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MBA Chart of the Week: Payroll Growth and Unemployment
Our Chart of the Week focuses on Friday’s Employment Situation report released by the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
MBA Chart of the Week: Builder Applications Index Vs. Weekly Purchase Applications Index
As we enter the spring home-buying season, existing-home sales activity remains suppressed by low levels of for-sale inventory.
MBA Chart of the Week: CRE Mortgage Debt Across Capital Sources, Property Types
This week’s Chart of the Week shows MBA’s estimates of the distribution of CRE mortgage debt across capital sources and property types and is derived from a variety of public and private sources.
MBA Chart of the Week: Job Openings for Selected Industries
Last week Fed Chair Jay Powell testified to Congress that as “labor market tightness has eased and progress on inflation has continued, the risks to achieving our employment and inflation goals have been moving into better balance.”
Chart of the Week: MBA’s CREF Bingo Card
Many of us just returned from MBA’s Commercial Real Estate/Multifamily Finance Convention and Expo. That means we showcased our annual CREF BINGO card, highlighting the topics expected to be discussed in sessions, meetings, hallways and over drinks.
MBA Chart of the Week: Delinquency Rates by Loan Type
According to the latest MBA National Delinquency Survey, the overall delinquency rate for mortgage loans on one‐to‐four‐unit residential properties increased to a seasonally adjusted rate of 3.88 percent of all loans outstanding at the end of the fourth quarter.
MBA Chart of the Week: Top 10 Ginnie Mae Servicers
This week’s MBA Chart of the Week highlights analysis by Recursion, a big data mortgage analytics firm, that ranks the 10 largest Ginnie servicers by servicing book size ($UPB).
MBA Chart of the Week: Expectations for the CRE Borrowing/Lending Market
Even though many commercial real estate loans are long-lived, there’s a sense that the industry starts each year fresh. Sometimes, that means losing credit for all the deals and successes of the previous twelve months. Sometimes – like now – it means being able to put last year in the rearview mirror.
MBA Chart of the Week: Monthly Payroll Growth and Unemployment Rate
Friday’s report from the Bureau of Labor Statistics showed that the job market remained relatively strong in December, with growth in payrolls of 216,000 – just below the monthly average of 225,000 for full-year 2023.