Wed, Feb 28 2007, 8:00 AM
Concern over the slowing housing market may be impacting
mortgage rates according to Frank Nothaft, Freddie Mac vice
president and chief economist...
Tue, Feb 20 2007, 8:00 AM
Mon, Jan 22 2007, 8:00 AM
Home builders are growing increasingly more confident
about the economy and the real estate market and that was reflected in
the most recent report...
Tue, Jan 16 2007, 8:00 AM
The January 2007 Economic Outlook which is published last week by the
Office of the Chief Economist at Freddie Mac was headlined " The
Remodeled Hou...
Wed, Jan 10 2007, 8:00 AM
Mortgage interest rates were virtually unchanged
during the first week of 2007 according to Freddie Mac's weekly Primary
Mortgage Market Survey. Ac...
Tue, Dec 26 2006, 8:00 AM
Housing permits and starts in
November were mixed when compared to October levels according to figures
released this week by the U.S. Census Bure...
Mon, Dec 11 2006, 8:00 AM
Probably the big news in the December 2006 Economic
Outlook published by Freddie Mac's Office of the Chief Economist last
Friday was that the offi...
Thu, Nov 30 2006, 8:00 AM
Long term interest rates took a bit of a dive during
the week ended November 22 according to Freddie Mac's Primary Mortgage
Market Survey. The 30-ye...
Mon, Nov 20 2006, 8:00 AM
The Census Bureau and the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban
Development have released October figures on building permits and
housing starts and ...
Thu, Nov 16 2006, 8:00 AM
When I went back into real estate in the mid-90's I expected a level
of real estate technology at least as high as our
commercial real estate firm...
Thu, Nov 9 2006, 8:00 AM
The slowdown in housing has begun to take a toll on the overall economy
according to the November Economic Outlook issued by Freddie Mac on
November 8...
Thu, Oct 19 2006, 7:00 AM
The various new home construction indicators tracked by
the U.S. Census Bureau and the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban
Development were mixed i...
Thu, Sep 28 2006, 7:00 AM
Freddie Mac and the Mortgage Bankers Association were, for a change,
unanimous in agreeing that mortgage interest rates
retreated the past week.
...
Tue, Sep 19 2006, 7:00 AM
Two monthly housing market indicators have been
released so far this week, both relating broadly to home construction and
showing a continued slowin...
Tue, Sep 12 2006, 7:00 AM
" A Cooling Trend " was the title given to Freddie Mac's
September 2006 Economic Outlook released recently. In keeping with the
seasonal theme, the re...
Wed, Aug 23 2006, 7:00 AM
Most interest rates were down again during the week
ended August 17 and 18, but the changes were not nearly as aggressive as
immediately after the F...
Tue, Aug 22 2006, 7:00 AM
It's that time again. The National Association of Home Builders (NAHB)
and the Census Department have released their monthly reports on the state
of t...
Fri, Aug 11 2006, 7:00 AM
Slower economic growth and rising inflationary pressures are cited as
competing trends in the U.S. economy by Freddie Mac in its
monthly Economic Ou...
Fri, Jul 21 2006, 7:00 AM
The two monthly reports that measure the health of the home
construction industry were released this week. The U.S. Census
Bureau and U.S. Departmen...
Tue, Jul 11 2006, 7:00 AM
Freddie Mac issued its monthly "outlook" for the month of July as well
as a round-up of the first half of 2006 .
While the report still projects a ...
Wed, Jul 5 2006, 7:00 AM
The usual spate of monthly reports on new home sales, existing home
sales, housing starts, and builder confidence were all released recently.
Taken to...
Tue, Jun 13 2006, 7:00 AM
Freddie Mac's monthly Economic Outlook for June was released last week.
In what has become a mantra, the corporations Office of the Chief
Economist, q...
Wed, May 31 2006, 7:00 AM
Fixed rate mortgages continued to creep up during the week ended May 25
while there was a slight easing of adjustable rate products according to
the W...
Tue, May 23 2006, 7:00 AM
The Federal Reserve in the persons of both its recently retired
long-time chairman Alan Greenspan and his newly minted replacement Ben
Bernanke have a...
Fri, May 19 2006, 7:00 AM
It does appear that the housing bubble is, if not
bursting, at least no longer expanding. For the second month in a row data
from the U.S. Census Bu...
Tue, May 16 2006, 7:00 AM
Last month we ended our report on Freddie Mac's April Economic Outlook
with the statement that "Freddie Mac's April Economic Outlook deviates only
sli...
Wed, Apr 26 2006, 7:00 AM
Mortgage rates were mixed for the weeks ending April 20
(Freddie Mac) and April 21 (The Mortgage Bankers Association.) Freddie
reported all rates up ...
Thu, Apr 20 2006, 7:00 AM
Two reports on new residential construction came out on
Tuesday - one of which showed a slowing in new home construction and the
other revealing a g...
Tue, Apr 11 2006, 7:00 AM
The central issue addressed by the April 2006 Economic
Outlook issued by Freddie Mac on Monday is the conflict created
between the strength of the e...
Thu, Feb 9 2006, 8:00 AM
If the air is leaving the housing bubble, The National Association of Realtors still sees it leaving home sales at sustainable levels.
Wed, Jan 18 2006, 8:00 AM
Freddie Mac is not saying No Way to the housing bubble bursting, but seems much to like about housing in 2006.
Mon, Dec 12 2005, 8:00 AM
Economists generally agree that housing is slowing but differ greatly on the pace and the effect.
Fri, Nov 11 2005, 8:00 AM
Beyond short term impacts of the hurricanes and in spite of rising interest rates Freddie Mac still paints a picture of a solid housing market.
Mon, Oct 17 2005, 7:00 AM
Although acknowledging hurricanes impact, Freddie Mac still sees a rosy housing picture.
Thu, Sep 22 2005, 7:00 AM
Housing starts are reported off in the last month, but the single family market still shows that builders continue to be optimistic.
Thu, Sep 15 2005, 7:00 AM
Freddie Mac sheds some light on the effects of Hurricane Katrina on the housing market and economy.
