The economy is growing, but unevenly, and employers certainly appear to be cautious about adding additional workers, as evidenced by the still very slow hiring rate in the recent JOLTS data.
Tag: MBA Chart of the Week
Chart of the Week: Potential Trajectories of Multifamily Completions
Developers have been building many apartment units over the past several years. We expect the pace of development to slow in the years ahead, given declining fundamentals including falling rents, rising vacancies, and increasing delinquencies in the multifamily sector.
Chart of the Week–Seriously Delinquent Loans by Loan Type
According to the latest MBA National Delinquency Survey, the delinquency rate for mortgage loans on one-to-four-unit residential properties increased to a seasonally adjusted rate of 3.99% of all loans outstanding at the end of the third quarter.
MBA Chart of the Week: Refinance-Driven Growth in CRE Mortgage Originations
This week’s Chart of the Week focuses on trends in commercial and multifamily originations, which saw a 36 percent increase year-over-year in the third quarter of 2025.
Chart of the Week: Commercial Mortgage Delinquency Rates, Range
This week’s chart illustrates the share of CRE loan balances that are delinquent by capital source.
MBA Chart of the Week: Monthly Payroll Growth and Unemployment
Job growth slowed to just 22,000 jobs in August and estimates for the prior two months were revised down by 21,000. Here’s MBA’s analysis.
MBA Chart of the Week: Mortgage Industry Employment
This Chart of the Week focuses on trends in mortgage industry employment and appropriately coincides with MBA’s upcoming Human Resources Symposium.
Chart of the Week: Composition of Seriously Delinquent Loans by Origination Year
While overall mortgage delinquencies were relatively flat compared to last year, earlier-stage delinquencies declined while serious delinquencies – those loans 90 or more days delinquent or in foreclosure – increased.
Chart of the Week: Selected Indexes of Housing Costs
MBA forecasts that house price appreciation will continue to moderate in the coming quarters.
MBA Chart of the Week: Housing Units Available For Sale
Inadequate housing supply has been a well-documented challenge for the housing market in recent years. However, there are recent signs that for-sale inventory in many parts of the country has started to grow again.