The nation’s home builders enjoyed their best year in three years according to the U.S. Census Bureau with private single-family home construction increasing by nearly twenty percent from the previous year while multi-family construction was up by over forty percent from 2011 to 2012. […]
The overall housing market remained mostly unchanged between November and December according to the January release of the Obama Administration’s Housing Scorecard but continued to show improvement over conditions from a year ago. […]
Existing homes sales continued their downward trend and are down more than ten percent compared to a month ago according to the weekly National Home Sales Snapshot released by DataQuick while home values fell by 2.1 percent from the previous week. […]
Mortgage interest rates remained at about the same levels as last week with the exception of the 1-year adjustable rate mortgage which saw a jump of eight basis points during the week according to Freddie Mac’s Primary Mortgage Market Survey® (PMMS) for the week ending February 14, 2013. […]
Mortgage applications fell for only the second time this year with both purchase and refinance applications declining from the previous week according to the Mortgage Bankers Association’s (MBA) Weekly Mortgage Applications Survey for the week ending February 8th, 2013. […]
The number of proprietary loan modifications completed by the nation’s mortgage servicers fell for the second consecutive year according to HOPE NOW, the voluntary, private sector alliance of mortgage servicers, investors, mortgage insurers and non-profit counselors. […]
Monthly home prices in the United States continued to improve from October to November according to the Federal Housing Finance Agency’s (FHFA) monthly House Price Index (HPI). […]
Existing homes sales took a turn for the worse last week, falling by over five percent from the previous week and are down almost ten percent from a month ago according to the weekly National Home Sales Snapshot released by DataQuick while home values fell by 1.5 percent from the previous week. […]
(February 1, 2013) Mortgage interest rates trended downward slightly this week according to Freddie Mac’s Primary Mortgage Market Survey® (PMMS) for the week ending February 7, 2013. […]
