Thu, Jun 19 2014, 11:51 AM
As
a rule, it isn't good when economists use words like "sluggish" and "lackluster,"
the very terms that crept into the opening paragraph of Fredd...
Wed, Jun 18 2014, 11:36 AM
Merlin
Pearson writes, "Statistics are like a lamp post to a drunk. They are
used far more for support than they are for illumination." A survey b...
Tue, Jun 17 2014, 11:19 AM
Building permits were issued in May at a
rate that was 6.4 percent lower than that of April and housing starts also fell. Housing completions were u...
Tue, Jun 17 2014, 11:00 AM
Economists
call it "wage source". In a nutshell, it's how you obtain your cash.
Many work in order to fill their bank accounts; however, in the co...
Tue, Jun 17 2014, 7:42 AM
You have to have an industrial strength juicer and be willing to drink from thimbles if you hope to squeeze any interesting conclusions out of finan...
Mon, Jun 16 2014, 9:45 AM
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, who
tracks population movements (and probably phone conversations too..."who
said that?"), there are a few co...
Thu, Jun 5 2014, 11:10 AM
The Mutual
Mortgage Insurance Fund is a fund that insures mortgages made by the
Federal Housing Administration on single-family homes;
the fun...
Mon, Jun 2 2014, 9:59 AM
There
is a lot of industry banter about preferred lenders (mostly by
non-preferred lenders) and affiliated relationships (mostly by those not
in...
Mon, Jun 2 2014, 2:30 PM
The Census Bureau said today that the
value of all construction put in place in April was up slightly from March and
8.6 percent above totals in A...
Tue, May 27 2014, 12:06 PM
All three home price surveys released this morning showed
prices increased in March, a more moderate improvement than in previous months in
some c...
Mon, May 19 2014, 10:27 AM
People
here at the Secondary Marketing conference are keenly interested in an
insider's view of what the MBA is focused on, and what is causing a ...
Mon, May 19 2014, 1:24 PM
Freddie
Mac's economists used this month's Economic and Housing Market Outlook to look
at three areas of supply and demand.
Analyzing each, they s...
Fri, May 16 2014, 11:56 AM
Both residential permitting and housing
starts increased in April although housing completions lagged behind those in
March the Census Bureau and th...
Fri, May 16 2014, 10:12 AM
The
Census Bureau tells us that American families formed 423,000 new
households during the 12 months ending 3/31/14. 79% of the new
households...
Fri, May 2 2014, 9:52 AM
There's
nothing wrong with early dinners! According to the U.S. Census Bureau, a
meeting with the National Council of Senior Citizens resulted in ...
Thu, May 1 2014, 12:40 PM
Overall construction spending increased slightly in March
the Census Bureau said today. Combined
public and private construction was at a seasona...
Thu, May 1 2014, 12:02 PM
10yr yields had been careful to avoid dipping below yesterday's latest levels until after all of this morning's data was out of the way. Once it was,...
Tue, Apr 29 2014, 3:02 PM
The S&P/Case-Shiller 20-City Composite Index rose
slightly in February on a seasonally-adjusted basis, beating analysts' expectations by a hair whi...
Mon, Apr 28 2014, 10:04 AM
Another
trend that is winding down in the banking industry is the long period
of Fed Funds at or near 0%. Whether this happens in 2015 or 2016, ke...
Fri, Apr 25 2014, 10:41 AM
David Crowe, Chief Economist of the National
Association of Home Builders (NAHB) told members attending the Association's
2014 Spring Construction...
Thu, Apr 17 2014, 9:50 AM
Home affordability is not a modern problem. In Zillow's In Search of Affordability , Krishna Rao writes, "Across
the United States, strong home p...
Wed, Apr 16 2014, 12:10 PM
Two of the three measures of residential
construction activity used by the Census Bureau fell slightly in March. Fewer permits were issued and few...
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...
Mon, Apr 14 2014, 9:03 AM
The Fed's comments on housing last week were interesting. "Housing activity
remained slow over the intermeeting period. Although unfavorable weath...
Thu, Apr 10 2014, 10:25 AM
The recent spate of agency news has been interesting to follow.
Arguably F&F should not stay under government conservatorship, but
what are the ...
Tue, Apr 8 2014, 12:30 PM
In a recent blog post written by Molly Boesel CoreLogic
questions the true role of the recent severe weather in a lag in single family
housing sta...
Mon, Apr 7 2014, 10:46 AM
Remember HAMP?
What happens to a sizeable portion of HAMP borrowers after their loan
resets from, say 1% to the current market? They re-default, a...
Fri, Apr 4 2014, 2:20 PM
More potential buyers are out trolling the nation's neighborhoods
for their dream homes. Unfortunately, they are finding little to look at
and, ev...
Tue, Apr 1 2014, 9:59 AM
Fed
watchers over the last few years have had many things to study; on
their list of course has been the FOMC's asset purchase program, and
whil...
Mon, Mar 31 2014, 9:26 AM
There has been a lot of appraisal news in recent weeks, the most important perhaps being that six
government agencies issued a proposed rule that ...
Thu, Mar 27 2014, 10:43 AM
The National Association of Realtors®
(NAR) Pending Home Sales Index (PHSI) for February added more confirmation of a
slowing home housing market. ...
Wed, Mar 26 2014, 3:01 PM
Freddie Mac and its economists would
like to answer the old question "are we there yet?" with "there" in this case
meaning anywhere close to a norma...
Wed, Mar 19 2014, 9:53 AM
"Well
the midnight gang's assembled and picked a rendezvous for the night,
they'll meet 'neath that giant Exxon sign that brings this fair city
...
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, 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...
Mon, Mar 3 2014, 9:16 AM
Zelman & Associates
invites readers to join them for an informative conference call to
discuss their outlook on the housing market and mortgage ...
Mon, Mar 3 2014, 1:16 PM
The Census Bureau said today that
construction put in place in January was at a seasonally adjusted annual rate
of $943.1 billion, up 0.1 percent f...
Tue, Feb 25 2014, 11:40 AM
The S&P Case-Shiller National home
price index and the Federal Housing Finance Agency's Home Price Index (HPI),
both issued on Tuesday, diverged sh...
Thu, Feb 20 2014, 9:57 AM
If
your lock desk was really busy last week, you're bucking the trend. The
MBA's survey of 75% of retail lenders showed that apps were off 4.1% ...
Wed, Feb 19 2014, 10:47 AM
Numbers for both housing permits and
housing starts were much lower in January than in December while housing completions
were up. The Northeast ...
Wed, Feb 19 2014, 9:53 AM
"A
statistician is someone who tells you, when you've got your head in the
fridge and your feet in the oven, that you're - on average - very
com...
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...
Mon, Feb 17 2014, 6:10 PM
Underwriters
will soon be entering that netherworld where they want 2013 tax
returns , but borrowers just don't have them yet. With that in mind,...
Tue, Feb 11 2014, 10:52 AM
Home
price movement was mixed across metropolitan areas (MSAs) in the fourth quarter
of 2013 the National Association of Realtors® (NAR) said today....
Mon, Feb 3 2014, 12:05 PM
Overall construction spending in
December was flat compared to November , rising a scant 0.1 percent. Private spending on residential construction,...
Fri, Jan 31 2014, 12:51 PM
"The familiar saying that housing brings
the economy out of recessions did not hold true this time around," according to
David Crowe, Chief Economis...
Fri, Jan 17 2014, 12:35 PM
Data presented by CoreLogic in its new
edition of MarketPulse raises an
interesting question about employment in the construction sector . Is th...
Fri, Jan 17 2014, 10:42 AM
"The
check's in the mail!" Hah! The Fed reports the number of checks paid
has declined from close to $50B in the 1990s to about $20B. With tax...
Fri, Jan 17 2014, 10:26 AM
All three Census Bureau/Department of Housing
and Urban Development (HUD) measures of residential construction activity,
housing permits, starts, an...
Thu, Jan 16 2014, 12:44 PM
The strong growth in the home remodeling
market which began in the second quarter of 2013 will continue through the
first half of 2014 according t...
