This week’s MBA Chart of the Week captures data on new residential construction market and the state of new single-family home sales.
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MBA Chart of the Week Jan. 13, 2023: Mortgage-Treasury Spread
This week’s MBA Chart of the Week looks at the spread of mortgage rates relative to Treasury yields. This has been one of the more puzzling aspects of the current environment and a contributor to the rapid rise in mortgage rates over the past year.
MBA Chart of the Week Jan. 13, 2023: Mortgage-Treasury Spread
This week’s MBA Chart of the Week looks at the spread of mortgage rates relative to Treasury yields. This has been one of the more puzzling aspects of the current environment and a contributor to the rapid rise in mortgage rates over the past year.
MBA Chart of the Week Jan. 6, 2023: CRE Lending/Borrowing
Commercial real estate markets are entering 2023 amid a great deal of uncertainty and, as a result, a significant slowdown in activity. Leaders of top commercial real estate finance firms believe that overall uncertainty will dissipate over the course of the year, but with a host of factors that will drag – rather than boost – the markets in 2023.
MBA Chart of the Week Jan. 6, 2023: CRE Lending/Borrowing
Commercial real estate markets are entering 2023 amid a great deal of uncertainty and, as a result, a significant slowdown in activity. Leaders of top commercial real estate finance firms believe that overall uncertainty will dissipate over the course of the year, but with a host of factors that will drag – rather than boost – the markets in 2023.
MBA Chart of the Week: New, Existing Home Sales
We are forecasting a weak start to 2023 for the housing market. Driven by a recession in the first half of the year and a continuation of the trends outlined above, we expect a 13% drop in existing home sales and a 4% decrease in new home sales for 2023, following 16% decreases in both segments in 2022.
MBA Chart of the Week: New, Existing Home Sales
We are forecasting a weak start to 2023 for the housing market. Driven by a recession in the first half of the year and a continuation of the trends outlined above, we expect a 13% drop in existing home sales and a 4% decrease in new home sales for 2023, following 16% decreases in both segments in 2022.
MBA Chart of the Week Dec. 16, 2022: Federal Funds Rate Projections
In an effort to increase transparency after the Great Recession, one of the Federal Open Market Committee communication initiatives under Chairman Ben Bernanke was to publish individual members’ assessments of the economy in the Summary of Economic Projections. In this week’s MBA Chart of the Week, we track changes in policymakers’ quarterly published SEP forecasts of the federal funds rate over the past eight quarters.
MBA Chart of the Week Dec. 16, 2022: Federal Funds Rate Projections
In an effort to increase transparency after the Great Recession, one of the Federal Open Market Committee communication initiatives under Chairman Ben Bernanke was to publish individual members’ assessments of the economy in the Summary of Economic Projections. In this week’s MBA Chart of the Week, we track changes in policymakers’ quarterly published SEP forecasts of the federal funds rate over the past eight quarters.
MBA Chart of the Week, Dec. 9, 2022: Housing Cost Indices
Housing costs are – appropriately – getting a lot of attention. Part of that attention stems from affordability challenges heightened by recent rapid increases in home prices, interest rates and rents. Another part stems from the fact that shelter costs are such a significant driver of measures of inflation, and thus a key motivator of Federal Reserve policies. In this week’s Chart of the Week, we examine selected indices of housing costs.