Sentences with phrase «of tight lending conditions»
The combination of tight lending conditions and weak job growth is a reason for the continuing decline in the homeownership rate.
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If that were to happen, the already spooked markets would face even tighter lending conditions, and the pessimism might spread to the rest of the economy.
«These adverse effects would weaken the credit quality of bank's loan portfolios and could lead to tighter lending conditions for households and businesses.
In recent quarters we had seen the Fed sponsored Senior Bank Lending Survey show us the easiest of lending conditions for banks over the current cycle to date — certainly not tight.
The building regs were significantly tighter, as were lending conditions, while the market itself was unrecognisable from the heady days of the mid-noughties.
But so far in 2017, CMBS issuers have had perfect conditions for lending, including tighter spreads than those seen in 2016, low interest rates, yield - hungry investors, an absence of volatility, and an ample volume of loans in need of refinancing.
High prices and tighter lending conditions aren't dampening consumers» optimism and enthusiasm for real estate in the Toronto region, where half of homebuyers still expect to purchase that most expensive and elusive asset, a detached home.
«At this point, difficult appraisals and tight lending conditions for builders and buyers remain limiting factors for the burgeoning housing recovery, along with shortages of buildable lots that have begun popping up in certain markets.»
«The number of improving housing markets has risen for six consecutive months, and 36 states now have at least one metropolitan area on the list,» notes NAHB Chairman Bob Nielsen, a home builder from Reno, Nev. «This indicates that despite the many challenges that continue to drag on a housing recovery — including the tight lending environment for builders and buyers — improving conditions are slowly but surely spreading from one housing market to the next.»
«This is particularly encouraging at a time when other parts of the economy have begun to show softness, and is all the more reason that the challenges constraining housing's recovery — namely overly tight lending conditions, poor appraisals and the flow of distressed properties onto the market — need to be resolved.»
Yun said the increase in more buyers paying cash for real estate reflected tight lending conditions and an increase in investor sales, which account for the bulk of cash sales.
«Homes in this year's first quarter were more affordable than they have been at any time in more than 20 years, yet many potential sales are not happening because of overly tight lending conditions that are keeping hardworking families from obtaining a suitable mortgage,» says Barry Rutenberg, chairman of the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) and a home builder from Gainesville, Fla. «Without this significant hurdle, the housing and economic recovery could be proceeding at a much stronger pace.»
In the meantime, a continuing yawning supply imbalance, a weakening U.S. job market and tight lending conditions point to a prolonged period of housing market lethargy, with the risk of still lower home prices and construction, and relatively depressed sales volumes.»
Housing affordability is about the best it's ever been, but tight lending conditions have made it difficult for buyers to take advantage of the good conditions.