Latest Real Estate Economic Updates

Purchase Rate Nearing Pre-Pandemic Levels

  • Mike Lembeck
  • 08 June 2020

AEI’s latest housing market indicator shows that the purchase rate lock volume for the week of May 25 was up 19% from a year ago, with analysis saying the worst of the “near-term effects” of COVID-19 could be behind housing.

Housing ‘Likely’ Hit Low Point

  • Mike Lembeck
  • 08 June 2020

Realtor.com’s May Monthly Housing Trends report forecasts that the U.S. housing market has “likely” reached its low point, with signs of recovery and even strengthening emerging in April and May. Growth is expected to continue over the summer.

Delinquencies Jump by 90%

  • Mike Lembeck
  • 08 June 2020

The national delinquency rate increased by 90.22%, according to Black Knight's latest Mortgage Monitor Report, with 1.6 million new delinquencies since March and a rate of 6.45%, the largest single-month increase on record.