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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...
Housing Bubble Bust or Soft Landing - March Homes Sales Figures Up

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by Glenn Setzer on April 28 2006, 7:00 AM

Information on March figures for both existing and new house sales were released this week and figures show a moderate slowing from similar data one year ago but with a gradual upswing from first quarter 2006 figures. This might indicate that " The Spring...
Mortgage Rates Mixed With Rate Variations Regionally

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

Mortgage rates were mixed for the weeks ending April 20 (Freddie Mac) and April 21 (The Mortgage Bankers Association.) Freddie reported all rates up although only slightly while MBA noted small decreases. Freddie periodically issues a regional breakdown...
What Do High Gas Prices Mean For The Housing Market?

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by Glenn Setzer on April 25 2006, 7:00 AM

Just our opinion, but spiraling gas prices may present an abundance of unintended consequences when it comes to the housing market. Some of these repercussions could ultimately be healthy, but other will pose some serious problems for consumers and the...
Freddie Mac Has An Expensive Week

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

While the stock market at least temporarily felt that Freddie Mac had closed the doors on some serious legal issues last week, it cost the giant mortgage corporation some serious money to do so. On Tuesday, April 18 Freddie announced that it had agreed...
New Home Construction Declines As Does Homebuilders Optimism

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by Glenn Setzer on April 20 2006, 7:00 AM

Two reports on new residential construction came out on Tuesday - one of which showed a slowing in new home construction and the other revealing a growing unease among home builders about the near term future of their industry. The U.S. Census Bureau...

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