A total of 8.8 million households bought homes in the two years preceding the most recent American Housing Survey (AHS). The survey, sponsored by the Department of Housing and Urban Development, is conducted by the Census Bureau every two years. The AHS is a nationally representative survey of residential structures in the US and of the households that occupy them. Results of the 2017 survey were released last year and the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) has taken a detailed look at the findings, publishing several blog entries. Carmel Ford of NAHB's Economics and Housing Policy Group has now published a paper on the characteristics of those recent buyers and their transaction. The 8.8 million homebuyers are the highest tallied by any AHS since the Great Recession. There were 11

February 13, 2019 Download our Mobile App: Download our Mobile App: 30 Yr. Fixed 6.27% -0.04%   6.13% 7.26% 15 Yr. Fixed 5.82% -0.01%   5.6% 6.59% 30 Yr. Jumbo 6.00% -0.22%   6% 7.45% Compare Mortgage Rates from Local Lenders for Feb 13, 2019 Highest Mortgage Rates in a Week After Today's Move Wed, Feb 13, 2019 4:41PM Mortgage rates hadn't changed much over the past few business days, even though they arguably should have moved a bit higher yesterday. That made today's adjustment slightly more abrupt. Why was there an adjustment? Mortgage rates are based primarily on the trading levels in the bond market. In turn, the bond market takes cues from a multitude of factors big and small. Among the biggest considerations for bonds are the various regularly scheduled economic reports. Among those reports, inflation data is traditionally very important to bonds. And finally, among inflation data, today's Consumer P... (read more) Mortgage News Daily Rate Change Points 30 Yr. 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(read more) MBS Live Recap: Shutdown Deal Hurts Bonds, But Mostly Helped Stocks Tue, Feb 12, 2019 5:18PM It's hard to say exactly where stocks and bonds would be today absent the news from yesterday night regarding a possible shutdown deal.  Both sides of the market were already in the process of bouncing as of last Friday--with yesterday's closi... (read more) MBS Price Change UMBS 4.5 97.67 -0.02 UMBS 5.0 99.67 -0.01 UMBS 5.5 101.08 -0.01 GNMA 4.5 97.74 +0.04 GNMA 5.0 99.94 +0.11 GNMA 5.5 100.82 -0.08 Pricing as of: 10/15 3:24PM EST US Treasury Yield Change 2 YR Treasury 3.503 +0.020 5 YR Treasury 3.625 +0.021 7 YR Treasury 3.812 +0.014 10 YR Treasury 4.041 +0.012 30 YR Treasury 4.638 +0.007 Pricing as of: 10/15 3:24PM EST Other News NAHB Takes a Detailed Look at First-Time and Trade-up Buyers Wed, Feb 13, 2019 11:40AM A total of 8.8 million households bought homes in the two years preceding the most recent American Housing Survey (AHS). 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