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Last week ended on positive note for mortgage backed securities and mortgage rates. As stock indexes fell, market participants re-allocated portfolios from risky assets to safer investments, resulting in added demand for government AAA rated fixed income securities. The benchmark 10 yr Treasury note...
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Mortgage rates were unchanged as the third quarter came to a close yesterday. MBS prices have moved sideways at their highest levels in over four months after rallying to those levels on Monday. With today's economic data releases, prices are moving HIGHER, pushing into levels not seen since the...
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Pending home sales have increased for seven straight months, the longest in the series of the index which began in 2001, according to the National Association of Realtors®.
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The Pending Home Sales Index rose more than expected with a 3.2% advance in March, against forecasts that it would be unchanged after a revised 2.0% gain in February. The index now stands at 84.6. Annually, pending sales have risen 1.1% since March 2008. The index, released by the National Association...
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A rate decision from the Bank of Canada, the release of U.S. auto sales data for February and a barrage of central bank and government speakers are the main events of the North American session, while European market participants will focus on comments from their own central bankers. At 8 a.m. EST, Atlanta...
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An index looking at pending home sales in the U.S. picked up its pace of decline in November, the National Association of Realtors reported on Tuesday. U.S. pending home sales fell more than expected with a 4.0% decline in November. The index now stands at 82.3, down from an downwardly revised 85.7 reading...
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An index looking at pending transactions for the sale of existing homes eased against a deteriorating economic backdrop but remain in a stable range, according to an industry group on Tuesday. U.S. pending home sales tumbled by less than expectations with a 0.7% decline in October, according to the National...
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Pending home sales are expected to have declined in September compared to the previous release. September and October have been critical times in the 14-month credit crisis, and it's unclear whether the index will capture the impact of the turmoil. The index, released by the National Association...
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Economists say the surprise gain in U.S. pending home sales in August doesn't mean the worst times in the housing market are over, but the advance in sales is at least a step in the right direction. U.S. pending home sales unexpectedly soared by 7.4% in August, according to the National Association...
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Pending home sales unexpectedly soared by 7.4% in August , according to the National Association of Realtors (NAR) on Wednesday. The advance is the largest monthly gain in almost seven years, and follows a 2.7% decline in July and a 5.8% rebound in June. The consensus was expecting a 1.3% decline in...
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U.S. pending home sales fell more than twice the consensus expectation in July, falling by 3.2% in the month following an upwardly revised 5.8% rebound in the previous month. The report fails to indicate a bottoming out in the housing sector, economists say, though the pace of decline is slowing and...
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Pending U.S. home sales in July are expected to have declined from the robust increase seen in June, more or less confirming a "sideways" trend, economists say. Economists polled by Bloomberg are calling for a monthly decrease of 1.3% in July, following a spike of 5.3% seen in June. Expectations...
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Economists say the March report for pending home sales confirms what has been known for many months now: the U.S. housing market is still several months away from stabilizing. U.S. pending home sales fell in line with expectations on Wednesday morning, declining 1.0% month-over-month to confirm the consensus...
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U.S. pending home sales surprised to the downside on Tuesday morning, declining 1.9% month-over-month despite calls for a 1.0% pullback in February, and failing to give any indications of a timeframe for a bottoming out in the housing market. "The idea that U.S. home sales are in the process of stabilizing...
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Despite an unchanged reading in U.S. pending home sales in January, the consensus forecast is looking for a 1.0% month-over-month decline in the National Association of Realtors' February release on Tuesday. However, economists are far from unanimous in their calls. "Several forces appear to be moving...