Housing Loan Officer Survey Highlights Gaps In Mortgage and Construction Loan Demand The theme of the latest Senior Loan Officer Opinion Survey reflecting banks’ lending practices, in…Karen ZitoMay 7, 2020
Housing Another 3.2 Million Jobless Claims Filed According to the Unemployment Insurance Weekly Claims Report, released by the U.S. Department of Labor, the number…Karen ZitoMay 7, 2020
Housing Housing Affordability Down Due to Economic Losses Stemming from COVID-19 Pandemic Surging job losses in March stemming from the COVID-19 pandemic contributed to a decline in…Karen ZitoMay 7, 2020
Housing Mortgage Applications Increase, Rates Decline In the latest Mortgage Bankers Association Weekly Application Survey, the benchmark Market Composite Index increased…Karen ZitoMay 6, 2020
Housing Time Spent Searching for a Home Continues to Rise Of the 10% of American adults considering a home purchase in the first quarter of…Karen ZitoMay 6, 2020
Housing One Public School Child for Every Three Homes Public education accounts for almost 40% of local government direct expenditures per housing unit, based…Karen ZitoMay 5, 2020
Housing Minority Homeownership Rate Jumps in First Quarter Data released by the Census Bureau’s Housing Vacancies and Homeownership survey (CPS/HVS) show that the…Karen ZitoMay 4, 2020
Housing Affordability Expectations Show No Improvement among Home Buyers While home buyers report slightly more optimistic expectations for future housing availability (see earlier post)…Karen ZitoMay 4, 2020
Housing Private Residential Spending Rises in March NAHB analysis of Census Construction Spending data shows that total private residential construction spending stood…Karen ZitoMay 1, 2020
Housing Absorption Rate for Apartments Remained Stable in Q3 2019 Data from the U.S. Census Bureau’s Survey of Market Absorption (SOMA) show that the absorption…Karen ZitoMay 1, 2020