Mortgage Loan Rates Ticked Down Last Week
Mortgage applications decreased by 3.2% the week ending Nov. 20 after a 6.2% increase the previous week.
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Home Prices Slip in Chicago, Cleveland, Washington: Case-Shiller September Index
U.S. house prices increased in September in 17 of the 20 cities included in the S&P/Case-Shiller index.
Existing Home Sales Drop 3.4% in October
The National Association of Realtors (NAR) reports that the seasonally adjusted annual rate of existing home sales in October fell 3.4% to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 5.36 million from a total of…
August Cash Home Sales Highest in Miami, Philadelphia
In August of 2015, cash sales comprised 31.7% of all home sales, down from 34.9% in August of 2014, marking the 32nd consecutive year-over-year monthly decline. Cash sales rose by 0.8 percentage points compared…
Housing Starts Slip in October
The U.S. Census Bureau and the Department of Housing and Urban Development reported Tuesday morning that new housing starts in October slipped.
Mortgage Loan Rates Continue Ticking Higher
MBA's latest report on mortgage applications noted a week-over-week increase of 6.2% in the group's seasonally adjusted composite index for the week ending November 13.
Homebuilder Confidence Slips in November
The National Association of Home Builders (NAHB)/Wells Fargo housing market index for November fell from the highest since the end of the housing boom in late 2005.
Millennials to Drive Long-Term Housing Demand
In 2014, the single largest cohort of millennials was 23 years old, with 24-year-olds and 22-year-olds clustered around them at about 4.5 million people of each age. When those 23-year-olds reach the average age…
September Foreclosures Down Nearly 20%
CoreLogic released its September 2015 National Foreclosure Report before the markets opened on Tuesday. What really stood out in this report was that the number of completed foreclosures in September 2015 is a decrease…
How DR Horton and Beazer Earnings Stack Up Against Each Other
Before the markets opened on Tuesday, two major home developers reported their fiscal year-end results.
October’s Hottest Housing Markets
Realtor.com crunched numbers to find the hottest housing markets of October. Of the top 20, 12 were in California.
Maryland, Florida Top States for August Distressed Home Sales
The five states with the largest percentage of distressed sales in August were Maryland, Florida, Michigan, Connecticut and Illinois.
Mortgage Loan Rates Higher for Second Consecutive Week
The MBA report on mortgage applications showed that mortgage loan rates increased slightly again on all types of loans last week.
Home Prices in Colorado, Washington Added 10% in September
Home prices in the United States rose for the 43rd consecutive month in September, according to the CoreLogic Home Price Index.
New York Replaces Florida as State With Largest Home Foreclosure Inventory
According to Black Knight Financial Services, more mortgages were delinquent in September than in August.