Ed Laine’s January 2017 Northwest Market Update

MBA Chart of the Week: Mortgage Delinquency Rate Spreads by Product Type (Feb 7, 2025)

According to the latest results from MBA’s National Delinquency Survey (NDS) released yesterday, 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 […]

MBA Chart of the Week: Mortgage Forbearance Rate and Reasons for Forbearance (Aug 25 2023)

According to the July results from MBA’s Monthly Loan Monitoring Survey (LMS) released on Monday, the total number of loans now in forbearance decreased […]

MBA Chart of the Week: Purchase Applications Payment Index by State in the Last Five Months (June 3 2022)

In March, MBA released its inaugural, monthly Purchase Applications Payment Index (PAPI) – an affordability index that measures how new fixed-rate 30-year purchase mortgage […]