Analysis and Data

The Consumer Finance Protection Bureau published a report which briefly shows that credit applications across a number of loan types, including mortgages, are mostly back to pre-pandemic levels.

S&P Index Reports 16.6% Annual Increase in May, Topping April's 14.8%

The total number of loans in forbearance as of July 18, 2021, decreased by 2 basis points from 3.5% of servicers' portfolio volume in the prior week to 3.48%.

First-time homebuyers Ben and Dani Graf decided to go $65,000 over budget on a house that was in serious need of renovations. 

The Texas housing market achieves a record-breaking 114,772 homes sold in the second quarter of 2021.

While nationwide home inventory was down nearly 20%, the Northern Virginia Association of Realtors reported that inventory is up 31% for the region.

The Federal Housing Finance Agency's House Price Index was up 1.7% in May from the previous month and up a whopping 18% from the same time last year.

The Intercontinental Exchange, Inc. made enhancements to its mortgage prepayment model with daily residential mortgage rates from ICE Mortgage technology.

ATTOM’s mid-year foreclosure market report shows that foreclosure filings from the first six months of the year were down 61% from the same time last year and down 78% from the same time two years ago. 

A new Redfin report reveals that the housing market’s supply side is slowly rebuilding as more homes for sale become available and pending sales decline.