciation resulting in sizable home equity gains.”
–MBA Vice President of Industry Analysis Marina Walsh.