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New Homes Sales Continue to Fall, Down 2.5% in May

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June 25 2008, 7:00 AM

After five months of declines in the pace of new home sales , April's uptick appears to have been temporary as new home sales in the U.S. continued to fall back 2.5% down in May, declining to 512k, in line with expectations from economists. This follows...
Mortgage Rates Continue to Set New 2008 Records, Applications Fall

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by Glenn Setzer on June 25 2008, 7:00 AM

Fixed-rate mortgage interest increased again during the week ended June 19 according to results from the Primary Mortgage Market Survey released by Freddie Mac. The 30-year fixed-rate mortgage (FRM) jumped from 6.32 percent to 6.42 percent with fees and...
Treasury's Ryan Says Financial System Should Allow Banks to Fail

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June 24 2008, 7:00 AM

Speaking in London at Euromoney's Global Borrowers Investors Forum 2008, Assistant Secretary of the Treasury for Financial Markets, Anthony Ryan said the financial system needs to become robust enough to allow for bank failures ......
Consumer Confidence Plummets to Lowest Level Since 1992

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June 24 2008, 7:00 AM

The Conference Board's consumer confidence index for June tumbled to levels not seen since 1992 at 50.4 in Tuesday's report, led by a near 10-point decline in the present situation component. Economists were looking for a moderate decline to 56.0. The...
U.S. House Prices Fall 0.8% Month-Over-Month in April, Says OFHEO

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June 24 2008, 7:00 AM

U.S. house prices fell 0.8% month-over-month in April following March's revised 0.6% decline, the Office of Federal Housing Enterprise Oversight ( OFHEO ) reported Tuesday. The consensus had been looking for a 0.4% month-over-month pullback in April....
FOMC to Hold Interest Rates at 2.00%, Markets to Focus on Statement

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June 24 2008, 7:00 AM

Not a single contrarian voice exists among the 101 economists surveyed by Bloomberg for Wednesday's U.S. rate announcement from the Federal Open Market Committee. All agree that the Fed will hold rates at 2.00% , which means the focus will turn towards...
Greenspan Says Turmoil Could Last for Some Time

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June 24 2008, 7:00 AM

Speaking via satellite to a conference in Johannesburg, Former Fed Chairman Alan Greenspan said the financial market crisis will continue for some time, and could last well into 2009 . The data implies the U.S. economy is on the brink of recession, said...
Case Shiller Home Price Index Declines by Record Annual Levels in April

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June 24 2008, 7:00 AM

The S&P Case-Shiller home price index continued to deteriorate in April as the 20-city composite index posted a record annual decline of 15.3% . The Case-Shiller index has fallen every month since peaking in July 2006. The month-to-month decline in...
U.S. Treasury's Paulson Says Housing Remains Biggest Challenge

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June 24 2008, 7:00 AM

In an interview with a Mexican television station, U.S. Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson said the biggest challenge facing the U.S. economy is an ailing housing sector , which he hopes will recover by the end of the year. Paulson stressed that economic...
Tuesday's Events: Case-Shiller and OFHEO Home Prices, Rich. Fed Mfg, Alan Greenspan

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June 24 2008, 7:00 AM

The S&P/Case Shiller house price index , data from the OFHEO and the Richmond Fed's manufacturing report will highlight the U.S. economic releases as Canadian markets receive employment insurance data and comments from Finance Minister Jim Flaherty...
Chicago Fed National Activity Index Improves in May

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June 23 2008, 7:00 AM

The Chicago Fed National Activity Index came in at - 0.96 in May, up from the April reading of -1.23, which was downwardly revised from -1.17. Despite the overall improvement, all four broad categories were negative in the month, though inflationary expectations...
Monday's Events: Chicago Fed National Activity

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June 23 2008, 7:00 AM

It will be relatively quiet day today, with the only significant releases scheduled consisting of the Chicago Fed's National Activity Index and the Belgian confidence index. At 8:30 a.m. EDT, the Chicago Federal Reserve will release its National Activity...
Nationwide Mortgage Licensing System Expands to 14 States

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June 23 2008, 7:00 AM

The Conference of State Bank Supervisors ( CSBS ) and the American Association of Residential Mortgage Regulators (AARMR) announce that six more states -- Connecticut, Louisiana. Mississippi, North Carolina, New Hampshire and Vermont -- will begin using...
Treasury's Steel Says De-Leveraging, Re-Pricing of Risk to Continue

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June 23 2008, 7:00 AM

U.S. Treasury Under Secretary Robert Steel said the current de- leveraging in the financial sector and re-pricing of risk will continue for some time and that financial conditions will improve, though "not in a straight line." Speaking at a keynote address...
Operation Malicious Mortgage Yields 400 Arrests

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by Glenn Setzer on June 20 2008, 7:00 AM

Following the third major "sweep" of the mortgage industry in four years, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) announced on Thursday that it had arrested over 400 real estate industry players since March,...

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