MBA Chart of the Week: Monthly Principal and Interest Payments for 30-Year Fixed Rate Purchase Loans (Jan 27 2023) In yesterday’s Purchase Applications Payment Index (PAPI) release, MBA Research introduced a new measure—the Builders’ Purchase Applications Payment Index (BPAPI). While PAPI uses MBA’s […]
MBA Chart of the Week: Relative GDP Levels (Apr 30 2021) The pace of economic growth, as measured by gross domestic product (GDP) in the first quarter of 2021, picked up to a […]
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 […]
The evolving capabilities of 3D printing may help the housing industry respond to the affordable-home crisis. Some organizations now believe the process could be the answer to ramping up affordable housing across the globe. And it could do […]