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Every month we hear about existing home sales , with the usual quote from someone at the NAR. (This time around, Lawrence Yun, NAR chief economist, said, "Affordability conditions this year have been the most favorable on record dating back to 1970, but many buyers are being held back because banks are...
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The National Association of Realtors today released Existing Home Sales data for May 2011. Existing Home Sales declined by 3.8 percent to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 4.81 million in May from a negatively revised 5.00 million pace in April. This is 15.3 percent below the 5.68 million annual pace...
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The National Association of Realtors today released Existing Home Sales data for April 2011 Existing Home Sales report on the number of completed real estate sales transactions on single-family homes, townhomes, condominiums and co-ops. The methodology in calculating existing-home sales statistics is...
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Mortgage rates capped off a great week in sour fashion last Friday. After four days of stock selling induced rate rallying, lenders were finally forced to reprice for the worse on Friday. While mortgage rates did rise more than they have on average, the best 30 year conventional fixed loan rate was still...
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Mortgage rates improved a few basis points yesterday, but only enough to recover loan pricing losses that occurred the previous day. A lack of meaningful economics data combined with a generally slow trading environment have kept mortgage rates in a tight range this week. Although benchmark Treasury...
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Consumer mortgage borrowing costs improved a few basis points yesterday as prices of mortgage backed securities ticked higher, recapturing the price losses that occured late last week. As the price gains held through close, most lenders repriced better, lowering consumer borrowing costs by 0.125 to 0...
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The secondary mortgage market went on quite a ride yesterday! Following a weaker than expected 5 year Treasury note auction, market participants hurriedly sold their fixed income investments ahead of the FOMC statement. This led to MBS falling below the recent range and a few lender reprices for the...
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The pace of sales for existing homes in the United States came in much better than market expectations in December, according to an industry survey released Monday. Existing home sales rose to an annualized pace of 4.74 million units in December, marking a 6.5% month-over-month rise following November's...
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Existing home sales fell slightly more than expected to an annualized pace of 4.91 million units in August, a 2.2% decrease in the month, following July's upwardly revised sales figure of 5.02 million. Even with a bigger loss than expected, the range in the past 11 months has been relatively narrow...
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U.S. existing home sales rose more than expected to 5.00 million units in July, a 3.1% gain in the month, following June's revised sales figure of 4.85 million. With that gain the index rebounded to the highest level in five months, although the range in the past 11 months has been relatively narrow...
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Economists say the larger-than-expected rise in July existing home sales doesn't necessarily point towards stabilization, since more than a third of the sales are related to foreclosures. They also note that a record high inventory level will put downward pressure on prices going forward. The annualized...
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U.S. existing home sales fell 2.6% to 4.86 million units in June following May's unrevised sales figure of 4.99 million. This is the fourth month home sales have remained under the five million mark, according to the National Association of Realtors (NAR). Economists were expecting the June data to fall...
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U.S. existing home sales rose to 4.99 million units in May, or 2.0%, following April's unrevised sales figure of 4.89 million. This is the third month that home sales have remained under the 5 million mark. Economists were expecting the May data to rise to 4.95 million, or 1.2%, following the 1.0% decline...
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Existing home sales in April were down 1 percent on a seasonally adjusted basis from March according to figures released on Friday by the National Association of Realtors (NAR). Existing homes, including single family residences, townhouses, condominiums, and co-ops sold at an annual rate of 4.89 million...
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Existing home sales for April , which will be released Friday by the National Association of Realtors (NAR), are expected to decline further to a pace of 4.85 million units following March's sales figure of 4.93 million. This would mark the second month that home sales have remained under the 5 million...