Last week, the Federal Housing Finance Agency announced conforming loan limits for mortgages eligible to be acquired by Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac in 2023. The 2023 loan limit for one-unit properties for most of the country will be $726,200, an increase of $79,000 from $647,200 in 2022.
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MBA Chart of the Week: Thanksgiving Price Inflation
Our Thanksgiving edition of Chart of the Week focuses on four major food and beverage items popular for the occasion – turkey, potatoes, baked goods and wine. Consistent with the broader inflationary environment, prices for these products, as measured by the Consumer Price Index have seen significant growth over the past year.
MBA Chart of the Week: Thanksgiving Price Inflation
Our Thanksgiving edition of Chart of the Week focuses on four major food and beverage items popular for the occasion – turkey, potatoes, baked goods and wine. Consistent with the broader inflationary environment, prices for these products, as measured by the Consumer Price Index have seen significant growth over the past year.
MBA Chart of the Week Nov. 18, 2022: Return to Office Rates
This week’s Chart of the Week highlights data from Kastle Systems for November 3-9, showing the range of daily occupancy rates for 10 major metros. For these metros, the lowest average occupancy rate for a particular day of the week was 32.2 percent, and the highest was 56.0 percent, compared to essentially 100 percent occupancy pre-pandemic for most days.
MBA Chart of the Week Nov. 18, 2022: Return to Office Rates
This week’s Chart of the Week highlights data from Kastle Systems for November 3-9, showing the range of daily occupancy rates for 10 major metros. For these metros, the lowest average occupancy rate for a particular day of the week was 32.2 percent, and the highest was 56.0 percent, compared to essentially 100 percent occupancy pre-pandemic for most days.
MBA Chart of the Week Nov. 10 2022: Housing Migration
This week’s MBA Chart of the Week shows the reasons for leaving one’s previous residence. The three main reasons in the 2021 AHS are wanting a larger or better-quality home (17.7%), wanting a more desirable neighborhood (15.6%) and forming their own household (14.4%).
MBA Chart of the Week Nov. 10 2022: Housing Migration
This week’s MBA Chart of the Week shows the reasons for leaving one’s previous residence. The three main reasons in the 2021 AHS are wanting a larger or better-quality home (17.7%), wanting a more desirable neighborhood (15.6%) and forming their own household (14.4%).
MBA Chart of the Week Nov. 4 2022: Mortgage Payment to Rent Ratio
This week’s MBA Chart of the Week examines another metric from our PAPI dataset – the mortgage payment to rent ratio. The orange line relates the median principal and interest payment to the median asking rent, and the blue line relates the 25th percentile mortgage application payment to the median asking rent (that may be a more suitable ratio for first-time homebuyers).
MBA Chart of the Week Nov. 4 2022: Mortgage Payment to Rent Ratio
This week’s MBA Chart of the Week examines another metric from our PAPI dataset – the mortgage payment to rent ratio. The orange line relates the median principal and interest payment to the median asking rent, and the blue line relates the 25th percentile mortgage application payment to the median asking rent (that may be a more suitable ratio for first-time homebuyers).
MBA Chart of the Week Oct. 28 2022: Year-Over-Year Changes in Origination Volume
This week’s MBA Chart of the Week examines year-over-year changes in origination volume ($ and units) dating back to 2016, and the forecasted volume from 2022 to 2025. In 2022, we expect a 15% decline in purchase origination dollars from 2021 but a steeper 27% decrease in the number of loans.