June 28, 2012 (Chris Moore) Mortgage applications fell again last week as the pace of FHA refinances slowed considerably from the previous week and a decrease in purchase applications also contributed to the decline according to the Mortgage Bankers Association’s (MBA) Weekly Mortgage Applications Survey for the week ending June 22nd, 2012. […]
June 27, 2012 (Shirley Allen) Monthly sales of new and existing homes in California continued to follow the traditional spring selling pattern, increasing by over nine percent from the previous month, while home prices showed solid gains for a third consecutive month according to real estate information provider DataQuick. […]
June 27, 2012 (Jeff Alan) The average interest rates for conventional 30-year fixed rate single-family, fully amortized, purchase-money mortgages fell from 4.21 percent in April to 4.04 percent in May according to the Federal Housing Finance Agency’s (FHFA) Monthly Interest Rate Survey. […]
June 27, 2012 (Jeff Alan) The delinquency rate for single-family homes in Freddie Mac’s loan portfolio dipped to 3.50 percent from April to May while loan modifications increased by nearly fifty percent over the previous month according to the recently released Monthly Volume Summary. […]
June 26, 2012 (Chris Moore) Monthly sales of new single-family homes jumped in May led by a surge in sales in the Northeast, while year-to-date, new home sales are over eighteen percent ahead of last years pace according to the latest housing data released by the Census Bureau. […]
June 25, 2012 (Jeff Alan) Making Home Affordable is holding another Help for Homeowners Community Event, this time in Brooklyn, New York, today June 25th, 2012. The event is being held at the New York Marriott at the Brooklyn Bridge and will be open from 10:00 am to 8:00 pm. […]
June 25, 2012 (Jeff Alan) Default rates on first and second mortgages declined for a fifth consecutive month in May, helping to push the S&P/Experian Consumer Credit Default Indices national composite down 13.0 percent from 1.86 percent in April to 1.62 percent in May. […]
June 25, 2012 (Chris Moore) Home sales gained momentum last week, rising almost three percent from the previous week and adding over 5,000 transactions, while home prices stumbled slightly but still managed to post a modest increase according to the weekly National Home Sales Snapshot released by DataQuick. […]
June 22, 2012 (Shirley Allen) Monthly home prices in the United States increased 0.8 percent from March to April, marking the fifth time in the last six months that monthly home prices have improved according to the Federal Housing Finance Agency’s (FHFA) monthly House Price Index (HPI), […]
