Thu, Oct 16 2014, 10:24 AM
Outside
of California's Santa Clara Valley, the words "Affluent" and
"Millennial" aren't used too often together. But it turns out that when
aff...
Tue, Oct 14 2014, 10:51 AM
"American schoolchildren rank 25 th in math and 21 st in science out of the top 30 developed countries, but USA ranked 1 st in confidence that they...
Tue, Sep 23 2014, 12:58 PM
Fannie
Mae's economists are painting a much improved picture for the economy in the
coming months with encouraging news in the area of business in...
Thu, Sep 18 2014, 10:59 AM
Peter
Drucker opined, "Management is doing things right; leadership is doing
the right things." The Federal Reserve sure wants banks that lend mon...
Wed, Sep 17 2014, 11:33 AM
A four point jump in September has taken the
National Association of Home Builders (NAHB)/Wells Fargo Housing Market Index
(HMI) to its highest re...
Wed, Sep 17 2014, 11:00 AM
Want
some numbers that none of us will remember, but that are indicative of
demographic trends that won't help lending? In 2010, households headed...
Mon, Sep 15 2014, 9:51 AM
Lead generator Intermundo Media, LLC has agreed to pay $500,000
to settle charges by the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) that it falsely
adverti...
Tue, Aug 19 2014, 10:42 AM
It
is fun to see that U.S. homebuilder confidence rose to a seven-month
high, primarily driven by lower mortgage rates and an improving jobs
mar...
Mon, Aug 18 2014, 11:14 AM
Measures
of builder confidence in the new home market rose again this month. The third consecutive monthly increase in the
National Association o...
Fri, Jul 25 2014, 1:30 PM
It was a bad day on Wall Street
Thursday for housing stocks. In no particular order Census Bureau
data was released showing that new home sales had...
Wed, Jul 16 2014, 11:38 AM
Homebuilder confidence in the market for
new homes crossed into positive territory in July, the first time the measure
has been above the crucial 50...
Mon, Jul 14 2014, 10:28 AM
Sometimes it is hard to tell if things are legit or not, especially
when it comes to legislation. In 2014 Congress has reminded us of how it
is ne...
Mon, Jun 16 2014, 10:36 AM
The National Association of Home Builders (NAHB)/Wells
Fargo Housing Market Index narrowed the gap with positive territory this month
with a jump o...
Thu, May 15 2014, 2:03 PM
The National Association of Home Builders (NAHB)/Wells
Fargo Housing Market Index (HMI) fell one point in May to 45 from the April reading
which was...
Wed, Apr 16 2014, 10:07 AM
People who study mortgage lending and trends continue to ruminate on the Wells Fargo and Chase numbers from Friday.
JPM's mortgage origination vol...
Tue, Apr 15 2014, 11:45 AM
The National Association of Home
Builders (NAHB)/Wells Fargo Housing Market Index (HMI) rose to 47 this month,
indicating a slight improvement in th...
Tue, Mar 18 2014, 10:27 AM
What
is the MBA applications number going to tell us tomorrow? My bet, given
stories from lock desks around the nation, is that we'll see an
imp...
Mon, Mar 17 2014, 12:14 PM
Builder
confidence as measured by the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB)/Wells
Fargo Housing Market Index (HMI) remained flat in March, ...
Mon, Mar 17 2014, 10:11 AM
Don't
forget to wear a little green today, and this was seen at a local bar:
"Special Today Only! Buy one beer for the price of two, and receive a...
Thu, Feb 27 2014, 2:33 PM
Builders and developers engaged in the
multi-family market grew a little less confident in that market during the
fourth quarter of last year. Th...
Tue, Feb 18 2014, 10:50 AM
The National Association of Homebuilders (NAHB)
provided a number of explanations for a record drop in the NAHB/Wells Fargo
Housing Market Index (...
Tue, Feb 18 2014, 10:46 AM
"Any
idea how much Realtors make?" I don't know, and asking someone their
income isn't always the wisest of moves, especially on a first date. But...
Thu, Nov 21 2013, 2:58 PM
Fannie Mae's Economic and Strategic
Research Group calls the temporary government shutdown and debt ceiling
negotiations in October a blow to consu...
Mon, Nov 18 2013, 10:50 AM
Builder confidence in the market for
newly constructed homes remains only moderately positive according to the National
Association of Home Builders...
Mon, Nov 18 2013, 4:55 PM
Mortgage rates moved noticeably lower
to begin the week, continuing a winning streak that began last
Wednesday. Today's improvement brings the ...
Wed, Oct 16 2013, 2:13 PM
With the Census Bureau, like the rest of
the government, shut down and unable to release its usual economic data the
National Association of Home Bu...
Tue, Sep 17 2013, 12:54 PM
Fannie Mae's senior economists said
today that anticipated declines in refinance
originations suggest that mortgage industry employment, which has...
Tue, Sep 17 2013, 12:19 PM
Builder confidence in the market for newly built
single family homes held steady in September after four consecutive months of
improvements the Na...
Thu, Aug 15 2013, 12:00 PM
Builder confidence has set another
recent benchmark, hitting the highest point on the National
Association of Home Builders (NAHB)/Wells Fargo Housi...
Thu, Aug 15 2013, 11:36 AM
Here is an interesting note I received from a capital markets VP in
Florida: "Rob, I have nicknamed my company's sales staff the 'If
only's.' It s...
Mon, Aug 12 2013, 9:30 AM
Periodically I am asked, "Do you know how many LOs there are in the nation? "
And folks periodically write and ask, "How many lenders are there in ...
Thu, Aug 1 2013, 10:57 AM
Home prices increased during the first
quarter of 2013 by 10.2 percent, the first double-digit quarterly
increase since the "bubble" peaked seven ye...
Wed, Jul 17 2013, 10:31 AM
Building permits and housing starts
both declined in June according to data released this morning by the
U.S. Census Bureau and the Department of Ho...
Wed, Jul 17 2013, 9:40 AM
Huh? I head to Southern California today, but the big news comes from Illinois. Cole Taylor Mortgage looking for a buyer ? It probably won't be the...
Tue, Jul 16 2013, 12:31 PM
The Housing Market Index (HMI) shot up
six points in July, reflecting the highest level of builder
confidence in the market for new homes since Ja...
Wed, Jun 19 2013, 10:54 AM
Here in Colorado, all eyes are on the 500+ houses destroyed by the recent fires. FEMA
is also watching, as it is the damage caused by flooding in ...
Tue, Jun 18 2013, 10:44 AM
I am in Colorado this week for the Richey May President & CEO
Roundtable meeting, but here is some news regarding Ohio. When we think
"The Federal...
Mon, Jun 17 2013, 11:03 AM
Low
inventories and increasing traffic have unleashed the confidence of
new new home builders the National Association of Home Builders
(NAHB) said...
Thu, Jun 13 2013, 5:05 PM
Fannie
Mae's Economic Outlook series continued its 2013 theme "Transition to
'Normal?'" in its June edition saying that four years into an expansio...
Thu, May 30 2013, 2:03 PM
The Multifamily Production Index (MPI)
compiled by the National Association of Home Builders continued in
positive territory for the fifth straight...
Mon, May 20 2013, 1:31 PM
Fannie Mae's economic and strategic research team today called the housing recovery "undeterred" after it contributed 0.3 percentages points to ec...
Wed, May 15 2013, 12:49 PM
Builder confidence has perked up
again. After dropping three points in
April to 41, the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB)/Wells Fargo
...
Mon, May 13 2013, 10:16 AM
It is a time to celebrate those 65 and older through ceremonies, events and public recognition - in which most of which the folks in this group have n...
Fri, May 10 2013, 10:09 AM
"The strong year over year increase
in confidence reported by builders for the 55+ market is consistent with year
over year increases in other seg...
Thu, Apr 18 2013, 3:58 PM
Fannie Mae's economists note that
economic growth was very choppy during the second half of 2012 because of
inventory swings and the same is expecte...
Wed, Apr 17 2013, 11:21 AM
Wells Fargo Bank's
Economics Group has issued commentary on housing which updates
concerns it says it has raised over the past few month "that the ...
Wed, Apr 17 2013, 5:29 PM
Freddie Mac's economists advise readers of its April Economic
and Housing Outlook to look at employment growth over the past few months
rather t...
Mon, Apr 15 2013, 11:22 AM
Despite a revival of demand for new homes, builders are
facing constraints that are eroding their confidence in the market for new
single family h...
Thu, Mar 28 2013, 1:14 PM
The
monthly housing commentary published by Fannie Mae's economists noted some
downsides to the market in early 2013.
Housing starts tumbled in ...
Mon, Mar 25 2013, 11:02 AM
I am visiting Pennsylvania this week, from where I coincidentally received this note from a Realtor: "Rob, what's the scoop on Blackstone ?" I think ...
