FRB: February 2005 Statistical Supplement--Mortgage Markets, Mortgages on New Homes

Statistical Supplement | February 2005

Statistical Supplement to the Federal Reserve Bulletin, February 2005

1.53 Mortgage Markets, Mortgages on New Homes
Item		2002	2003	2004	2004
Millions of dollars except as noted
Item		2002	2003	2004	June	July	Aug	Sept	Oct	Nov	Dec
		Terms and yields in primary and secondary markets
Primary Markets
	Terms¹
1	Purchase price (thousands of dollars)	261.1	272.1	292.0	288.1	289.2	297.5	301.5	297.6	304.8	305.5
2	Amount of loan (thousands of dollars)	197.0	205.3	215.0	213.2	214.1	221.8	225.1	218.7	224.3	227.0
3	Loan-to-price ratio (percent)	77.8	77.9	76.0	75.8	76.2	76.9	77.0	76.0	75.7	76.6
4	Maturity (years)	28.9	28.7	28.8	28.6	28.9	29.1	29.2	29.0	29.2	28.8
5	Fees and charges (percent of loan amount)²	.62	.61	.51	.50	.48	.48	.57	.47	.49	.50

	Yield (percent per year)
6	Contract rate¹	6.35	5.71	5.68	5.73	5.89	5.81	5.63	5.75	5.84	5.94
7	Effective rate¹^, ³	6.44	5.80	5.75	5.81	5.96	5.88	5.72	5.82	5.91	6.02
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	5.81	5.03	5.19	5.66	5.43	5.22	5.09	5.02	5.01	5.03
		Activity in secondary markets
Federal National Mortgage Association
	Mortgage holdings (end of period)
11	Total	794,253	898,445	904,555	891,210	892,724	895,428	904,543	913,246	912,608	904,555
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)	370,641	572,852	262,646	37,164	21,618	21,787	27,661	27,142	19,121	13,016

	Mortgage commitments (during period)
15	Issued⁷	400,327	522,083	149,429	32,084	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.
16	To sell⁸	12,268	33,010	8,828	2,415	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation
	Mortgage holdings (end of period)⁸
17	Total	568,173	644,436	653,641	645,185	656,342	661,358	660,713	660,301	656,982	653,641
18	FHA/VA insured	4,573	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.
19	Conventional	563,600	n.a.	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	547,046	713,260	365,148	39,022	30,709	23,461	23,586	26,541	23,207	27,953

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