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Sell Now - The End Of The Housing Bubble

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by Glenn Setzer on June 02 2006, 7:00 AM

One of the most vocal proponents of the Chicken Little philosophy of real estate is John R. Talbott, who in 2003 wrote the best selling book The Coming Crash in the Housing Market . His new book Sell Now! The End of the Housing Bubble was published this...
Mortgage Rates Rise and Housing Impact on GDP Lessens

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by Glenn Setzer on May 31 2006, 7:00 AM

Fixed rate mortgages continued to creep up during the week ended May 25 while there was a slight easing of adjustable rate products according to the Weekly Primary Mortgage Market Survey released by Freddie Mac. The average rate for 30-year fixed-rate...
Fannie Mae To Pay Large Penalty For Accounting Irregularities

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by Glenn Setzer on May 30 2006, 7:00 AM

Maybe Fannie Mae's nightmare is over. Sort of. According to independent and joint press releases from the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and the Office of Federal Housing Enterprise Oversight (OFHEO) on May 22 the two agencies have reached agreement...
New and Existing Home Sales Point To Contradictory Conclusions

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by Glenn Setzer on May 26 2006, 7:00 AM

T'was the best of times, t'was the worst of times. It all depends on who you ask and when you ask them. Two more housing surveys were released this week with very contrary results and it seems ever more clear that the housing market is either going to...
Mortgage Rates Drift Higher While Applications Down

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by Glenn Setzer on May 24 2006, 7:00 AM

Mortgage rates edged up a bit during the week ended May 18 according to the Weekly Primary Mortgage Survey conducted by Freddie Mac. The 30-year fixed rate mortgage averaged 6.60 percent, two basis points higher than the previous week. Fees and points...
Housing Bubble: Fed Chairs Speak As One But Best Sellers Plug a Different View

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by Glenn Setzer on May 23 2006, 7:00 AM

The Federal Reserve in the persons of both its recently retired long-time chairman Alan Greenspan and his newly minted replacement Ben Bernanke have assured America that the housing bubble would not burst "on a national basis." The two, in fact, spoke...
Two New Reports Show Housing Exuberance Is Waning

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by Glenn Setzer on May 22 2006, 7:00 AM

Further evidence that the real estate boom is moderating came from the National Association of Realtors last week. Quarterly figures on existing home sales which include single family houses and condominium units trended downward for the second straight...
Housing Bubble No Longer Expanding

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by Glenn Setzer on May 19 2006, 7:00 AM

It does appear that the housing bubble is, if not bursting, at least no longer expanding. For the second month in a row data from the U.S. Census Bureau and the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development indicates that builders at least are pulling...
Mortgage Rates Mixed but Activity Levels Up

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by Glenn Setzer on May 17 2006, 7:00 AM

Mortgage rates were mixed for the weeks ending May 11 and May 12 according to data released in the last few days by Freddie Mac and the Mortgage Bankers Association respectively. Freddie Mac's Primary Mortgage Market Survey found that rates for 30-year...
May Economic Outlook Report Lowers Expectations

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by Glenn Setzer on May 16 2006, 7:00 AM

Last month we ended our report on Freddie Mac's April Economic Outlook with the statement that "Freddie Mac's April Economic Outlook deviates only slightly from predictions in earlier months; the housing market is slowing but certainly not screeching...
The 50 Year Mortgage Is Introduced In California

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by Glenn Setzer on May 16 2006, 7:00 AM

Gee it seems like only yesterday that we were talking about the newest innovation in mortgages - the 40 year loan . Actually it wasn't exactly yesterday, it was January, 2005 and the 40 year loan term wasn't exactly new, it had been around since the record...
Freddie Mac Joins Others In Foreclosure Avoidance Program

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by Glenn Setzer on May 11 2006, 7:00 AM

Freddie Mac has joined with 14 other major financial organizations including some of the nation's largest mortgage originating and servicing companies to create a multi-faceted foreclosure avoidance program. ...Freddie states that the current programs...
Mortgage Rates Continue Uptick While Refinancing At Two Year Low

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by Glenn Setzer on May 10 2006, 7:00 AM

Mortgage rates barely moved during the past week according to Freddie Mac reporting for the period ending May 4 and the Mortgage Bankers Association for the week ending May 5. While the trend continued, as it has for some time, to be up for most products...
Google And Other Search Players Looking At Real Estate Search

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by Glenn Setzer on May 09 2006, 7:00 AM

Google, Yahoo, MSN, and the other major players in the search industry have certainly taken notice of the arrival of vertical search and have made it clear that they intend to continue their lucrative domination of the search market. This includes the...
Mortgage Rates, Applications, Cash Out Refinancing All Up

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by Glenn Setzer on May 03 2006, 7:00 AM

Fixed mortgage rates increased for the fifth straight week according to Freddie Mac's Weekly Primary Mortgage Market Survey for the week ended April 27 and adjustable rate mortgages (ARMs) logged the sixth consecutive week of increases. In a separate...

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