July 26, 2012 (Shirley Allen) Mortgage delinquencies increased for the third consecutive month in June, rising 3.4 percent from May, but were still seven percent lower than last year according to the latest “First Look” Mortgage Report released by Lender Processing Services (LPS). […]
July 26, 2012 (Chris Moore) The record low mortgage interest rates in June were a boon for homeowners who wanted to refinance, but they didn’t help the nation’s new home builders as sales of new single-family homes fell in June according to the latest housing data released by the Census Bureau. […]
July 26, 2012 (Chris Moore) Mortgage applications were slightly higher as refinance applications increased modestly after last week’s big jump, but applications for home purchases continued to decline according to the Mortgage Bankers Association’s (MBA) Weekly Mortgage Applications Survey for the week ending July 20th, 2012. […]
July 25, 2012 (Shirley Allen) Monthly sales of new and existing homes in California unexpectedly fell in June but still remained higher than year ago levels, while home prices kept pushing upward according to real estate information provider DataQuick. […]
July 25, 2012 (Shirley Allen) Monthly home prices in the United States increased 0.8 percent from April to May, marking the sixth time in the last seven months that monthly home prices have improved according to the Federal Housing Finance Agency’s (FHFA) monthly House Price Index (HPI), […]
July 25, 2012 (Jeff Alan) Since the beginning of the government’s loan modification efforts in 2008 through the end of the first quarter of 2012, mortgage servicers under the OCC’s supervision have modified 2,543,133 mortgages of which only 50.7 percent remain current or have been paid off according to the Office of the Comptroller of [...]
July 25, 2012 (Shirley Allen) Monthly sales of existing single-family homes in the state of New York posted their second consecutive month of double-digit gains but still barely surpassed last year’s sales level according to the latest housing data from the New York State Association of Realtors® (NYSAR). […]
July 23, 2012 (Chris Moore) Current economic activity was described as expanding at a modest to moderate pace from the beginning of June through the beginning of July in all twelve Federal Reserve Districts according to the latest edition of the Beige Book released by the Federal Reserve. […]
July 23, 2012 (Chris Moore) Monthly sales of new and existing homes in Southern California fell slightly in June, the result of one less business day than in May, while year-over-year home prices improved for the third consecutive month according to real estate information provider DataQuick. […]
