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NEW Homebuilder Confidence Falls. Same Problems Persist After Tax Credit Expiration

Tue, Jun 15 2010, 11:08 AM

After recording month over month improvements in April and May, home builder confidence declined in June. Builders still remain very cautious and are ...

NEW The Day Ahead: Homebuilder Confidence, TIC Flows, Empire State Manufacturing

Tue, Jun 15 2010, 8:28 AM

Equity futures are once again indicated higher this morning. The question is whether stocks will maintain momentum throughout the day, or fizzle out j...

NEW Mortgage Rates Under Pressure As Stocks Extend Gains

Tue, Jun 15 2010, 5:41 PM

Floating your loan is getting more risky as stocks have broken an important level of resistance and investor optimism is improving. If stocks do exten...

NEW The Week Ahead: Post-Tax Credit Housing Data Plus Inflation Indicators

Mon, Jun 14 2010, 8:26 AM

Housing Starts ― or new construction of single-family homes ― are anticipated to fall in May after building permits contracted 11.5%. In April, the an...

NEW Housing: The Good, The Bad And The Ugly

Tue, May 25 2010, 3:38 PM

The big question everyone is asking: The Home Buyer Tax Credit Has Expired. Will Home Sales Improve, Contract, or Go Sideways?

NEW Defending The Mortgage Industry From Generalizations; New HUD Mortgagee Letter; HAMP Data; TB&W Chairman in Trouble

Tue, May 18 2010, 11:19 AM

Defending The Mortgage Industry From Generalizations; New HUD Mortgagee Letter; HAMP Data; TB&W Chairman in Trouble; Quicken Loans

NEW The Week Ahead: Housing Starts, FOMC Minutes, Auction Supply Terms, Inflation

Mon, May 17 2010, 9:03 AM

The key sector this week is housing, as data on new construction and homebuilder confidence are each expected to suggest recent progress. Meanwhile, s...

NEW Home Builder Expectations Continue to Improve After Tax Credit Expiration

Mon, May 17 2010, 1:58 PM

Builder confidence in the market for newly built, single-family homes rose for a second consecutive month in May to its highest point since August 200...

NEW The Day Ahead: Durable Goods, New Home Sales, Greece Activates Rescue Package

Fri, Apr 23 2010, 8:13 AM

As European equities climb higher on Friday, the US stock market is looking to open on a positive note following a late rally yesterday. Dow futures a...

NEW The Week Ahead: Slow Econ Schedule. Earnings and Goldman Sachs in Focus

Mon, Apr 19 2010, 8:36 AM

With little economic data released until Thursday this week, investor attention should remain focused on first-quarter earnings releases, plus continu...

NEW The Day Ahead: Stocks Dip Before Barrage of Data and Fed Speak

Thu, Apr 15 2010, 8:21 AM

After hitting fresh 52-week highs across the board yesterday, US equities are looking to open slightly lower this morning ahead of a packed schedule. ...

NEW The Week Ahead: Jam-Packed Economics and Events Calendar

Mon, Apr 12 2010, 8:33 AM

Although Monday begins the week on a slow note in terms of fresh data, the rest of the week is packed with housing data, retail sales, industrial prod...

NEW MND WEEKLY: Recapping The Week That Was in Housing

Fri, Mar 19 2010, 3:34 PM

Recapping The Week That Was in Housing: Fed Meeting, Builder Confidence, Housing Starts, Building Permits, Financial Reform, Loan Demand, Interest Ra...

NEW The Week Ahead: FOMC Meeting, Housing Data, Inflation, Industrial Production

Mon, Mar 15 2010, 8:01 AM

Equity markets are mostly lower across the globe Monday, leading US stocks to open sharply lower ahead of a moderately busy schedule. Two hours bef...

NEW Home Builder Confidence Falls. Foul Weather and Distressed Sales Cited as Reason

Mon, Mar 15 2010, 3:17 PM

In March, Builder confidence lost the small amount of progress seen in February, falling two points to 15 where the index sat in January. The NAHB c...

NEW Single-Family Construction Improves in January. Multi-Family Permits Drag Down Data

Wed, Feb 17 2010, 10:11 AM

Housing Starts data estimates how much new residential real estate construction occurred in the previous month. New construction means digging has beg...

NEW The Week Ahead: Builder Confidence, Housing Starts, FOMC Minutes, Debt Supply, CPI

Tue, Feb 16 2010, 8:42 AM

Uncertainty remains as to whether Greece will resolve its debt issues, but markets around the globe were mostly higher Tuesday and the euro recovered ...

NEW Home Builder Outlook Improves as Buying Season Approaches

Tue, Feb 16 2010, 4:21 PM

The National Association of Home Builders (NAHB)/Wells Fargo Housing Market Index (HMI) released today revealed that home builders are more optimistic...

NEW Mortgage Rates Steady at Aggressive Levels

Tue, Jan 19 2010, 12:57 PM

Reports from fellow mortgage professionals indicate lender rate sheets to be unchanged this morning. The par 30 year conventional rate mortgage remai...

NEW The Week Ahead: Q4 Earnings, Builder Confidence, Housing Starts, PPI

Tue, Jan 19 2010, 8:33 AM

Equities are mixed around the globe but clearly downward in the US. Following a 3-day weekend, one hour before the opening bell, Dow futures are off ...

NEW Home Builders Waiting for Labor Market to Improve. Nervous About Foreclosures

Tue, Jan 19 2010, 1:10 PM

Builder confidence in the market for newly built, single-family homes declined one point to 15 in January on continuing concerns about the poor job ma...

NEW Home Builder Confidence Still Unable to Gain Momentum

Tue, Dec 15 2009, 5:41 PM

Builders continue to have negative perceptions of the real estate market according to the December survey of builder attitudes conducted by the Nation...

NEW Freddie Mac: Record Low 15 Year Fixed Rate Mortgage

Thu, Nov 19 2009, 1:00 PM

Almost all short and long term mortgage interest rates fell during the most recent week with the 15-year FRM reported by Freddie Mac hitting an all-ti...

NEW The Day Ahead: PPI, Industrial Production, TIC Flows, Housing Confidence

Tue, Nov 17 2009, 8:08 AM

Equity markets are looking down before the bell but the losses are modest compared to the Monday rally. S&P 500 futures are off 2.1 points to 1,10...

NEW Home Builders Expecting Increased Activity in 2010. Appraisal Issues a Concern

Tue, Nov 17 2009, 1:29 PM

The November Housing Market Index was unchanged from October's downwardly revised level of 17. The component gauging current sales conditions and the...

NEW The Week Ahead: Data Storm Rains on Markets

Mon, Nov 16 2009, 7:59 AM

The week begins with a bang but ends with a whimper. A storm of data hits markets on Monday with retail sales an hour before the opening bell, plus th...

NEW The Day Ahead: Stocks Hit New 2009 Highs on Earnings, Oil Rally, Dollar Weakness

Tue, Oct 20 2009, 7:19 AM

US equities are poised to open at fresh one-year highs on Tuesday morning. Sentiment is higher owing to Apple’s post-closing bell announcement that it...

NEW Fannie and Freddie: Average Rates Down for Third Straight Week.

Thu, Sep 17 2009, 1:19 PM

Freddie Mac's Primary Mortgage Market Survey for the week ended September 17 reported the third consecutive week of lower rates for fixed rate mortgag...

NEW The Day Ahead: Equity Futures Recover Ahead of Housing Data & PPI

Tue, Aug 18 2009, 8:23 AM

Yesterday’s global sell-off caused the S&P 500 to lose 2.43% in a single day, its worst performance in six weeks. Thankfully, US markets are looking u...

NEW The Week Ahead: Housing Market Dominates Headlines

Mon, Aug 17 2009, 8:34 AM

After halting four weekly advances in the stock market on Friday, investors are rapidly extending market losses in pre-session trading Monday morning....

NEW Tax Credit Bouys Home Builder Confidence in August

Mon, Aug 17 2009, 3:57 PM

Builder confidence in the market for newly built, single-family homes rose one point in August to its highest level in more than a year, according to ...

NEW Mid-Day Recap: Stocks Fall Despite Major Gain in New Homes Data

Mon, Jul 27 2009, 11:58 AM

Markets jumped in the minutes after the New Home Sales report posted its biggest one-month leap in eight year, as of noon in Monday’s session all thr...

NEW Housing Starts Beat Forecasts, Rise on all Fronts

Fri, Jul 17 2009, 9:33 AM

A housing construction report indicated higher levels of activity than the range of forecasts, but that had more to do with revisions to the previous ...

NEW Housing Starts Jump in May, PPI Tamer than Expected

Tue, Jun 16 2009, 9:22 AM

NEW Surveys Show Easing of Mortgage Rates

Thu, May 21 2009, 11:06 AM

NEW Mortgage Rates Sideways in the Week Ahead

Mon, May 18 2009, 12:17 PM

NEW Most Rates Fall Along with Two Records

Thu, Apr 16 2009, 3:49 PM

NEW Home Builder Confidence Climbs To Highest Since October 2008

Wed, Apr 15 2009, 2:11 PM

NEW Home Builder Confidence Unchanged in March

Mon, Mar 16 2009, 1:22 PM