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Housing Finance Watch (Week 23, 2025)

2 weeks ago | aei.org | Edward Pinto |Tobias Peter |Sissi Li

Report Housing Finance Watch (Week 23, 2025) By Edward J. Pinto | Tobias Peter | Sissi Li June 10, 2025 PDF to full reportKey takeaways:The median purchase rate remained at 6.75% in week 23, 2025. According to Mortgage News Daily, the avg. 30-year rate was 6.95% on June 9th. Purchase rate lock volume was down 44% from the same week in 2019, and down 9% YoY. Preliminary YoY HPA was 3.0% in April 2025.
AEI Housing Market Indicators, May 2025

3 weeks ago | aei.org | Edward Pinto |Tobias Peter |Sissi Li

Slides· MethodologyThe American Enterprise Institute’s Housing Center released its monthly update to the AEI Housing Market Indicators on June 3, 2025.
AEI Center on Housing Markets and Finance Archives

3 weeks ago | aei.org | Edward Pinto |Tobias Peter |Sissi Li |Arthur Gailes

Report AEI Housing Market Indicators, May 2025 Report AEI Housing Market Indicators, April 2025 Report AEI Housing Market Indicators, March 2025 Testimony House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs VA Loan Servicing at a Crossroads Report AEI Housing Market Indicators, February 2025 Report AEI Housing Market Indicators, January 2025 Report AEI Housing Market Indicators, December 2024 Report AEI Housing Market Indicators, November 2024 Report AEI Housing Market Indicators, October 2024 Report AEI...
GSEs (Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac) Archives

3 weeks ago | aei.org | Edward Pinto |Tobias Peter |Sissi Li

Report AEI Housing Market Indicators, May 2025 Report National Home Price Appreciation (HPA) Index—April 2025 Report AEI Housing Market Indicators, April 2025 Report Executive Roundtable for Mortgage Finance Economics & Housing Panel Report National Home Price Appreciation (HPA) Index—March 2025 Report AEI Housing Market Indicators, March 2025 Report National Home Price Appreciation (HPA) Index—February 2025 Report Prevalence of GSE Appraisal Waivers Report AEI Housing Market Indicators,...
Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Archives

3 weeks ago | aei.org | Edward Pinto |Tobias Peter |Sissi Li |Howard Husock

Report AEI Housing Market Indicators, May 2025 Report AEI Housing Market Indicators, April 2025 Report AEI Housing Market Indicators, March 2025 Op-Ed Unfreezing New York’s Projects Op-Ed Why Are Illegal Migrants Still Allowed to Live in Public Housing Op-Ed Trump Should Put an End to Rent Control Report AEI Housing Market Indicators, February 2025 Op-Ed It’s Time for Time Limits on Public Housing Op-Ed Trump Stopped Biden’s Plan to Force DEI on Local Communities Op-Ed Housing Subsidy...
Tag Archive: Housing policy

1 month ago | aei.org | Tobias Peter |Edward Pinto |Nick Allen |Mark Lutter

Op-Ed The Surprising Role of Large Developers in Solving the Housing Crunch Article Houston Gets the Last Laugh Article Homesteading 2.0 and Freedom Cities Open Letter Op-Ed Connecting the Dots on Congress’ VA Partial Claims Bill Op-Ed How CFPB Policies Fueled New Subprime Boom, High Home Prices Op-Ed The Hill Congress Must Stop Biden’s VA Mortgage Bailout — Before It’s Too Late Article Homesteading 2.0: Making Housing Affordable Again, Especially With the Construction of Starter Homes Op-Ed...
Housing Center: Commentary Archives

1 month ago | aei.org | Tobias Peter |Edward Pinto |Nick Allen |Mark Lutter
National Home Price Appreciation (HPA) Index-April 2025

1 month ago | aei.org | Tobias Peter |Edward Pinto

The AEI Housing Center provides the most advanced and timely information on home prices available. For example, the Case Shiller home price index, which will come out later this month, will be an average of January 2025, February 2025, and March 2025, thus effectively reflecting February’s HPA. The AEI Housing Center’s May release is for April, two full months later. Additionally, we use ICE rate lock data to project May and June 2025’s home price appreciation.
Housing Finance Watch (Week 20, 2025)

1 month ago | aei.org | Edward Pinto |Tobias Peter |Sissi Li

Report Housing Finance Watch (Week 20, 2025) By Edward J. Pinto | Tobias Peter | Sissi Li May 20, 2025 PDF to full reportKey takeaways:The median purchase rate remained at 6.625 in week 20, 2025. According to Mortgage News Daily, the avg. 30-year rate was 6.99% on May 19th. Purchase rate lock volume was down 40% from the same week in 2019, and down 24% YoY. Preliminary YoY HPA was 3.0% in April 2025. It is projected to be 3.0% and 3.5% for May 2025 and the two weeks of June 2025, respectively.
Housing Finance Watch (Week 19, 2025)

1 month ago | aei.org | Edward Pinto |Tobias Peter |Sissi Li

Report Housing Finance Watch (Week 19, 2025) By Edward J. Pinto | Tobias Peter | Sissi Li May 13, 2025 PDF to full reportKey takeaways:The median purchase rate decreased to 6.625% in week 19, 2025. According to Mortgage News Daily, the avg. 30-year rate was 6.92% on May 12th. Purchase rate lock volume was down 36% from the same week in 2019, and down 14% YoY. Preliminary YoY HPA was 2.6% in March 2025.