The national median mortgage payment was $1,897 in May, a slight increase from $1,889 in April and $572 higher than in May 2021, according to this week’s Purchase Applications Payment Index release.
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MBA Chart of the Week June 17 2022: Federal Reserve Projections
The Federal Reserve is racing to catch up to economic events, announcing a 75-basis-point increase in the federal funds rate and signaling more increases following last week’s FOMC meeting.

MBA Chart of the Week, June 10, 2022: Rental Housing Market Conditions
Commercial and multifamily real estate – after years of strong and steady growth – is in a period of transition, driven by changes in the space, equity and debt markets.

MBA Chart of the Week, June 10, 2022: Rental Housing Market Conditions
Commercial and multifamily real estate – after years of strong and steady growth – is in a period of transition, driven by changes in the space, equity and debt markets.

MBA Chart of Week June 3, 2022: MBA Purchase Applications Payment Index
In March, MBA released its inaugural monthly Purchase Applications Payment Index (PAPI) – an affordability index that measures how new fixed-rate 30-year purchase mortgage payments vary across time relative to income. The third PAPI release on May 26 – based on April MBA Weekly Applications Survey data – gives us a picture of how affordability has been affected by increasing interest rates and elevated loan application amounts in the first third of 2022.

MBA Chart of Week June 3, 2022: MBA Purchase Applications Payment Index
In March, MBA released its inaugural monthly Purchase Applications Payment Index (PAPI) – an affordability index that measures how new fixed-rate 30-year purchase mortgage payments vary across time relative to income. The third PAPI release on May 26 – based on April MBA Weekly Applications Survey data – gives us a picture of how affordability has been affected by increasing interest rates and elevated loan application amounts in the first third of 2022.

MBA Chart of the Week May 27, 2022: IMB Production Revenues and Costs
MBA last week released its latest Quarterly Performance Report for the first quarter. In this week’s Chart of the Week, we show production revenues compared to production expenses from first quarter 2018 to first quarter 2022.

MBA Chart of the Week May 27, 2022: IMB Production Revenues and Costs
MBA last week released its latest Quarterly Performance Report for the first quarter. In this week’s Chart of the Week, we show production revenues compared to production expenses from first quarter 2018 to first quarter 2022.

MBA Chart of the Week May 20, 2022: ARM Loan Trends
The recent increase in the adjustable-rate mortgage share of applications has caught the attention of market participants and the media. The ARM share has increased from 3.1 percent in the first week of January to 10.3 percent as of the week ending May 13, peaking at 10.8 percent the week prior.

MBA Chart of the Week May 20, 2022: ARM Loan Trends
The recent increase in the adjustable-rate mortgage share of applications has caught the attention of market participants and the media. The ARM share has increased from 3.1 percent in the first week of January to 10.3 percent as of the week ending May 13, peaking at 10.8 percent the week prior.