September 12, 2012 (Shirley Allen) Monthly sales of new and resale homes in the Phoenix area fell for a second consecutive month during July as thinning inventory helped boost prices above last year’s levels for the eighth consecutive month according to the latest housing data released from DataQuick. […]
September 11, 2012 (Chris Moore) Consumer confidence improved in August as consumers held a more favorable view of their current financial condition but remained leery of their future financial prospects according to the latest Surveys of Consumers by Thomson Reuters/University of Michigan. […]
September 11, 2012 (Shirley Allen) Monthly sales of existing single-family homes and condominiums fell in Iowa during July but still beat out last year’s tally while home prices followed the same pattern according to the latest housing data from the Iowa Association of Realtors® (IAR). […]
September 11, 2012 (Chris Moore) Regardless of whether their previous loan was a fixed rate mortgage (FRM) or an adjustable rate mortgage (ARM), borrowers chose a fixed-rate mortgage over 95 percent of the time when they refinanced their existing first mortgage during the second quarter of 2012 according to Freddie Mac’s Quarterly Product Transition Report. [...]
September 11, 2012 (Chris Moore) Monthly sales of new and existing homes in California slipped for a second consecutive month in July but still remained higher than a year ago, while home prices continued to make solid gains according to real estate information provider DataQuick. […]
September 10, 2012 (Shirley Allen) Mortgage servicers stepped up their loan modification efforts in July as the number proprietary modifications jumped by over 42 percent from the previous month according to HOPE NOW, the voluntary, private sector alliance of mortgage servicers, investors, mortgage insurers and non-profit counselors. […]
September 10, 2012 (Shirley Allen) Monthly sales of existing single-family homes in the state of New York cooled slightly in July following two consecutive months of double-digit increases according to the latest housing data from the New York State Association of Realtors® (NYSAR). […]
September 10, 2012 (Chris Moore) National monthly home prices improved by 1.3 percent for the second consecutive month from June to July according to CoreLogic’s July Home Price Index (HPI) with early projections for next month leading CoreLogic to predict positive gains in price levels are likely for the full year. […]
September 10, 2012 (Chris Moore) Existing home sales increased slightly but still remained at similar levels seen over the previous eight weeks according to the weekly National Home Sales Snapshot released by DataQuick while home prices haven’t budged for the last five weeks. […]
