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New Home Sales are Stronger in Growing Cities

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by Jann Swanson on January 06 2020, 9:37 AM

Depending on how you look at it, either Texas and Florida or Nevada and Idaho were the fastest growing states in 2019. Frank Nothaft, CoreLogic's chief economist says that in terms of sheer numbers the first two grew dramatically, with Texas adding 367...
Single Family Construction Spending Struggles to Catch up to 2018

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by Jann Swanson on January 03 2020, 11:38 AM

Construction spending by both the public and the private sector grew in November, totaling a seasonally adjusted annual rate of $1.324 trillion dollars. This is 0.6 percent higher than the $1.316 trillion rate in October and represents 4.1 percent growth...
How do 2020 Candidates Want to Solve Housing Shortage?

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by Jann Swanson on January 02 2020, 12:27 PM

The Urban Institute's Karan Kaul and John Walsh have provided a quick overview of the proposals put out by several Democratic presidential candidates to address the housing supply shortage. The writers say that the fact this issue is drawing the attention...
Tracking and Explaining Big Picture Shifts in Mortgage Risk Factors

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by Jann Swanson on December 31 2019, 12:21 PM

The effects of low interest rates continue to echo through the mortgage markets. Those rates can be credited, at least in part, with a change in the risk profile of conventional home purchase loans. According to CoreLogic's Archana Pradhan, writing in...
Home Price Deceleration: Over or Merely on Pause?

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by Jann Swanson on December 31 2019, 10:04 AM

Both the S&P CoreLogic Case-Shiller indices and the House Price Index (HPI) provided by the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) showed slight acceleration in home price increases during October. Case Shiller's National Home Price Index, which covers...
Pending Home Sales Index Surges Past 2018 Numbers

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by Jann Swanson on December 30 2019, 9:57 AM

Pending home sales bounced back in November , partially recovering from a 1.7 percent decline in October. The National Association of Realtors® said its Pending Home Sales Index (PHSI), a measure of contracts signed during the month to purchase existing...
Mortgage Demand Light For Holidays, But Well Ahead of Last Year

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by Jann Swanson on December 26 2019, 10:15 AM

The Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) says mortgage application volume slowed significantly last week as Americans prepared for several major holidays. Its Market Composite Index, a measure of mortgage loan application volume, was down on a seasonally...
Multifamily Delinquencies Ticking Up Slowly

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by Jann Swanson on December 23 2019, 3:58 PM

Freddie Mac reported this week that its total mortgage portfolio increased at an annualized rate of 0.4 percent in November, down from 3.0 percent the previous month. The portfolio balance at the end of the period was $2.302 trillion compared to $2.301...
Freddie's Year-End Forecast; Steady as She Goes

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by Jann Swanson on December 23 2019, 1:03 PM

Freddie Mac's economic projections at year end are largely unchanged from those over the last few months when interest rates neared a new low and the market perked up. Its economists summed up the year that is about to end saying, " Sustained economic...
New Home Sales Remain Near 12 Year Highs

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by Jann Swanson on December 23 2019, 10:33 AM

New home sales continued their recent run in November, increasing by 1.3 percent from the revised October rate of 710,000 to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 719,000 units. The numbers were deceiving however, as that October rate was revised down...
How do Rising Rates Affect Loan Performance?

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by Jann Swanson on December 20 2019, 10:01 AM

Mortgage rates rose in October for the first time this year and that increase, while small, is reflected in loans that closed in November according to Ellie Mae's Origination Insight Report . The average interest rate of loans originated during the month...
Senate Banking Committee Has Some Questions Regarding Housing Reform

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by Jann Swanson on December 19 2019, 1:52 PM

Democratic senators, including members of the Senate Banking Committee sent a letter to the Treasury Department and Federal Housing Finance Agency earlier this week requesting answers to more than two dozen questions arising out of their proposed housing...
FHFA Reports to Congress on G-Fees

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by Jann Swanson on December 19 2019, 12:30 PM

The two government sponsored enterprises (GSEs) Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac charge guarantee fees or g-fees to lenders when they acquire their single-family loans. These are expected to cover several costs that the GSEs incur in providing their guarantees...
Fannie's Housing Forecast Expects Silver Lining for Dreary New Home Sales and the Economy

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by Jann Swanson on December 18 2019, 1:13 PM

Fannie Mae substantially revised its housing forecast this month, especially as regards new home construction. The company's Economic and Strategic Research (ESR) Group said it based its upward revision on "the breadth of positive economic signals," including...
Inventory Shortage Continues to Weaken New Home Sales

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by Jann Swanson on December 19 2019, 11:05 AM

Existing home sales fell back again in November, erasing most of October's 1.9 percent gain. Sales have now declined in two of the last three months . The National Association of Realtors® (NAR) said sales of previously owned single-family houses...

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