Tue, Nov 20 2007, 8:00 AM
The national media was trumpeting the good news about housing
start data released Tuesday morning by the Census Bureau and the
Department of Housi...
Mon, Nov 19 2007, 8:00 AM
The stock market by mid-day on Monday was heading toward another hefty
loss and analysts were blaming - what else - fallout
from the sub-prime mar...
Thu, Oct 18 2007, 7:00 AM
There is an old Western expression that a person's mood is "lower than
a snake's belly." Well lift up that snake and you just might find a home
buil...
Wed, Oct 17 2007, 7:00 AM
Secretary of The Treasury Henry M. Paulson , Jr., is
in danger of becoming a household name in the midst of the sharp housing
downturn.
"The hou...
Mon, Oct 1 2007, 7:00 AM
There was actually some good news in real estate on Friday. The bad
news was it had nothing to do with the housing slump or the mortgage
crunch.
...
Thu, Sep 20 2007, 7:00 AM
Housing starts in August hit the lowest level on an
annualized basis since July 1995 The news would have been even worse if
it were not for a subs...
Fri, Sep 14 2007, 7:00 AM
Lawrence Yun, senior economist for NAR said that unusual
disruptions are dampening the outlook for home sales, notably
for August and September. "...
Wed, Aug 29 2007, 7:00 AM
Mortgage rates in general took a fairly substantial dive during the
previous week with longer term rates dropping double digits in most cases
and so...
Fri, Aug 17 2007, 7:00 AM
Residential building permits and housing
starts continued to fall in July with the latter measure of the
nation's economic health dropping more ...
Thu, Aug 9 2007, 7:00 AM
Some interesting figures have been released by the Mortgage Bankers
Association which has announced that mortgage application
activity increased 8...
Thu, Aug 2 2007, 7:00 AM
Mortgage rates continued to ebb and flow within a
narrow range last week; most rates are little changed from where they
were in late July 2006.
...
Wed, Jul 25 2007, 7:00 AM
In perhaps the only good news in the mortgage and real estate worlds
this week, both long and short term interest rates for the week ended
July 19 b...
Fri, Jul 20 2007, 7:00 AM
The homebuilding industry is obviously in distress. But, in testimony
before the House Financial Services Committee, Federal Reserve Chairman
Ben B...
Thu, Jul 19 2007, 7:00 AM
Short-term adjustable rate mortgages (ARMs) were unchanged during the
last week, but longer term fixed and adjustable rate mortgages did move;
if up...
Fri, Jul 13 2007, 7:00 AM
It seems that nary a week can pass without a subprime
disaster of some type. This week is no exception although there
was at least a bit of variet...
Wed, Jun 27 2007, 7:00 AM
According to Freddie Mac's Primary Mortgage Market Survey for the
previous week, the market has rolled back a small portion of the large
increases i...
Tue, Jun 19 2007, 7:00 AM
Two measures of the housing market were released this
week and each shows that, at best, builders are remaining cautious; at
worst they are showin...
Mon, Jun 11 2007, 7:00 AM
Two days, two economic forecasts; the first which we reported on
earlier from the National Association of Realtors (NAR) showed a rapid
deterioratio...
Fri, Jun 8 2007, 7:00 AM
The National Association of Realtors has backpedaled
on previous housing forecasts with it U.S. Economic Outlook report for
June released on Wedne...
Thu, May 24 2007, 7:00 AM
According to Frank Nothaft , vice present and chief
economist of Freddie Mac, "Mortgage rates inched up this week following
the Federal Open Market...
Tue, May 22 2007, 7:00 AM
NAHB's chief economist David Seiders said, "The pattern of building
permits clearly shows that the dramatic downward
correction in housing productio...
Thu, May 10 2007, 7:00 AM
With the growth of house price appreciation now stalled or even
reversed, this has fueled fears that homeowners may face an inability to
withdraw eq...
Wed, Apr 25 2007, 7:00 AM
Soothing news about inflation was reflected by declining
mortgage interest rates last week, although Freddie Mac
and the Mortgage Bankers Associat...
Thu, Apr 12 2007, 7:00 AM
Will the economy return the favor?
Spring usually provides the strongest home selling period of the year
and with interest rates still relatively ...
Wed, Mar 21 2007, 7:00 AM
Wed, Feb 28 2007, 8:00 AM
Concern over the slowing housing market may be impacting
mortgage rates according to Frank Nothaft, Freddie Mac vice
president and chief economist...
Tue, Feb 20 2007, 8:00 AM
Mon, Jan 22 2007, 8:00 AM
Home builders are growing increasingly more confident
about the economy and the real estate market and that was reflected in
the most recent report...
Tue, Jan 16 2007, 8:00 AM
The January 2007 Economic Outlook which is published last week by the
Office of the Chief Economist at Freddie Mac was headlined " The
Remodeled Hou...
Wed, Jan 10 2007, 8:00 AM
Mortgage interest rates were virtually unchanged
during the first week of 2007 according to Freddie Mac's weekly Primary
Mortgage Market Survey. Ac...
Tue, Dec 26 2006, 8:00 AM
Housing permits and starts in
November were mixed when compared to October levels according to figures
released this week by the U.S. Census Bure...
Mon, Dec 11 2006, 8:00 AM
Probably the big news in the December 2006 Economic
Outlook published by Freddie Mac's Office of the Chief Economist last
Friday was that the offi...
Thu, Nov 30 2006, 8:00 AM
Long term interest rates took a bit of a dive during
the week ended November 22 according to Freddie Mac's Primary Mortgage
Market Survey. The 30-ye...
Mon, Nov 20 2006, 8:00 AM
The Census Bureau and the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban
Development have released October figures on building permits and
housing starts and ...
Thu, Nov 16 2006, 8:00 AM
When I went back into real estate in the mid-90's I expected a level
of real estate technology at least as high as our
commercial real estate firm...
Thu, Nov 9 2006, 8:00 AM
The slowdown in housing has begun to take a toll on the overall economy
according to the November Economic Outlook issued by Freddie Mac on
November 8...
Thu, Oct 19 2006, 7:00 AM
The various new home construction indicators tracked by
the U.S. Census Bureau and the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban
Development were mixed i...
Thu, Sep 28 2006, 7:00 AM
Freddie Mac and the Mortgage Bankers Association were, for a change,
unanimous in agreeing that mortgage interest rates
retreated the past week.
...
Tue, Sep 19 2006, 7:00 AM
Two monthly housing market indicators have been
released so far this week, both relating broadly to home construction and
showing a continued slowin...
Tue, Sep 12 2006, 7:00 AM
" A Cooling Trend " was the title given to Freddie Mac's
September 2006 Economic Outlook released recently. In keeping with the
seasonal theme, the re...
Wed, Aug 23 2006, 7:00 AM
Most interest rates were down again during the week
ended August 17 and 18, but the changes were not nearly as aggressive as
immediately after the F...
Tue, Aug 22 2006, 7:00 AM
It's that time again. The National Association of Home Builders (NAHB)
and the Census Department have released their monthly reports on the state
of t...
Fri, Aug 11 2006, 7:00 AM
Slower economic growth and rising inflationary pressures are cited as
competing trends in the U.S. economy by Freddie Mac in its
monthly Economic Ou...
Fri, Jul 21 2006, 7:00 AM
The two monthly reports that measure the health of the home
construction industry were released this week. The U.S. Census
Bureau and U.S. Departmen...
Tue, Jul 11 2006, 7:00 AM
Freddie Mac issued its monthly "outlook" for the month of July as well
as a round-up of the first half of 2006 .
While the report still projects a ...
Wed, Jul 5 2006, 7:00 AM
The usual spate of monthly reports on new home sales, existing home
sales, housing starts, and builder confidence were all released recently.
Taken to...
Tue, Jun 13 2006, 7:00 AM
Freddie Mac's monthly Economic Outlook for June was released last week.
In what has become a mantra, the corporations Office of the Chief
Economist, q...
Wed, May 31 2006, 7:00 AM
Fixed rate mortgages continued to creep up during the week ended May 25
while there was a slight easing of adjustable rate products according to
the W...
