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.

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.

MBA Chart of the Week Oct. 21 2022: Loans in Forbearance

In this week’s Chart of the Week, we show the year-to-date forbearance rates across all investor categories. The most substantial improvement was among portfolio and private-label securities loans.

MBA Chart of the Week Oct. 21 2022: Loans in Forbearance

In this week’s Chart of the Week, we show the year-to-date forbearance rates across all investor categories. The most substantial improvement was among portfolio and private-label securities loans. The forbearance rate has dropped 229 basis points since the beginning of the year.

MBA Chart of the Week Oct. 14 2022: Housing Costs

This week’s Chart of the Week highlights different measures of housing costs, all indexed to 2018. The lowest lines are the CPI measures of shelter costs, including the “’all-in” shelter measure and breakouts for rents and owners’ equivalent rents.