MBA RIHA Study Shows Progress, but 5 Million Renters, Homeowners Missed December Payments

Five million households did not make their rent or mortgage payments in December, and 2.3 million renters and 1.2 million mortgagors believe they are at risk of eviction or foreclosure or would be forced to move in the next 30 days, according to fourth-quarter research by the Mortgage Bankers Association’s Research Institute for Housing America.

RIHA Study: Widening Inequality After Great Recession Attributed to Decline in Homeownership, Home Values

Distribution of wealth among U.S. households became increasingly unequal from 2007 through 2016 as a decline in homeownership and home values impacted the wealth of middle-class families, according to a new research report, The Distribution of Wealth Since the Great Recession, released last week by the Mortgage Bankers Association’s Research Institute for Housing America.

MBA Chart of the Week, Sept. 25, 2020–Missed Rent Payments

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.

RIHA Study: COVID-19’s Impact on Jobs, Ability to Make Housing, Student Debt Payments

During the first three months of the COVID-19 pandemic, nearly 11 million households fell behind on their rent or mortgage payments and 30 million individuals missed at least one student loan payment, according to new research released Sept. 17 by the Mortgage Bankers Association’s Research Institute for Housing America.