Ed Laine's December 2016 Northwest Market Update – Understand the forces at work in the Northwest Market
MBA Chart of the Week: National Deliquency Survey (Nov 10 2023) According to the latest results from MBA’s National Delinquency Survey (NDS) released today, the overall delinquency rate for mortgage loans on one‐to‐four‐unit residential properties […]
MBA Chart of the Week: Monthly Payroll Growth and Unemployment Rates (Sept 5, 2025) Job growth slowed to just 22,000 jobs in August and estimates for the prior two months were revised down by 21,000. The […]
A Tale of Two Economies – March 2015 Seattle, WA Local Market Review Much like Dickens’ wrote “this it is the best of times it is the worst of times”. This is the best of […]
MBA Chart of the Week: Monthly Productivity of Retail Loan Officers and Select Retail Fulfillment Employees (Jul 8 2022) Based on the most recent MBA forecast, mortgage originations are expected to drop to $2.4 trillion (or 6.7 million loans) in 2022 from […]