Our Thanksgiving-themed Chart of the Week highlights the strength in turkey price growth in 2020, along with year-over-year price changes for a few other goods categories.
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Mortgage Applications Increase on Record-Low Interest Rates in MBA Weekly Survey
With mortgage rates falling record lows for the 14th time this year, borrowers took the bait, the Mortgage Bankers Association reported this morning in its Weekly Mortgage Applications Survey for the week ending November 20.

October Existing Home Sales Stay Strong
Existing home sales continued to trend upward in October, marking five consecutive months of month-over-month gains, the National Association of Realtors reported yesterday.

October New Home Purchase Mortgage Applications Post Strong Monthly, Yearly Gains
The Mortgage Bankers Association reported October mortgage applications for new home purchases increased by 5 percent from September and by nearly 33 percent from a year ago.

Housing Starts Continue to Ramp Up
The October housing starts report from HUD and the Census Bureau shows home builders continue to respond to consumers’ seemingly insatiable demand for new housing.

Mortgage Applications Dip in MBA Weekly Survey
Mortgage applications fell slightly even as key interest rates remained below 3 percent, the Mortgage Bankers Association reported in its Weekly Mortgage Applications Survey for the week ending November 13.

Mortgage Applications Dip in MBA Weekly Survey
Mortgage applications fell slightly even as key interest rates remained below 3 percent, the Mortgage Bankers Association reported this morning in its Weekly Mortgage Applications Survey for the week ending November 13.

October New Home Purchase Mortgage Applications Post Strong Monthly, Yearly Gains
The Mortgage Bankers Association reported October mortgage applications for new home purchases increased by 5 percent from September and by nearly 33 percent from a year ago.

MBA Chart of the Week: Percentage of Cumulative Weekly Forbearance Exits by Reason
According to the latest edition of MBA’s Weekly Forbearance and Call Volume Survey, the share of loans in forbearance dropped to 5.67 percent of servicers’ portfolio volume as of November 1 — well below its peak of 8.55 percent as of June 7.

MBA Chart of the Week: Percentage of Cumulative Weekly Forbearance Exits by Reason
According to the latest edition of MBA’s Weekly Forbearance and Call Volume Survey, the share of loans in forbearance dropped to 5.67 percent of servicers’ portfolio volume as of November 1 — well below its peak of 8.55 percent as of June 7.