Tightening Credit A New Concern For The Mortgage Market
Recent bank failures have created another problem for the housing market: lack of credit. First American’s Potential Home Sales Model– a measure of what a healthy level of home sales should be based on market fundamentals– fell by 2.5% month-over-month in March. Year-over-year, it is down 10.7%, a loss of more than 640,000 sales. The…