Housing Starts Finish 2020 on Strong Note

Housing starts rose for the second straight month in December and finished the year at its strongest pace since 2006, HUD and the Census Bureau reported yesterday.

Mortgage Applications Decrease in MBA Weekly Survey

With mortgage rates rising to a two-month high, mortgage applications fell last week, the Mortgage Bankers Association reported Wednesday in its Weekly Mortgage Applications Survey for the week ending January 15.

Mortgage Applications Decrease in MBA Weekly Survey

With mortgage rates rising to a two-month high, mortgage applications fell last week, the Mortgage Bankers Association reported this morning in its Weekly Mortgage Applications Survey for the week ending January 15.

Mortgage Applications Blast Off in MBA Weekly Survey

Mortgage applications—particularly refinance applications—surged last week as key interest rates held relatively steady and borrowers took advantage, the Mortgage Bankers Association reported this morning in its Weekly Mortgage Applications Survey for the week ending January 8.

Mortgage Applications Blast Off in MBA Weekly Survey

Mortgage applications—particularly refinance applications—surged last week as key interest rates held relatively steady and borrowers took advantage, the Mortgage Bankers Association reported this morning in its Weekly Mortgage Applications Survey for the week ending January 8.

MBA Chart of the Week: Unemployment Insurance Continued Claims

The COVID-19 pandemic continued to impact the labor market to close 2020. Friday’s release from the Bureau of Labor Statistics showed that faster layoffs led to a loss of 140,000 jobs in December and kept the headline unemployment rate (U-3) at 6.7 percent.