What a fascinating and tumultuous time is upon us! Both the housing and the mortgage market are convulsing wildly! There are so many facets to the "big picture" that I would never presume have all the answers, so the following disclaimer is in order: I am a mortgage broker and the following is my opinion...
The OFHEO House Price Index (HPI) usually doesn't get too much attention (except here where we regard it as the best, or at least the most interesting of the periodic housing indicators) but this time around people began anticipating it days before it was actually issued and there was speculation that...
It's not exactly like waiting for Christmas or the first day of summer vacation, but we do look forward to the release of our favorite housing report each quarter; the Office of Federal Housing Enterprise Oversight (OFHEO) House Price Index . The HPI uses information from Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae ...