FRB: March 2004 Statistical Supplement--Mortgage Markets, Mortgages on New Homes

Statistical Supplement | March 2004

Statistical Supplement to the Federal Reserve Bulletin, March 2004

1.53 Mortgage Markets, Mortgages on New Homes
Item		2001	2002	2003	2003
Millions of dollars except as noted
Item		2001	2002	2003	June	July	Aug	Sept	Oct	Nov	Dec
		Terms and yields in primary and secondary markets
Primary Markets
	Terms¹
1	Purchase price (thousands of dollars)	245.0	261.1	272.1	283.3	283.4	280.1	275.6	273.7	284.6	275.9
2	Amount of loan (thousands of dollars)	184.2	197.0	205.3	213.7	214.4	212.1	208.1	200.8	214.5	206.3
3	Loan-to-price ratio (percent)	77.3	77.8	77.9	78.0	78.2	78.0	77.8	75.8	78.0	77.6
4	Maturity (years)	28.8	28.9	28.7	28.8	28.7	28.5	28.8	28.5	29.0	28.9
5	Fees and charges (percent of loan amount)²	.67	.62	.61	.64	.62	.66	.68	.62	.69	.66

	Yield (percent per year)
6	Contract rate¹	6.90	6.35	5.71	5.42	5.44	5.68	5.87	5.83	5.82	5.49
7	Effective rate¹^, ³	7.00	6.44	5.80	5.51	5.53	5.77	5.97	5.92	5.92	5.59
8	Contract rate (HUD series)⁴	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.

Secondary Markets
	Yield (percent per year)
9	FHA mortgages (section 203)⁵	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.
10	GNMA securities⁶	6.36	5.81	5.03	4.27	5.02	5.48	5.27	5.27	5.21	5.16
		Activity in secondary markets
Federal National Mortgage Association
	Mortgage holdings (end of period)
11	Total	707,015	794,253	898,438	814,882	838,236	865,461	917,123	912,658	906,380	898,438
12	FHA/VA insured	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.
13	Conventional	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.

14	Mortgage transactions purchased (during period)	270,384	370,641	572,851	41,182	72,447	82,656	98,804	27,609	17,596	13,775

	Mortgage commitments (during period)
15	Issued⁷	304,084	400,327	478,676	79,172	79,594	46,436	32,701	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.
16	To sell⁸	7,586	12,268	23,076	3,657	1,915	3,085	4,740	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation
	Mortgage holdings (end of period)⁸
17	Total	491,719	568,173	644,436	585,460	594,301	615,085	641,040^r	655,458^r	646,636	644,436
18	FHA/VA insured	3,506	4,573	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.
19	Conventional	488,213	563,600	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.

	Mortgage transactions (during period)
20	Purchases	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.
21	Sales	389,611	547,046	713,260	58,124	70,216^r	91,196^r	83,982	69,868	39,028	33,871

22	Mortgage commitments contracted (during period)⁹	417,434	620,981	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.

1. Weighted averages based on sample surveys of mortgages originated by major institutional lender groups for purchase of newly built homes; compiled by the Federal Housing Finance Board in cooperation with the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation. Return to table

2. Includes all fees, commissions, discounts, and "points" paid (by the borrower or the seller) to obtain a loan. Return to table

3. Average effective interest rate on loans closed for purchase of newly built homes, assuming prepayment at the end of ten years. Return to table

4. Average contract rate on new commitments for conventional first mortgages; from U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). Based on transactions on the first day of the subsequent month. Return to table

5. Average gross yield on thirty-year, minimum-downpayment first mortgages insured by the Federal Housing Administration (FHA) for immediate delivery in the private secondary market. Based on transactions on first day of subsequent month. Return to table

6. Average net yields to investors on fully modified pass-through securities backed by mortgages and guaranteed by the Government National Mortgage Association (GNMA), assuming prepayment in twelve years on pools of thirty-year mortgages insured by the Federal Housing Administration or guaranteed by the Department of Veterans Affairs. Return to table

7. Does not include standby commitments issued, but includes standby commitments converted. Return to table

8. Includes participation loans as well as whole loans. Return to table

9. Includes conventional and government-underwritten loans. The Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation's mortgage commitments and mortgage transactions include activity under mortgage securities swap programs, whereas the corresponding data for the Federal National Mortgage Association exclude swap activity. Return to table

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