August 23, 2012 (Chris Moore) Completed transactions of existing home purchases rebounded in July after declining for the previous two months according to the National Association of Realtors® (NAR), as tight inventory supply continues to hinder buyer’s choices. […]
August 23, 2012 (Chris Moore) Rising interest rates led to a nine percent decline in mortgage refinance applications last week pushing the total number of applications down for the third consecutive week according to the Mortgage Bankers Association’s (MBA) Weekly Mortgage Applications Survey for the week ending August 17th, 2012. […]
August 22, 2012 (Jeff Alan) Confidence among the nation’s new home builders continued to move higher in August and builds on a decade high six-point jump in July according to the National Association of Home Builders/Wells Fargo Housing Market Index (HMI). […]
August 21, 2012 (Jeff Alan) Default rates on first mortgages in July remained unchanged from June while increasing slightly on second mortgages, but lower default rates in both auto loans and bank cards helped push the S&P/Experian Consumer Credit Default Indices national composite down from 1.52 percent in June to 1.51 percent in July. [...]
August 21, 2012 (Shirley Allen) Monthly sales of new and existing homes in the Portland area continued to improve in June, climbing nearly twelve percent from May, while year-over-year sales improved for the twelfth consecutive month according to real estate information provider DataQuick. […]
August 21, 2012 (Jeff Alan) Monthly sales of existing homes fell for the first time in six months from June to July according to RE/MAX’s National Housing Report (NHR) while year-over-year home prices continued to improve but declined slightly from June. […]
August 20, 2012 (Shirley Allen) Monthly sales of new and resale homes and condominiums improved for the second consecutive month in the Denver area during June with sales for the month at their highest level in five years according to the latest data released from DataQuick. […]
August 20, 2012 (Chris Moore) Housing starts continued their bumpy up and down ride in July by following June’s revised 6.8 percent increase with a 1.1 percent decline according to the latest data released by the Census Bureau. […]
August 20, 2012 (Jeff Alan) Wells Fargo is holding another Home Preservation Workshop, this time in the Virginia Beach area of Virginia, on August 23rd, 2012. The event is being held at the Virginia Beach Convention Center and will be open from 9:00 a.m. until 7:00 p.m. both days. […]
