MBA Chart of the Week: Consumer Inflation Expectations and Annual Growth of CPI Inflation (Mar 18 2022) Inflation as measured by the Consumer Price Index (CPI) reached an annual rate of almost 8% in February. Over the past 12 […]
MBA Chart of the Week: FHFA Purchase Only House Price Index – Change Relative to January 2020 (Jan 3, 2025) Annualized home price growth in the U.S. peaked between the second half of 2021 and first half of 2022 before decelerating through […]
MBA Chart of the Week: Monthly Payroll Growth and Unemployment Rate (Jan 9, 2026) The pace of employment growth slowed in December to 50,000 jobs, in line with the average pace of 49,000 for all of […]
MBA Chart of the Week: 10-Year Treasury and 30-Year Fixed Mortgage Rates (Nov 8 2024) Both Treasury yields and mortgage rates declined from April to September 2024 in anticipation of the Federal Reserve’s first rate cut, influenced […]