Tag: real estate market
Everything BUT rates: 10 Important U.S. real estate and mortgage statistics.
Everything BUT rates: 10 Important U.S. real estate and mortgage statistics. If you’re a homeowner, you probably are keeping a close eye on the real estate market, watching your home price carefully as your neighbor’s home sells for top dollar. But there are many other statistics that describe our current mortgage and residential real estate […]
A look at Fannie Mae’s updated Economic and Strategic Research Group report for 2018.
In total, Fannie Mae forecasts economic growth to surge from an anticipated 2.8 percent to 3.0 percent for the year, but we’re going to look more specifically at the housing numbers. First, let’s get a sound bite from Fannie Mae Chief Economist Doug Duncan: “Housing continues to drag on growth due to lackluster homebuilding activity, […]
Understanding the 4 cycles of any housing market.
When it comes to the housing market, plenty of people speculate what might happen next, treating it as some unknown and mysterious entity that’s hard to pin down. But, in fact, every single real estate or housing market has four distinct cycles. And just like the four seasons of winter, spring, summer, and fall, they […]
Looking into the mortgage crystal ball with Fannie Mae’s Lender Survey
If we want to understand the factors that drive the mortgage market, there are plenty of sources for great information across the lending and real estate industry. However, one invaluable resource that is underutilized is Fannie Mae’s Mortgage Lender Sentiment Survey. Set up to mirror their National Housing Survey that polls consumer sentiment about mortgages […]