FHFA: Second Quarter 2022 Foreclosure Prevention and Refinance Report Released
More than 6.5 million troubled homeowners helped since conservatorship The Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) today released its second quarter 2022 Foreclosure Prevention and Refinance Report. The report shows that Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac (the Enterprises) completed 96,945 foreclosure prevention actions during the quarter, raising the total number of homeowners who have been helped to…
CFPB: Annual Report of 2021 Mortgage Market Activity Reveals End to Refinancing Boom and Increase in Home Purchase Loans
Asian, Black, and Hispanic white shares of home purchase loans increased Today, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) released its annual report on residential mortgage lending activity and trends for 2021. The report’s data are submitted by thousands of the nation’s lending institutions under the Home Mortgage Disclosure Act (HMDA). The report shows a shift…
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, 2022. The FDIC’s Summary of Deposits (SOD) provides deposit totals for each of the more than 79,000 domestic offices operated by more than 4,700 FDIC-insured commercial and savings banks, savings…
Census Bureau: The Number of People Working from Home Tripled Between 2019 and 2021
U.S. Census Bureau releases new 2021 American Community Survey 1-year estimates for all geographic areas with populations of 65,000 or more. Between 2019 and 2021, the number of people primarily working from home tripled from 5.7% (roughly 9 million people) to 17.9% (27.6 million people), according to new 2021 American Community Survey (ACS) 1-year estimates…
OCC: Report Shows Overall Mortgage Performance Improvement
The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) reported that the performance of first-lien mortgages in the federal banking system improved during the second quarter of 2022. The OCC Mortgage Metrics Report, Second Quarter 2022 showed that 97 percent of mortgages included in the report were current and performing at the end of the quarter, compared…
CFPB: New Study Details the Rapid Growth of “Buy Now, Pay Later” Lending
Today, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) published a report offering key insights on the Buy Now, Pay Later industry. The report, Buy Now, Pay Later: Market trends and consumer impacts, finds that industry grew rapidly during the pandemic, but borrowers may receive uneven disclosures and protections. The five firms surveyed in the report originated 180…
Census Bureau: Household Pulse Survey Phase 3.6 Begins
The U.S. Census Bureau today announced the beginning of data collection for phase 3.6 of the experimental Household Pulse Survey (HPS). The HPS is an effort by the Census Bureau and other federal statistical agencies to provide near real-time data on how the COVID-19 pandemic, and changes in social and economic conditions are affecting people’s lives to…
Census Bureau: Data on 2021 Income, Poverty and Health Insurance Coverage Analyzed
The U.S. Census Bureau announced today that real median household income in 2021 was not statistically different than 2020. The official poverty rate of 11.6% was also not statistically different between 2020 and 2021. The Supplemental Poverty Measure (SPM) rate in 2021 was 7.8%, a decrease of 1.4 percentage points from 2020. Meanwhile, the percentage…
HUD: $5.5 Million Funding Opportunity Announced for HBCUs to Conduct Housing and Community Development Research
The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) announced that it will make available $5.5 million for Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) to establish or bolster existing Centers of Excellence (COE) that conduct housing and community development research. “Historically Black Colleges and Universities are economic anchors for their communities,” said Secretary Marcia L. Fudge….
HUD: FY 2023 Fair Market Rents Published
FMRs Will Make It Easier for Families with Housing Vouchers – Including Vouchers Created Under this Administration – to Use Their Vouchers to Access Affordable Housing The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) today published Fair Market Rents (FMRs) for Fiscal Year 2023. FMRs, published annually, are an estimate of the amount of…