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Pending home sales rose marginally again in June, beating the National Association of Realtors® (NAR's) Pending Home Sale Index (PHSI) for the previous month by 0.9 percent. The index, based on contracts for existing home purchases, rose from 105.9 in May to 106.9 in June. The June gain is slightly better than the 0.5 percent increase from April to May, but the PHSI remains behind the corresponding month a year earlier for the sixth consecutive month. The annual shortfall for June was 2.5 percent. The June index was higher than May's in all four regions. However, like the national index, those regions are all running behind their year earlier numbers. Results were in line with the consensus estimate from analysts polled by Econoday , 0.8 percent. Their predictions ranged from 0.3 to 1.0
Housing News
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Pending home sales rose marginally again in June, beating the National Association of Realtors® (NAR's) Pending Home Sale Index (PHSI) for the previous month by 0.9 percent. The index, based on contracts for existing home purchases, rose from 105... (read more)
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Rob Chrisman
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“Buy land – they’re not making any more of it.” Don’t tell that to Hawai’i. While California continues to burn, 2,400 miles to the southwest Hawai’i has a different heat. In less than three months the state&r... (read more)
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MBS Commentary
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This week is rare in terms of the combination of economic data, events, and other relevant goings-on. If someone asked me to rattle off a few of the biggest market movers in terms of economic data and other scheduled events, my list would look ... (read more)
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Mortgage Rate Watch
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Mortgage rates were unchanged today, making for an anticlimactic end to a week that saw the sharpest rise in months. The lack of movement was all the more interesting considering the bond market's reaction to this morning's GDP data (bonds dictate ra... (read more)
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MBS Commentary
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The consensus for today's GDP reading among forecasters was for a big increase to 4.1% or 4.2% depending on who does your data aggregation. Either way, that's a big jump from the previous reading of 2.0% (now revised to 2.2%). When key da... (read more)
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Mortgage Rate Watch
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Mortgage rates edged higher today, keeping alive a trend toward higher rates that began just over a week ago. While the overall amount of ground covered as a part of this move isn't necessarily alarming, it's significant because it brings us back to ... (read more)
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