MBA Chart of the Week: IMB Production Profit and Volume

MBA released its latest Quarterly Performance Report for the third quarter last week. Independent mortgage banks and mortgage subsidiaries of chartered banks reported study-high average pre-tax production profits of 203 basis points ($5,535 on each loan originated) in the third quarter, up from 167 basis points ($4,548 per loan) in the second quarter.

MBA Chart of the Week: Annual Price Gains

Our Thanksgiving-themed Chart of the Week highlights the strength in turkey price growth in 2020, along with year-over-year price changes for a few other goods categories.

MBA Chart of the Week: Annual Price Gains

Our Thanksgiving-themed Chart of the Week highlights the strength in turkey price growth in 2020, along with year-over-year price changes for a few other goods categories.

MBA Chart of the Week: Seriously Delinquent Rate by States for Q3 2020

MBA released its National Delinquency Survey results for the third quarter last week. This week’s chart highlights the seriously delinquent rate – the percentage of loans that are 90 days or more delinquent or in the process of foreclosure – in every state across the country.

MBA Chart of the Week: Seriously Delinquent Rate by States for Q3 2020

MBA released its National Delinquency Survey results for the third quarter last week. This week’s chart highlights the seriously delinquent rate – the percentage of loans that are 90 days or more delinquent or in the process of foreclosure – in every state across the country.

MBA Chart of the Week: Indexed Levels of GDP

This week’s chart compares the 2008-2010 Great Recession (left), to the recent pandemic-driven recession (right), to illustrate the differences in consumer spending and in both nonresidential and residential investment.