Mon, Feb 23 2015, 10:34 AM
Young adults are stacking up, but not shacking up -
according to a recent Zillow analysis .
Most young adults are living with their parents or l...
Thu, Feb 19 2015, 4:05 PM
Housing affordability grew slightly in the fourth quarter of
2014 according to the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB)/Wells Fargo
Housing ...
Thu, Feb 19 2015, 4:02 PM
Freddie Mac's economists have revised many of their earlier
estimates for the 2015 U.S. economy. In
terms of overall economic growth the revisions ...
Thu, Feb 12 2015, 10:56 AM
While all-cash sales continue to decline as a percentage of
all home sales, in several states they still account for more than half of all
residen...
Thu, Feb 12 2015, 10:44 AM
Applications for mortgages to purchase newly construction
homes increased by 29 percent in January.
The Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) said t...
Mon, Feb 2 2015, 10:18 AM
The economy is filled with surprises , and people warning us about them
- and us not listening. Every time we fill up our gas tanks we are
remi...
Mon, Feb 2 2015, 3:09 PM
Rising home prices have been a boon to many homeowners but may
not bode as well for those who are facing foreclosure. Black Knight Financial Service...
Fri, Jan 30 2015, 10:48 AM
The
U.S. Census Bureau has published some facts featuring the metro areas
represented by the two teams playing in Super Bowl XLIX (the New England...
Fri, Jan 30 2015, 3:26 PM
The topic of income inequality is, as they
say, trending, and this has moved CoreLogic to look at the nature of incomes and
homeowners. In a rece...
Thu, Jan 29 2015, 10:54 AM
The rate at which contracts were signed to purchase homes was down slightly
in December the National Association of Realtors® (NAR) said today. Ev...
Thu, Jan 29 2015, 10:45 AM
"Rob, I just heard of a major lender offering an internal incentive for originating FHA streamline refinances .
The bonus is 100 bps on top of thei...
Tue, Jan 27 2015, 11:19 AM
As has been the case for some months the latest report from
S&P/Case Shiller shows a continued slowing of home price increases. November results for...
Tue, Jan 27 2015, 10:29 AM
I
see a fair amount of state-level news, and it seems to be the season
for lenders to meet with legislators. What items are on the agendas? As
a...
Tue, Jan 27 2015, 1:22 PM
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Mon, Jan 26 2015, 10:42 AM
One never knows what will cause mass hysteria . Maybe the storm hitting the Northeast? I doubt Ocwen's troubles
will cause it, but the industry h...
Fri, Jan 23 2015, 11:47 AM
Fannie
Mae's economists expect the economy to strengthen in 2015 and that will "drag"
housing into a better cycle this year.
The company's forec...
Fri, Jan 23 2015, 11:32 AM
There
is certainly no dearth of economic and housing forecasts afoot in the land. Freddie Mac starts out its current U.S.
Economic & Housing Marke...
Fri, Jan 23 2015, 11:19 AM
Existing home sales yo-yoed again in December. The National Association of Realtors® (NAR) said total sales
of existing homes, including single fami...
Fri, Jan 23 2015, 10:48 AM
I
am in Portland, Oregon today, but I flew, of course, commercial. In
things to note, in Davos, Switzerland, where the famous finance folks
are,...
Thu, Jan 22 2015, 4:48 PM
Optimism about the housing market has been a "misplaced
notion" for the last seven years according to Wells Fargo Senior Economist Mark
Vitner, Bu...
Tue, Jan 20 2015, 11:31 AM
The National Association of Home Builders' (NAHB') monthly
assessment of builder confidence in the new home market showed a slight
weakening in Ja...
Tue, Jan 20 2015, 10:29 AM
Whether
you're upper class, middle class, lower class, or drinking class, do
you really think the distribution of wealth is somewhat widespread?
...
Thu, Jan 15 2015, 10:42 AM
Applications for mortgages to purchase newly constructed
homes dipped slightly in December, down 0.4 percent from the volume reported in
November....
Thu, Jan 15 2015, 10:41 AM
Cash sales dropped
on a year-over-year basis for the 22 nd consecutive month in October and
CoreLogic is projecting they will return to their pre-c...
Fri, Jan 2 2015, 10:27 AM
The U.S. Census Bureau projected the United States population to be 320.1 million as of yesterday.
(And no, not all of them contribute to NAR.) Th...
Fri, Jan 2 2015, 1:19 PM
It has been a long time coming but
CoreLogic says the improving employment numbers are strongest among precisely
the demographic the housing industr...
Wed, Dec 31 2014, 11:32 AM
November's pending home sales improved from October levels
and posted the third consecutive year-over-year gain and the largest one in
over a year...
Wed, Dec 31 2014, 10:55 AM
Those who
follow this kind of thing note that 32% of adults lived with someone
other than a spouse or partner in 2012 vs. only 26% in 2000. From a...
Tue, Dec 30 2014, 11:39 AM
In its report
for October S&P Dow Jones again points to the slowing acceleration of home
prices through much of the U.S., but this time said there a...
Wed, Dec 24 2014, 10:27 AM
As
you may have guessed, there is no logical correlation between whether
there is snow in Boston on Christmas and the performance of the stock
m...
Tue, Dec 23 2014, 11:46 AM
Sales of new homes fell in November,
coming in 1.6 percent below sales the previous month. The U.S. Census Bureau and the Department of
Housing a...
Tue, Dec 23 2014, 11:37 AM
Home prices nationally, which essentially flat-lined in September,
appear to have resume a moderate rate of increase. The Federal Housing Finance Ag...
Tue, Dec 23 2014, 10:34 AM
Let's talk about the $26 billion in equity gain
in Colorado in 2014 - Rocky Mountain High! What are not gaining are the
stock prices of non-ban...
Mon, Dec 22 2014, 11:23 AM
Existing home sales in November fell far short of sales the previous
month according to today's report from the National Association of Realtors® (NA...
Mon, Dec 22 2014, 10:47 AM
It's
Christmas-time, and we are all seeing plenty of logos out there. Those
graphic design people are pretty clever, and plenty of logos have hid...
Thu, Dec 18 2014, 1:22 PM
Referring to its " roller-coaster
pattern of economic growth," Fannie Mae summarized the economy and housing in
2014 as a year that started with a ...
Wed, Dec 17 2014, 10:53 AM
For
folks who like paper and documentation, in 2015 nearby Iowa (I am in
Kansas for a few days) will become the first state to offer an official
...
Wed, Dec 10 2014, 2:47 PM
Cash
sales continued to decline in importance in September. These sales, which represented close to half
of all home sales when foreclosures and le...
Wed, Dec 3 2014, 4:15 PM
Redfin, the large national real estate
firm based in Seattle, is reporting that, while sales of homes costing over $1
million is still outpacing the...
Fri, Nov 28 2014, 10:41 AM
For
a deviation from the topic of millennials living at home, since the
industry seems so focused on the behavior of this group (just like we
we...
Wed, Nov 26 2014, 12:18 PM
Sales of newly constructed single family
homes rose slightly in October compared to September and were also improved
from sales a year earlier. The...
Wed, Nov 26 2014, 12:13 PM
While pending home sales were down
slightly compared to September the National Association of Realtors® (NAR) said
October was the second month in...
Wed, Nov 26 2014, 9:38 AM
With
Thanksgiving around the corner, here's some conversation fodder.
Thanksgiving became a national holiday 151 years ago when President
Lincol...
Mon, Nov 24 2014, 10:34 AM
If you're looking for next investment property, the nearest "college town" may serve you well. According to research from Clear Capital ,
out of ...
Fri, Nov 21 2014, 10:44 AM
In New York, the New York Mortgage Bankers Association's website
is now live. The group is functioning and has already had meetings with
DFS, so...
Thu, Nov 20 2014, 10:54 AM
For
those of you who'd rather watch a video than read the written word, the
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), which knows a thing or
...
Thu, Nov 20 2014, 1:02 PM
If October sales of existing homes are an indication
2014 may come to a better conclusion than has been expected. The National Association of Realto...
Tue, Nov 18 2014, 10:48 AM
New home builders regained some of the confidence in
the market they had displayed in September after wavering significantly in
October. The Na...
Mon, Nov 17 2014, 10:32 AM
This week I will spend time in California, Colorado, and Kansas,
and expect to hear from many folks about the state of the industry.
Unlike Japan,...
Mon, Nov 17 2014, 2:38 PM
The prognosticators are already gearing up
for the New Year and at least one foresees a strong economy in 2015. Freddie Mac's chief economist Frank ...
