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Non-Urban Construction of Custom Homes May Need Support to Keep Up

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by Jann Swanson on March 08 2019, 10:36 AM

The National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) has taken a look at the differences between homes constructed within metropolitan statistical areas (MSAs) and those constructed outside of them. For starters, there are not many of the latter. As explained...
Credit Availability Rises for Jumbo, Low Credit Score Borrowers

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by Jann Swanson on March 07 2019, 12:04 PM

The Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) said its Mortgage Credit Availability Index (MCAI) rose slightly in February. The Index, which measures any tightening or loosening of mortgage underwriting overall and by loan type, rose 0.6 percent to 180.1, indicating...
How Low Rates and Rising Prices Led to Negative Equity in a Few States

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by Jann Swanson on March 07 2019, 11:15 AM

While homeowner equity increased overall during the fourth quarter of 2018, the number of homeowners with negative equity rose for the first time in 12 quarters. Homeowners who were underwater, owing more on their mortgage than the value of their home...
Black Knight: Price and Rate Reductions Already Boosting Affordability

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by Jann Swanson on March 06 2019, 1:08 PM

Earlier this week CoreLogic reported that the annual rate of appreciation in January, 4.2 percent, was exactly two-thirds the rate in January 2018. The Black Knight Mortgage Monitor essentially confirms that deceleration, reporting price increases dropping...
Why Homebuyer Sentiment is Declining, Despite Stronger Economy

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by Jann Swanson on March 07 2019, 9:46 AM

Fannie Mae's Home Purchase Sentiment Index (HPSI), a measure derived from the company's monthly National Housing Survey (NHS), was essentially unchanged in February , dipping 0.4 point from the January reading to 84.2. The Index is down 1.5 percentage...
Mortgage Apps: Higher-End Buyers Readying for Spring Market

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by Jann Swanson on March 06 2019, 5:40 AM

An uptick in mortgage rates was blamed by the Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) for the first decline in mortgage applications in three weeks. MBA's Market Composite Index, a measure of mortgage loan application volume, decreased 2.5 percent on a seasonally...
CoreLogic Price Gains Moderating, But Expected to Increase This Year

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by Jann Swanson on March 05 2019, 11:05 AM

It is our first glance at home prices in the new year and CoreLogic estimates the rate of appreciation has fallen by more than 2 percentage points since January 2018. However, the company also predicts a small uptick in the rate of increase over the next...
How New Home Sales (Almost) Got Their Groove Back

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by Jann Swanson on March 05 2019, 10:30 AM

Analysts were not expecting new home sales in December to outpace the strong and surprising gains they made in November, when they jumped 16.9 percent. They managed to be both right and wrong. Sales were up from November by 3.7 percent, to a seasonally...
December's Construction Spending Up From Last Year

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by Jann Swanson on March 04 2019, 10:58 AM

The Census Bureau, still playing catch-up from the partial government shutdown , has released its monthly construction spending report for December 2018. Expenditures for all types of construction were at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of $1.293 trillion...
Low Rates, Slower Price Gains Point to Home Sales Bounce

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by Jann Swanson on March 01 2019, 9:52 AM

Freddie Mac's economists see low interest rates continuing, at least through the end of next year . The company's Economic and Strategic Research Group's February Forecast, released on Thursday, also sees more economic growth, albeit at a slower rate...
Homeownership is Highest Since 2014

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by Jann Swanson on February 28 2019, 1:10 PM

The Census Bureau reported on Thursday that the national homeownership rate rose slightly in the fourth quarter of 2018 to 64.8 percent , up from 64.4 percent in the third quarter and 64.2 percent in the fourth quarter of 2017. The Census Bureau said...
This Isn't Your Father's Cash Out Refi

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by Jann Swanson on February 28 2019, 10:55 AM

The share of cash-out refinances spiked in 2017 and 2018 in a manner similar to what happened just before the Great Recession. The share jumped to 50 percent in 2017 and 61 percent in 2018, the highest since 2006. In two posts in CoreLogic's Insights...
A Surprise in Pending Sales Kicks Off 2019

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by Jann Swanson on February 27 2019, 10:27 AM

Expectations were high for a strong pending home sales report to christen the New Year. Those expectations were more than satisfied. The National Association of Realtors® (NAR) says its Pending Home Sales Index (PHSI) jumped 4.6 percent , climbing...
More Than a Third of Millennials are Sharing Housing

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by Jann Swanson on February 27 2019, 8:51 AM

More than a year has elapsed since the Census Bureau collected data for its most recent (2017) American Community Survey (ACS), but unless things have changed drastically in that time, the nation is still waiting for Millennials to "launch." Natalia Siniayskaia...
Mortgage Apps Surge in Response to Lower Rates

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by Jann Swanson on February 27 2019, 5:50 AM

Mortgage applications increased for the second week as interest rates again ticked lower at well under 5 percent. The Mortgage Bankers Association said its Market Composite Index, a measure of mortgage application volume, increased 5.3 percent on a seasonally...

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