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Is relief in sight for potential homeowners? Too early to tell, but Black Knight says that the rate of acceleration in home price growth did slow slightly in August, the first decline in the annual rate in 15 months . The company's Mortgage Monitor , covering mortgage loan performance data for the month, reports that the annual appreciation in August was 19.0 percent compared to 19.4 percent over the 12 months that ended in July. Price growth slowed for single-family houses from 20 percent to 19.5 percent while the appreciation rate for condo units dipped from 15.4 to 15.2 percent. Deceleration in increases is, of course, reflected more quickly in the month-over-month data, and there the slowdown has been evident for several months. August prices were up by 0.9 percent from those in July. The
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Paul P., writes, “Hope is a good companion but a poor guide.” But the nation is hoping that the share of loans in forbearance continues to decline. And it is. The Mortgage Bankers Association’s (MBA) latest Forbearance and Call Volu... (read more)
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Is relief in sight for potential homeowners? Too early to tell, but Black Knight says that the rate of acceleration in home price growth did slow slightly in August, the first decline in the annual rate in 15 months . The company's Mortgage Monitor ,... (read more)
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Construction spending in August, both public and privately funded, was essentially unchanged from the prior month. The Census Bureau said total construction spending was at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of $1.584 trillion dollars, unchanged from ... (read more)
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