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Home Sales Unfazed by Spring Snow and Rising Rates

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Existing Home Sales Beat Headwinds, Score Small Gains

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Home Sales Unfazed by Spring Snow and Rising Rates

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by Jann Swanson on April 24 2018, 10:47 AM

New home sales continue to improve after grim reports in December and January. New home sales posted a solid gain in March, and revisions to the February data also resulted in a positive outcome during the month. Those sales, reported by the U.S. Census...
FHFA: Current Run of Rising Home Prices Likely to Continue

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by Jann Swanson on April 24 2018, 9:57 AM

Both the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) and the S&P CoreLogic Case-Shiller reported on February home prices on Tuesday and both showed little moderation in the rate of appreciation. Case-Shiller's reported gains, in fact, appear to be growing...
Freddie Mac Forecast: Lots of "Ifs" and "Buts"

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by Jann Swanson on April 23 2018, 1:50 PM

Freddie Mac's economists say, "The broader economic environment remains favorable for home sales," but they add a lot of caveats to that statement . Sales are holding up so far, despite the increase in mortgage rates, but will that continue? Sales started...
Existing Home Sales Beat Headwinds, Score Small Gains

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by Jann Swanson on April 23 2018, 10:51 AM

Existing-home sales seemed to have reclaimed their footing, posting their second consecutive gain after two straight months of declines. The National Association of Realtors® (NAR) said March sales of single-family homes, townhomes, condos, and coops...
Wells Fargo to Face Largest Fine Yet

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by Jann Swanson on April 20 2018, 8:52 AM

Once again Wells Fargo is about to pay dearly for its inability to walk the straight and narrow. The Washington Post , under the byline of Renae Merle, is reporting that the bank is about to be hit with the largest penalty of the Trump administration...
Weather Cools Remodeling Perceptions

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by Jann Swanson on April 19 2018, 2:26 PM

The Remodeling Market Index (RMI) is to home remodelers as the Housing Market Index (HMI) is to new home builders. Each is constructed by the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) to reflect builder confidence in their particular share of the market...
Rates on Closed Loans at 4 Year High

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by Jann Swanson on April 19 2018, 9:36 AM

The share of refinancing loans dropped to 38 percent of loans closed in March, down from 43 percent in February. Ellie Mae's Origination Insight Report for the month notes that the 5 percent decline in those loans was consistent across all three loans...
Home Price Increases Outpace Income Gains - Again

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by Jann Swanson on April 19 2018, 6:59 AM

Fewer homes on the market are affordable than a year ago, and fewer households can afford them with their current income. The National Association of Realtors® (NAR) and the realtor.com website have released a list of the least and the most affordable...
UI Says Underwriters Should Consider Rent History

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by Jann Swanson on April 18 2018, 11:51 AM

Access to credit remains tight and the Urban Institute (UI) blames in part that lenders are not measuring the credit risk of borrowers appropriately. Laurie Goodman and Jun Zhu, writing in UI's Urban Wire blog say that paying rent is the most significant...
Freddie Mac: Shop Smart, Save Big

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by Jann Swanson on April 18 2018, 9:59 AM

They aren't suggesting you shop 'til you drop, but Freddie Mac says neither should borrowers buy the first mortgage they see. Doug McManus and Elias Yannopoulos, members of the company's Economic and Housing Research Group, write in its Insights Blog...
Mortgage Application Activity Surges

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by Jann Swanson on April 17 2018, 6:32 PM

The pace of mortgage applications picked up during the week ended April 13, ending a two-week slide. The Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) reported its indices for both purchase mortgages and refinances improved significantly compared to the week ended...
Trade War Risks a Dark Cloud For an Otherwise Bright Economy - Fannie Mae

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by Jann Swanson on April 17 2018, 11:46 AM

Fannie Mae's economists remain upbeat about economic growth in the medium term but said on Monday that they see increasing downside risks. In its March forecast, the company's Economic Research Team had predicted that growth would slow during the first...
Housing Starts, Permits Stage Spring Recovery

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by Jann Swanson on April 17 2018, 9:45 AM

Both housing permits and housing starts recovered in March from very disappointing performances in February. The New Residential Construction Report , jointly issued by the U.S. Census Bureau and the Department of Housing and Urban Development, has both...
Annual Mortgage Bank Profits Fall by Nearly Half

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by Jann Swanson on April 16 2018, 4:21 PM

Less than a month after reporting some bad news about mortgage production and profits in the fourth quarter of 2017 the Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) is back with a roundup of those measures for the entire year. The news didn't get any better. MBA...
Builder Confidence Dips Slightly, Still Near All-Time Highs

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by Jann Swanson on April 16 2018, 10:27 AM

Builder confidence in the market for newly built single-family homes slipped again in April, edging down 1 point to 69. The National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) said its NAHB/Wells Fargo Housing Market Index (HMI) edged down one point to 69. The...

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