February 23, 2012 (Jeff Alan) Monthly default rates on first mortgages declined for the first time in five months in January, helping to contribute to an overall decline in the S&P/Experian Consumer Credit Default Indices from 2.24 percent in December to 2.16 in January. […]
February 23, 2012 (Shirley Allen) Monthly sales of new and existing homes in California followed seasonal norms and declined in January but remained above year ago levels while home prices ended the month lower according to real estate information provider DataQuick. […]
February 22, 2012 (Shirley Allen) Americans did a better job paying their mortgages last month as the number of delinquencies declined from December to January, but more of them saw their homes go into foreclosure according to the latest “First Look” Mortgage Report released by Lender Processing Services (LPS). […]
February 21, 2012 (Jeff Alan) The national average home price fell 0.6 percent to $199,000 for transactions completed in November according to the latest Lender Processing Services (LPS) Home Price Index (HPI), the fifth consecutive month that the average home price has fallen. […]
February 21, 2012 (Jeff Alan) Monthly home sales followed seasonal trends and declined in the Bay Area in January but were still at their highest level in five years while home prices continued to slide as a record percentage of sales to investors pushed home prices even lower according to real estate information provider DataQuick. [...]
February 21, 2012 (Chris Moore) The inventory of available homes for sale in the United States continued to shrink in January, falling for the eighth consecutive month, and although home prices fell from the previous month, they were still over five percent higher than they were a year ago according to the latest housing data [...]
February 21, 2012 (Chris Moore) Weekly existing home sales volume posted its first gain in six weeks while home prices continued to slide, reaching its five-year cycle low last seen in June of 2009, according to the National Home Sales Snapshot released by DataQuick. […]
February 17, 2012 (Shirley Allen) Total permanent loan modifications declined by 40 percent from 2010 to 2011 with completed proprietary modifications nearly double those completed by the government’s HAMP program according to HOPE NOW, the voluntary, private sector alliance of mortgage servicers, investors, mortgage insurers and non-profit counselors […]
February 17, 2012 (Jeff Alan) Home sales returned to their normal seasonal trends in January following December’s unexpected jump but still remained higher than last year’s levels according to RE/MAX’s National Housing Report (NHR). […]
