(January 14, 2013) Sales of existing homes increased for the first time in five weeks according to the weekly National Home Sales Snapshot released by DataQuick, while home prices improved for the third consecutive week. […]
(January 11, 2013) The nation’s new home builders are poised to have their best year since 2009 as new home sales increased by over four percent from October to November and are on pace to finish at least 20 percent higher than last year according to the latest housing data released by the Census Bureau. [...]
(January 11, 2013) Mortgage interest rates moved higher this week as the 30-year fixed rate mortgage reached an eight-week high according to Freddie Mac’s Primary Mortgage Market Survey® (PMMS) for the week ending January 10th, while rates on adjustable-rate loans were mixed. […]
(January 10, 2013) Monthly home prices in the United States continued to improve for the tenth time in the last twelve months, increasing by 0.5 percent from September to October according to the Federal Housing Finance Agency’s (FHFA) monthly House Price Index (HPI). […]
January 10, 2013 (Chris Moore) Mortgage applications increased for the first time in three weeks as applications for both home purchases and refinances posted positive gains according to the Mortgage Bankers Association’s (MBA) Weekly Mortgage Applications Survey for the week ending January 4th 2013. […]
January 9, 2013 (Shirley Allen) Mortgage delinquencies increased by 1.19 percent in November after falling by 4.91 percent in October but are still 9.06 percent below last year’s pace according to the latest “First Look” Mortgage Report released by Lender Processing Services (LPS). […]
January 8, 2013 (Chris Moore) Signed contracts for the purchase of existing homes continued to improve for the third consecutive month in November according to the National Association of Realtors® (NAR) Pending Home Sales Index (PHSI). […]
January 7, 2013 (Chris Moore) Existing home sales over the previous thirty days slid for the fourth consecutive week according to the weekly National Home Sales Snapshot released by DataQuick, while home prices continued to show strength by increasing 0.7 percent from the previous week. […]
January 4, 2013 (Shirley Allen) Mortgage interest rates started the year where they left off from last year, near their all-time lows, according to Freddie Mac’s Primary Mortgage Market Survey® (PMMS) for the week ending January 3rd, with fixed rates down slightly while adjustable rates were up, though no one category swayed more than one [...]
