Housing Despite Weekly Declines, Refinancing Year-over-year Gains Remain Strong For the week ending September 11, 2020, the Mortgage Banker’s Association’s (MBA) Weekly Application Survey…Karen ZitoSeptember 18, 2020
Housing How Many Homes are Concrete-Framed? We know lumber prices are up more than 170% since mid-April as of mid-September. As…Karen ZitoSeptember 18, 2020
Housing Weekly Initial Jobless Claims and Continuing Claims Decrease According to the Unemployment Insurance Weekly Claims Report released by the U.S. Department of Labor today, weekly…Karen ZitoSeptember 17, 2020
Housing Pending Home Sales Up 5.9% in July As record-low mortgage rates continue to fuel housing demand, pending home sales increased for a…Karen ZitoAugust 31, 2020
Housing Top Products Used in New Residential Construction In a recent article, NAHB analysis of government data found that new single-family and multifamily construction…Karen ZitoAugust 27, 2020
Housing Multifamily Family Built-for-Rent Share Reaches New High According to NAHB analysis of quarterly Census data, the market share of rental multifamily construction…Karen ZitoAugust 26, 2020
Housing New Home Sales Surge in July New single-family home sales surged in July, as housing demand was supported by low interest…Karen ZitoAugust 25, 2020
Housing Existing Home Sales Continue Record Rebound in July Boosted by historically low mortgage rates, existing home sales, as reported by the National Association of…Karen ZitoAugust 21, 2020
Housing Housing Rebound: Year-over-Year Gains for June Single-Family Permits Over the first six months of 2020 – and after the onset of the impact…Karen ZitoAugust 14, 2020
Housing Q2 2020 Senior Loan Officer Opinion Survey The Federal Reserve’s latest release of the Senior Loan Officer Opinion Survey shows banks’ lending…Karen ZitoAugust 13, 2020