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Breaking Down Weather Implications in Stronger Employment Report

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by Matthew Graham on March 07 2014, 10:07 AM

This morning's Employment Situation Report was stronger than expected. By historical standards, the "beat" isn't especially large (175k vs 149k forecast), but most market participants (at least those expressing opinions) are surprised there was a 'beat...
NAHB Leading Markets Data Bodes Well for 2014

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by Jann Swanson on March 06 2014, 1:06 PM

Metropolitan areas considered leading markets on the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB)/First American index of that name increased to 59 this month, a net gain of one from the previous month. The 59 areas have returned to or exceeded their...
Home Equity Growth Stalled in Fourth Quarter

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by Jann Swanson on March 06 2014, 10:34 AM

An additional 4 million homes regained positive equity in 2013 CoreLogic said today, leaving 6.5 million homes still underwater; about half the number that were in that position at the end of 2009. Homes still in a negative equity position constitute...
Freddie Mac Weekly Rate Report Lagging Reality; Rates are Actually Higher Today

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by Matthew Graham on March 06 2014, 10:03 AM

The venerable Freddie Mac Primary Mortgage Market Survey (PMMS™) is a cornerstone of mortgage rate data. It is both longstanding and highly accurate in capturing week-over-week movement. The only problem is that it is unavoidably backward-looking...
Institutional Investors' Effect on Home Price Appreciation

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by Jann Swanson on March 05 2014, 10:26 AM

Even though they stated in a news release two weeks ago that institutional investment was waning, RealtyTrac has released a report on its impact on the housing market. Institutional investors are defined as those who have purchased ten or more residential...
Full Work Week and Rate Rally Boost Mortgage Apps

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by Jann Swanson on March 05 2014, 8:45 AM

The volume of mortgage applications increased during the week ended February 28 for the first time since late January. This good news was muted slightly by the fact that the previous week had been a holiday for many with government offices and schools...
FHA Fund Doesn't Need Treasury Draw After All; Groups Call For Fee Reduction

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by Jann Swanson on March 04 2014, 3:24 PM

The Federal Housing Administration (FHA) Mutual Mortgage Insurance Fund will have a positive capital reserve balance at the end of Fiscal 2014 estimated at $7.8 billion and will not require a draw from the U.S. Treasury. This news was contained in an...
Home Prices Avoid Polar Vortex; Strongest Gains Since 2006

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by Jann Swanson on March 04 2014, 11:31 AM

Home prices, including sales of distressed homes, increased nationally by 12 percent in the 12 months ended in January CoreLogic said today. This was the 23 rd consecutive month in which the company's Home Price Index (HPI) showed prices up nationally...
Troubling Trends in Housing Market -Black Knight

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by Jann Swanson on March 04 2014, 10:36 AM

Mortgage originations in January were at the lowest level in 6 years 2008 Black Knight Financial Services said today and data on prepayment speeds and the remaining universe of "refinancible" mortgages do not bode well for the refinance segment of the...
Private Residential Construction Spending Rose in January

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by Jann Swanson on March 03 2014, 1:00 PM

The Census Bureau said today that construction put in place in January was at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of $943.1 billion, up 0.1 percent from December and 9.3 percent higher than the rate of $863.1 billion in January 2013. On an unadjusted basis...
Weather Continues to Hamper Home Sales

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by Jann Swanson on February 28 2014, 9:59 AM

Pending sales changed little from December to January the National Association of Realtors® (NAR) said today. That is not surprising as the bad weather NAR blamed for the lackluster December pending sales numbers did not change going into January...
Builder Confidence in Multifamily Market Slips even as Vacancies Decline

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by Jann Swanson on February 27 2014, 2:06 PM

Builders and developers engaged in the multi-family market grew a little less confident in that market during the fourth quarter of last year. The Multifamily Production Index (MPI) developed by the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) dropped...
Taxpayer Profit Surpasses $10 Billion on Freddie Mac Earnings

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by Jann Swanson on February 27 2014, 12:27 PM

Freddie Mac posted its ninth consecutive quarter of positive net and comprehensive income on Thursday as well as a substantial profit for Fiscal 2013. The company reported net income of $8.6 billion for the fourth quarter of 2013 and $48.7 billion for...
Foreclosure Time Approaches 1000 Days, But There are Fewer of Them

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by Jann Swanson on February 27 2014, 10:43 AM

Foreclosure statistics continue to improve in the "first look" at January data provided Thursday by Black Knight Financial Services. While the time needed to complete a foreclosure increased yet again to 943 days, many of the other measures of mortgage...
Foreclosures Increased in January, but Down 19 percent From Last Year

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by Jann Swanson on February 27 2014, 10:09 AM

Foreclosure completions accelerated in January, rising 11.8 percent to 48,000 compared to 43,000 in December. CoreLogic's January National Foreclosure Report says this is a 19 percent improvement over January 2013 when 59,000 homes were lost to foreclosure...

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