December 30, 2011 (Chris Moore) National mortgage delinquencies are expected to rise to just over six percent in the first quarter of 2012 according to TransUnion and then gradually improve over the last three quarters of the year settling in at about five percent by the end of 2012. […]
October 12, 2011 (Chris Moore) Home values surprisingly inched upwards in August according to Zillow, despite all indicators to the contrary in July. However, the surprise price increase doesn’t change their assessment that home values won’t hit bottom until 2012. […]
August 5, 2011 (Jeff Alan) The Rasmussen Consumer Index fell to another new low in 2011 of 61.2, the lowest level since March of 2009.The Index is down eight points from a month ago and down 18 points from three months ago. […]
July 6, 2011 (Jeff Alan) The Rasmussen Consumer Index fell to a new low in 2011 of 69.8, down 16 points from a month ago and down nine points from three months ago. Only 21 percent of those polled now believe the economy is getting better while 58 percent believe it’s getting worse. […]
May 18, 2011 (Jeff Alan) The national mortgage delinquency rate decreased to 6.19 percent in the first quarter of 2011 according to credit giant TransUnion. Loans in which borrowers were 60 days or more past due declined for the fifth consecutive quarter and TransUnion predicts that delinquencies are expected remain flat or slow in their [...]
May 18, 2011 (Shirley Allen) Housing starts fell 10.6 percent nationwide in April to a seasonally adjusted rate of 523,000 units, with housing starts for single-family homes dropping 5.1 percent, and multi-family housing starts dropping a whopping 24.1 percent according to newly released figures from the Commerce Department. Read more...
April 13, 2011 (Jeff Alan) In a recent poll conducted by Rasmussen Reports, fifty–four percent of Americans surveyed expected interest rates to rise over the coming year. Only 5 percent expected interest rates to be lower, while 30 percent believed that interest rates would remain the same. Read more...
January 26, 2011 (Chris Moore) Despite a jump in new home sales of 17.5 percent from November to December, total sales for all of 2010 totaled 321,000 units, the fewest number of new homes sold in 47 years. It was the fifth consecutive year that sales have declined after hitting record highs for the five [...]
