HUD Secretary Marcia L. Fudge to Resign March 22
Marcia L. Fudge, the 18th Secretary of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, announced she will resign effective March 22, 2024.
MBA Statement on the Biden Administration’s Housing Affordability Initiatives Warns Against CFPB Reforms on Closing Costs, Title Insurance
MBA’s President and CEO Bob Broeksmit, CMB, released a statement on the Biden administration’s announcements on housing at the State of the Union address.
CoreLogic: Homeowner Equity Up 8.6% in Q4 2023
CoreLogic, Irvine, Calif., released its Homeowner Equity Insights report for the fourth quarter of 2023, finding homeowners with mortgages have seen their equity increase by a total of $1.3 trillion since Q4 2022. That’s a gain of 8.6% year-over-year.
MBA Chart of the Week: Job Openings for Selected Industries
Last week Fed Chair Jay Powell testified to Congress that as “labor market tightness has eased and progress on inflation has continued, the risks to achieving our employment and inflation goals have been moving into better balance.”
Office Sector Drives CMBS Delinquency Rate Up Slightly: Trepp
The delinquency rate for commercial mortgage-backed securities inched upward in February, according to Trepp, New York.
CRED iQ: Multifamily Distress Rate Up 80 Basis Points in February
CRED iQ, Wayne, Pa., reported the Distress Rate for all property types trimmed 4 basis points in February to 7.35%. However, the multifamily distress rate was up 80 basis points–the largest monthly increase in that sector in more than a year and a half.
Asurity’s Diane Jenkins: Hello Old Friend – Why Assumptions Are Making a Comeback
It’s no secret that mortgage lenders have seen a sharp decrease in origination volumes over the past two years. Higher interest rates coupled with a shortage in housing inventory translate into a market environment where origination volumes are likely to remain depressed for the near future.
