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Recently the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) released a study, based on census data, showing an increasing percentage of young adults, about a third of those in the Millennial generation, living with parents, other relatives, or with unrelated house- or roommates. A second part of that study looks at the correlating rates of homeownership and where both those sharing living quarters and those aged 24 to 35 who have moved out on their own tend to be located. NAHB's Natalia Siniavskaia says only 40 percent of those in that age group led their own households in 2016, the last year for which data is available, compared to 46 percent in both 1990 and 2000. As she pointed out in her previous post in NAHB's Eye on Housing blog, the percentage of young adults living with others remained
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Recently the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) released a study, based on census data, showing an increasing percentage of young adults, about a third of those in the Millennial generation, living with parents, other relatives, or with unr... (read more)
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Rob Chrisman
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Everyone needs some learnin’, and LOs and underwriters are very interested in income, education, and trends. The US Census Bureau tells us that since the mid-1900s, postsecondary enrollment has increased during recessionary periods when the sta... (read more)
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MBS Commentary
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As investors have sought a safe haven from trade-related risks, bonds have benefited more than they otherwise might have and stocks have been restrained. The trick is that a trade war isn't a thing that hits markets quickly and decisivel... (read more)
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Housing News
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Fannie Mae's Lender Sentiment Survey has foreshadowed the growing attention to automating the loan approval process. That survey underlined the extent to which lenders are viewing increased efficiency as key to reversing their declining profitability... (read more)
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Mortgage Rate Watch
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Mortgage rates were sideways to slightly higher today as financial markets returned for the final 2 days of the holiday-shortened week. Trade war anxiety is front and center for both stocks and bonds (which dictate rates). Fear of negative economic f... (read more)
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MBS Commentary
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Heading into the day and a half holiday break, bonds had been consolidating in a narrower range centered on 2.85% in terms of 10yr yields. Now, as bonds return to finish out the week, they're consolidating in a narrower range centered on 2.85! ... (read more)
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