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Headstrong is a rather interesting word, but the National Association of Realtors® (NAR) chose it to describe the continuing imbalance between supply and demand in the housing market. NAR blames this imbalance for slightly tempering home sales as well as pushing continued robust price growth in the second quarter of 2017. NAR says the national median existing single-family home price in the second quarter rose 6.2 percent from the same quarter in 2016, an increase from $240,700 to $255,600. This is a slight moderation from the 6.9 percent year-over-year price growth logged in the first quarter of this year, but the most recent median price still set a new peak , surpassing Q3 2016's median of $241,300. NAR says single-family home prices increased compared to the same quarter of 2016 in
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Headstrong is a rather interesting word, but the National Association of Realtors® (NAR) chose it to describe the continuing imbalance between supply and demand in the housing market. NAR blames this imbalance for slightly tempering home sales as... (read more) |
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After posting unexpectedly high numbers in June, all three residential construction indicators lost ground in July , and one, housing starts, is now running below its year-ago rate. While the softening is primarily in the multi-family sector, starts ... (read more) |
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Rob Chrisman
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I’ve only been in this business since the mid-80s, and as a capital markets person always find it amusing when an owner says, “If it wasn’t for TBA pair off costs, we would REALLY be making money!” For the antithesis of making... (read more) |
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MBS Commentary
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Today's biggest calendar item is the release of the FOMC Minutes at 2pm. The Minutes provide synopsis of the meeting that took place in the 2 days leading up to the official Fed announcement in late July. That announcement was very little... (read more) |
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A decline in applications for home purchases nearly overwhelmed the gain made by refinancing activity during the week ended August 11. The Mortgage Bankers Association reported that its Market Composite Index, a measure of application volume, managed... (read more) |
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MBS Commentary
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Today was mostly about North Korean de-escalation, and somewhat about stronger economic data. If you haven't heard 43 times already, North Korea graciously decided to hold off on their little plan to nuke Guam (though the little plan of march... (read more) |
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