February 27, 2012 (Jeff Alan) The spike in new home starts at the end of 2011 helped bolster the confidence among the nation’s home builders resulting in a four point gain to the National Association of Home Builders/Wells Fargo Housing Market Index (HMI) in February, bringing the index to the highest level in more than [...]
February 27, 2012 (Jeff Alan) The delinquency rate for single-family homes in Freddie Mac’s portfolio increased for the fifth consecutive month to 3.59 percent in January from 3.58 percent in December according to the recently released Monthly Volume Summary. […]
February 27, 2012 (Chris Moore) Weekly existing home sales volume picked up where it left off two weeks ago, falling slightly from the previous week, while home prices fell to their lowest level in the current five year housing market cycle according to the National Home Sales Snapshot released by DataQuick. […]
February 24, 2012 (Chris Moore) Monthly sales of new single-family homes continued to be anemic in January with sales declining from December but slightly higher than in January 2011 according to the latest housing data released by the Census Bureau. […]
February 24, 2012 (Shirley Allen) Monthly sales of existing homes and condominiums in Illinois declined in January but were still the strongest seen in five years according to the latest data from the Illinois Association of REALTORS® (IAR). […]
February 24, 2012 (Shirley Allen) Home prices in the United States fell a modest 0.1 percent on a seasonally adjusted basis in the fourth quarter of 2011 according to the Federal Housing Finance Agency’s (FHFA) quarterly (purchase-only) House Price Index (HPI). […]
February 23, 2012 (Shirley Allen) Thirty-year fixed rate mortgages edged up this week after a three week stay at its record low according to Freddie Mac’s Primary Mortgage Market Survey® (PMMS) for the week ending February 23rd. […]
January 23, 2012 (Chris Moore) Completed transactions of existing home purchases increased for the third time in four months and were slightly higher than a year ago while home prices took a hefty fall during the month according to the National Association of Realtors® (NAR). […]
February 23, 2012 (Shirley Allen) Home prices of existing single-family homes and condominiums showed improvement from a year ago in Florida despite a drop in monthly and annual home sales according to the latest data from the Florida Realtors®. […]
