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CoreLogic says its Home Price Index (HPI) for February reflected an increase of 0.7 percent from January to February and that home prices nationwide were up by 4.0 percent. The monthly gain was higher than in January (up 0.1 percent), perhaps reflecting the approaching spring market, but there is definite deceleration on an annual basis. In February the year-over-year change was 4.0 percent, down from 4.4 percent in January and significantly lower than the February 2017 to February 2018 change, 6.7 percent. North Dakota was the only state that did not have an annual increase in home prices. The largest gains were in Idaho (10.2%), Nevada (8.9%) and Utah (8.7%). Frank Nothaft, CoreLogic's chief economist commented, "During the first two months of the year, home-price growth continued to decelerate
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CoreLogic says its Home Price Index (HPI) for February reflected an increase of 0.7 percent from January to February and that home prices nationwide were up by 4.0 percent. The monthly gain was higher than in January (up 0.1 percent), perhaps reflect... (read more) |
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Housing News
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Last fall the Urban Institute (UI) published a paper asking, "What, if anything, should replace the QM Patch?" Now Laurie Goodman, UI's Vice President, Housing Finance Policy, is writing that, as the patch's expiration nearing, new evidence shows an ... (read more) |
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MBS Commentary
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It's no mystery at this point that the US bond market has exited its steep, directional, and super friendly move to long-term lows over the past few days. While yields are starting the day in slightly better shape than yesterday, they're still ... (read more) |
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Rob Chrisman
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“Probability tells you that a toddler has a 50-50 chance of putting their shoes on the correct feet. Parenting tells you otherwise.” Merging or acquiring is a costly exercise and participants hope that the probabilities are high of succes... (read more) |
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MBS Commentary
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First thing's first, there's not much about a 10bp gain in 10yr yields and nearly a half a point of MBS weakness that would be considered "mini," but in the recent context, it only undoes about a quarter of the recent rally. Plus, we have... (read more) |
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Mortgage Rate Watch
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Mortgage rates spiked quickly yesterday, moving up to the highest levels in more than a week and adding an eighth of a percentage point (.125%) to Friday's latest quotes. Even on Friday, rates were already arguably in the process of correcting higher... (read more) |
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