Tag Archives: housing affordability

Home Sizes Ballooning Again

Posted on June 6, 2014 by Popular Economics Weekly

The Mortgage Corner Housing sizes are ballooning, after a slight pause due to the Great Recession, reports the U.S. Census Bureau and Marketwatch. In 2013 the median floor area of new single-family homes sold in the U.S. rose 4 percent … Continue reading →

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Where Is Housing Affordable Anymore?

Posted on May 23, 2014 by Popular Economics Weekly

Financial FAQs How much salary do you need in order to afford the principal and interest payments on a median-priced home in your metro area? To find out, HSH.com, a mortgage data service, took the National Association of Realtors’ first-quarter … Continue reading →

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New-Home Sales Answer to RE Recovery?

Posted on April 17, 2014 by Popular Economics Weekly

The Mortgage Corner Privately-owned housing starts in March were at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 946,000. This is 2.8 percent above the revised February estimate of 920,000, but is 5.9 percent below the March 2013 rate of 1,005,000. Single-family … Continue reading →

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What’s Happened to New-Home Sales?

Posted on March 25, 2014 by Popular Economics Weekly

The Financial FAQs Sales of new single-family houses in February 2014 were at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 440,000, according to U.S. Census Bureau and the Department of Housing and Urban Development estimates. This is 3.3 percent below the … Continue reading →

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Will Housing Starts Save Inventories?

Posted on March 18, 2014 by Popular Economics Weekly

The Mortgage Corner Will new housing construction improve the very low inventory levels that are restricting housing sales? It is hard to know at present if this slowdown is due more to the severe winter weather, lack of inventory, or … Continue reading →

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2014 Mortgage Volumes (and Delinquencies) Lower

Posted on March 4, 2014 by Popular Economics Weekly

The Mortgage Corner It looks like the housing market still has to play catch up in 2014. Both mortgage volume and existing-home sales have declined drastically. But new-home sales and housing construction have picked up, even with the Polar weather, … Continue reading →

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Housing Inventories Continue Increase

Posted on February 11, 2014 by Popular Economics Weekly

The Mortgage Corner Calculated Risk and Housing Tracker report that existing-home for sale inventories have increased 4.7 percent in February. It is good news for those who worry that the lack of inventory will hold back existing-home sales this year. … Continue reading →

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Housing Inventories, Price Rises Slowing

Posted on January 7, 2014 by Popular Economics Weekly

The Mortgage Corner The most important housing statistic in 2014 will be whether inventories continue to increase. Low inventories are hurting sales, and Goleta, California is helping local supplies with several new housing projects in the works. This is because … Continue reading →

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Home Equity Increasing

Posted on December 17, 2013 by Popular Economics Weekly

The Mortgage Corner CoreLogic, a real estate analytics firm, today released new analysis showing approximately 791,000 more residential properties returned to a state of positive equity during the third quarter of 2013, and the total number of mortgaged residential properties … Continue reading →

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Affordable Housing In Decline

Posted on December 11, 2013 by Popular Economics Weekly

The Mortgage Corner The Harvard Joint Center for Housing Studies has just come out with their rental market report, and it shows very little low rent housing available, due mainly to both increased household formation and those who have lost … Continue reading →

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