January 2, 2013 (Jeff Alan) The number of loan modifications completed by Freddie Mac in November was slightly lower than the previous month, though still higher than average for this year, while strong HARP refinances pushed single-family loan volume to its highest level of the year according to the recently released Monthly Volume Summary. [...]
December 31, 2012 (Chris Moore) Sales of existing homes fell again last week but at a much slower pace than the previous two weeks while home prices rebounded slightly to the previous week’s level according to the weekly National Home Sales Snapshot released by DataQuick. […]
December 28, 2012 (Jeff Alan) Monthly sales of existing homes fell for the third time in the last four months in November but stayed well above last year’s levels according to RE/MAX’s monthly National Housing Report (NHR) while dwindling inventories resulted in an increase in home prices. […]
December 27, 2012 (Shirley Allen) Mortgage interest rates ended the year near historic lows with fixed rates either moving downward or remaining unchanged from last week while adjustable rates were mixed according to Freddie Mac’s Primary Mortgage Market Survey® (PMMS) for the week ending December 27th. […]
December 26, 2012 (Chris Moore) Sales of existing homes over the last 30 days fell at their fastest pace since the beginning of last February and are over six percent lower than a month ago according to the weekly National Home Sales Snapshot released by DataQuick. […]
December 21, 2012 (Shirley Allen) Mortgage interest rates were mixed this week but still remained near their record lows with rates moving up or down no more than one basis point with the exception of the 30-year fixed ate mortgage according to Freddie Mac’s Primary Mortgage Market Survey® (PMMS) for the week ending December 20th. [...]
December 20, 2012 (Shirley Allen) The number of proprietary loan modifications completed by the nation’s mortgage servicers soared in October, along with mortgage delinquencies, according to HOPE NOW, the voluntary, private sector alliance of mortgage servicers, investors, mortgage insurers and non-profit counselors. […]
December 19, 2012 (Chris Moore) Mortgage applications tumbled last week led by a sharp drop in applications to refinance mortgages according to the Mortgage Bankers Association’s (MBA) Weekly Mortgage Applications Survey for the week ending December 13th, 2012. […]
December 18, 2012 (Shirley Allen) Construction spending in October by the nation’s home builders kept pace with September as residential construction spending remained more than twenty percent above last year’s levels according to the U.S. Census Bureau. […]
