ABA: New National Survey Finds U.S. Consumers Remain Happy with Their Bank and Competitive Financial Services Marketplace
Survey also found consumers highly value overdraft protection and want Congress to allow banks to serve cannabis-related businesses More than 8 in 10 Americans (84%) say they are “very satisfied” or “satisfied” with their primary bank, and 94% rate their bank’s customer service as “excellent,” “very good” or “good,” according to a new survey conducted…
HUD: $10.5 Million Awarded to Hispanic Serving Institutions for Housing Research Centers
Grant funding supports HUD’s commitment to diverse and equitable housing solutions, empowering underserved communities through research. Today, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) announced $10.5 million in grant awards to four Hispanic Serving Institutions (HSIs) to establish research Centers of Excellence (COEs) to conduct housing and community development research. HUD made the announcement at…
OCC: Mortgage Performance Report for Second Quarter 2023 Released
The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) reported on the performance of first-lien mortgages in the federal banking system during the second quarter of 2023. The OCC Mortgage Metrics Report, Second Quarter 2023 showed that 97.3 percent of mortgages included in the report were current and performing at the end of the quarter, compared with…
CFPB: Mortgage Report Finds Jumps in Closing Costs and Denials for Insufficent Income; Growing Proportion of Cash-Out Refinances
Overall mortgage lending falls amid significant rise in interest rates and discount points Today, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) released its annual report on residential mortgage lending activity and trends. In 2022, mortgage applications and originations declined markedly from the prior year, while rates, fees, discount points, and other costs increased. Overall affordability declined…
HUD and Census Bureau: New Residential Sales Report Released for August 2023
The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) and the U.S. Census Bureau jointly announced the following new residential sales statistics for August 2023: New Home SalesSales of new single‐family houses in August 2023 were at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 675,000, according to estimates released jointly today by the U.S. Census Bureau…
FHFA: House Price Index Up 0.8 Percent in July 2023; Up 4.6 Percent from Last Year
U.S. house prices rose in July, up 0.8 percent from June, according to the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) seasonally adjusted monthly House Price Index (HPI®). House prices rose 4.6 percent from July 2022 to July 2023. The previously reported 0.3 percent price increase in June was revised upward to a 0.4 percent increase. For the nine census divisions,…
ABA: Bank Economists See Weakening Credit Conditions Through End of 2024
Bank economists expect credit conditions to weaken over the next six months, according to the American Bankers Association’s latest Credit Conditions Index released today. The latest summary of ABA’s Credit Conditions Index examines a suite of indices derived from the quarterly outlook for credit markets produced by ABA’s Economic Advisory Committee (EAC). The EAC includes chief economists…
FDIC: Results of Summary of Deposits Annual Survey Released
The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) today released results of its annual survey of branch office deposits for all FDIC-insured institutions as of June 30, 2023. The FDIC’s Summary of Deposits (SOD) provides deposit totals for each of the more than 77,000 domestic offices operated by more than 4,600 FDIC-insured commercial and savings banks, savings…
FHFA: Second Quarter 2023 Foreclosure Prevention and Refinance Report Released
The Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) today released its second quarter 2023 Foreclosure Prevention and Refinance Report. The report shows that Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac (the Enterprises) completed 47,370 foreclosure prevention actions during the quarter, raising the total number of homeowners who have been helped to 6,818,471 since the start of conservatorships in September…
Census Bureau: Household Pulse Survey Phase 3.10 Monthly Data Released
The U.S. Census Bureau today released new data from phase 3.10 of the experimental Household Pulse Survey (HPS). The HPS is an effort by the Census Bureau and other federal statistical agencies to inform federal and state response and recovery planning by providing near real-time data on the social and economic effects of the COVID-19 pandemic and…