Census Bureau: Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates for Counties
In 2016, the median household income for all counties ranged between $22,045 and $134,609, with a median county-level value of $47,589, according to the new Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates report released today by the U.S. Census Bureau. Between 2007 (the year before the most recent recession) and 2016, 70 counties had a statistically…
FHFA: Index Shows Mortgage Rates Decreased in October 2017
Nationally, interest rates on conventional purchase-money mortgages decreased from September to October, 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 3.98 percent for loans closed in late October, down 2 basis points from 4.00 percent in September….
Federal Reserve: FEDS | Bank Failures, Capital Buffers and Exposure to the Housing Market Bubble
Bank Failures, Capital Buffers, and Exposure to the Housing Market Bubble (PDF) Gazi I. Kara and Cindy M. Vojtech Abstract: We empirically document that banks with greater exposure to high home price-to-income ratio regions in 2005 and 2006 have higher mortgage delinquency and charge-off rates and significantly higher probabilities of failure during the last financial crisis…
Federal Reserve: FEDS | On Intergenerational Immobility – Evidence that Adult Credit Health Reflects the Childhood Environment
March 2017 (Revised November 2017) On Intergenerational Immobility: Evidence that Adult Credit Health Reflects the Childhood Environment (PDF) Sarena Goodman, Alice Henriques, and Alvaro Mezza Abstract: Using a novel dataset that links socioeconomic background to future credit, postsecondary education, and federal student loan and grant records, we document that, even though it is not and…
FHFA: U.S. House Prices Rise 1.4 Percent in Third Quarter 2017
U.S. house prices rose 1.4 percent in the third quarter of 2017 according to the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) House Price Index (HPI). House prices rose 6.5 percent from the third quarter of 2016 to the third quarter of 2017. FHFA’s seasonally adjusted monthly index for September was up 0.3 percent from August. The…
FHFA: Maximum Conforming Loan Limits Announced for 2018
The Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) today announced the maximum conforming loan limits for mortgages to be acquired by Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac in 2018. In most of the U.S., the 2018 maximum conforming loan limit for one-unit properties will be $453,100, an increase from $424,100 in 2017. Baseline limit The Housing and Economic…
HUD and Census Bureau: New Residential Sales Report for October 2017
The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) and the U.S. Census Bureau today jointly announced the following new residential sales statistics for October 2017: NEW HOME SALES Sales of new single-family houses in October 2017 were at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 685,000, according to estimates released jointly today by the Department…
Census Bureau: Services Sector Revenue Rises to $15.5 Trillion
Revenue generated by service sector firms increased 4.4 percent between 2015 and 2016, according to statistics from the U.S. Census Bureau’s 2016 Service Annual Survey (SAS). Revenue for all service sectors covered by the program is estimated at $15.5 trillion for 2016. This is the first SAS release to include information for the North American…
Census Bureau: New Data Tools and Apps to Be Revealed at Technology Demo Day on November 29th
What: The U.S. Census Bureau will showcase 12 new innovative projects at an interagency demonstration day created through a federal initiative called The Opportunity Project (TOP). These new tools address problems such as youth and veteran homelessness, engaging hard-to-count populations in the decennial census and making federal grants data user-friendly. TOP is a collaborative effort…