FHFA: Refinance Volume Continued to Slow in Second Quarter 2017
The Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) today reported that more than 356,709 refinances were completed in the second quarter of 2017, compared with 510,074 in the first quarter. FHFA’s second quarter Refinance Report also shows that more than 9,700 loans were refinanced through the Home Affordable Refinance Program, bringing the total number of HARP refinances…
Census Bureau: Upcoming Online News Conference to Announce Report Findings on Poverty, Income and Health Insurance
What: The U.S. Census Bureau will hold an online news conference to announce the findings from three reports: Income and Poverty in the United States: 2016, Health Insurance Coverage in the United States: 2016, and The Supplemental Poverty Measure: 2016. The income and poverty report provides national-level statistics from the Current Population Survey Annual Social…
HUD & Census Bureau: Residential Construction Activity in July 2017
The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) and the U.S. Census Bureau jointly announced the following new residential construction statistics for July 2017. Building Permits: Privately owned housing units authorized by building permits in July were at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 1,223,000. This is 4.1 percent (±0.9 percent) below the revised…
Federal Reserve: Total Household Debt Increases, Driven by Mortgage, Auto and Credit Card Debt
Credit Card Delinquency Flows Step Up Notably Over Past Year, While Delinquency Flows for Other Non-Housing Debt Worsen Modestly NEW YORK – The Federal Reserve Bank of New York today issued its Quarterly Report on Household Debt and Credit, which reported that total household debt increased by $115 billion (0.9%) to $12.84 trillion in the second…
Census Bureau: U.S. Population on the Move Between Counties
Today the U.S. Census Bureau updated the Census Flows Mapper to include 2011-2015 American Community Surveydata. Census Flows Mapper is a web mapping application that allows users to view and save county-to-county migration flows in the United States. Users can sort and customize maps by dataset, type of migration flow, colors and range of movers….
Federal Reserve: FinTech and Financial Innovation – Drivers & Depth
Abstract: This paper answers two questions that help those analyzing FinTech understand its origins, growth, and potential to affect financial stability. First, it answers the question of why “FinTech” is happening right now. Many of the technologies that support FinTech innovations are not new, but financial institutions and entrepreneurs are only now applying them to…
CDFI: New Markets Tax Credit Program Compliance Report Released
Washington – A new, independent report on the federal New Markets Tax Credit Program (NMTC Program) was released today by Summit Consulting LLC (Summit). The Compliance Review of New Markets Tax Credit Program report (the NMTC Report) was commissioned by the U.S. Treasury Department’s Community Development Financial Institutions Fund (CDFI Fund). It examines whether the…
Census Bureau: Release Schedule for Income, Poverty and Health Insurance Statistics
New Language Tables Released JULY 31, 2017 — The U.S. Census Bureau schedule for the release of the 2016 income, poverty and health insurance coverage statistics from the Annual Social and Economic Supplement to the Current Population Survey and the 2016 American Community Survey is as follows: Tuesday, Sept. 12, 2017 (no embargo) National 2016…
Census Bureau: 2015 Rental Housing Finance Survey Available
The 2015 Rental Housing Finance Survey (RHFS) are now available on census.gov. This survey provides measures of financial, mortgage, and property characteristics of rental housing properties in the United States. Statistics include property, residential structure(s), and mortgage characteristics, ownership status, commercial use of space and benefits received. Internet address: <https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/rhfs.html>.
FHFA: Index Shows Mortgage Rates Increased in June 2017
Washington, D.C. – Nationally, interest rates on conventional purchase-money mortgages increased from May to June, according to several indices of new mortgage contracts. The National Average Contract Mortgage Rate for the Purchase of Previously Occupied Homes by Combined Lenders Index was 4.00 percent for loans closed in late June, up 13 basis points from 3.87…