Housing Housing Affordability Falls to Lowest Level Since Great Recession Rising mortgage rates, high inflation, low existing inventory and elevated home prices contributed to housing…NAHBAugust 11, 2022
Housing Refinancing Activity Down 82% Compared to August 2021 Per the Mortgage Bankers Association’s (MBA) survey through the week ending August 5th, total mortgage…NAHBAugust 10, 2022
Housing Has Inflation Peaked? Consumer prices eased slightly from a 40-year high in July as declines in energy prices…NAHBAugust 10, 2022
Housing June Job Openings and Monetary Policy Considerations The construction labor market is cooling off as economic activity slows in response to tighter…NAHBAugust 8, 2022
Housing Job Gains Soar in July Amid Recession Fears Job growth accelerated in July amid higher inflation and growing economic pressures. Total nonfarm payroll…NAHBAugust 5, 2022
Housing Headship Stabilizes During the Pandemic Housing Boom Headship rates for all age groups have been trending lower over the last two decades,…NAHBAugust 5, 2022
Housing High Home Prices Is Main Reason Active Buyers Can’t Seal the Deal An earlier post revealed that 63% of buyers who were actively engaged in the process…NAHBAugust 4, 2022
Housing Housing Share of GDP Edges Lower in the Second Quarter of 2022 Housing’s share of the economy edged lower at the end of the first half of…NAHBAugust 4, 2022
Housing Banks Report Unchanged Home Lending Standards In the second quarter iteration of the Federal Reserve Board’s Senior Loan Officer Opinion Survey…NAHBAugust 3, 2022
Housing Buyers’ Expectations of Housing Availability Improve For the first time since 2020, prospective buyers expect housing availability to improve. After falling…NAHBAugust 1, 2022