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.

MBA Chart of the Week: Missed Payments By Month (Q2-Q3)

This week’s MBA Chart of the Week chart provides fresh third quarter 2020 insights on the Research Institute for Housing America’s special report released in September that highlighted household financial distress during the second quarter—the first three months of the pandemic.

MBA Chart of the Week: Missed Payments By Month (Q2-Q3)

This week’s MBA Chart of the Week chart provides fresh third quarter 2020 insights on the Research Institute for Housing America’s special report released in September that highlighted household financial distress during the second quarter—the first three months of the pandemic.

MBA Chart of the Week: Appetite for Commercial/Multifamily

CRE mortgage demand is generally on the rise, with four times more firms expecting borrower demand to be “very strong” in the fourth quarter (24%), compared to the 6% who believed demand was “very strong” in the third quarter.

MBA Chart of the Week: Appetite for Commercial/Multifamily

CRE mortgage demand is generally on the rise, with four times more firms expecting borrower demand to be “very strong” in the fourth quarter (24%), compared to the 6% who believed demand was “very strong” in the third quarter.

MBA Chart of the Week: Loans in Forbearance as Share of Servicing Portfolio Volume

According to the latest edition of MBA’s Weekly Forbearance and Call Volume Survey, released last week, the share of loans in forbearance dropped to 6.87 percent of servicers’ portfolio volume as of September 20. The share was the lowest point since mid-April, and 168 basis points below a peak of 8.55 percent during the week ending June 7.

MBA Chart of the Week: Loans in Forbearance as Share of Servicing Portfolio Volume

According to the latest edition of MBA’s Weekly Forbearance and Call Volume Survey, released last week, the share of loans in forbearance dropped to 6.87 percent of servicers’ portfolio volume as of September 20. The share was the lowest point since mid-April, and 168 basis points below a peak of 8.55 percent during the week ending June 7.

MBA Chart of the Week: Rent Payments and COVID-19

On September 17, the Research Institute for Housing America, MBA’s think tank, released a special report on housing-related financial distress during the second quarter – the first three months of the pandemic in the U.S.