Tue, Sep 9 2008, 10:26 AM
Tue, Sep 9 2008, 10:19 AM
Tue, Aug 26 2008, 8:12 AM
Tue, Aug 26 2008, 7:00 AM
Housing data will be center of attention on Tuesday
with the release of U.S. new home sales for July and the June Case-
Shiller Home Price Index.
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Tue, Aug 26 2008, 7:00 AM
New home sales in the U.S. rebounded by 2.4% to an
annual pace of 515k in July, the Commerce Department reported Tuesday.
Despite the percentage ga...
Tue, Aug 26 2008, 7:00 AM
Despite 46k of downward revisions in the previous two months, which
pushed the pace of new home sales lower than expected
even with a 2.4% monthly...
Mon, Aug 25 2008, 8:56 AM
Mon, Aug 25 2008, 7:00 AM
U.S. existing home sales rose more than expected to
5.00 million units in July, a 3.1% gain in the month, following June's
revised sales figure of...
Mon, Aug 25 2008, 7:00 AM
Economists, strategists and traders do not expect next week's releases
to shed any new light on the current economic environment. Markets will
recei...
Mon, Aug 25 2008, 7:00 AM
Economists say the larger-than-expected rise in July
existing home sales doesn't necessarily point towards stabilization,
since more than a third ...
Wed, Aug 20 2008, 7:00 AM
Mortgage interest rates for the week ended August 14
as reported from data collected by Freddie Mac from its Primary Mortgage
Market Survey drifted...
Mon, Aug 18 2008, 7:00 AM
U.S. house prices still have room to fall, according
to a report on real estate trends issued by Scotiabank economists.
The report notes that wh...
Thu, Aug 14 2008, 7:00 AM
Prices of homes in the United States fell by an
average of 7.6% in the second quarter of 2008, compared to the previous
year, as 115 of the 150 met...
Tue, Aug 12 2008, 7:00 AM
U.S. home values fell by nearly 10% in the second quarter of 2008,
causing one in four home sales over the past year to be at a loss,
according to a...
Thu, Aug 7 2008, 7:00 AM
The Bank of England and the European Central Bank rate decisions are
the highlights of the early morning, followed by Canadian building
permits, U.S...
Thu, Aug 7 2008, 7:00 AM
Pending home sales rebounded by 5.3% in June,
according to the National Association of Realtors (NAR), against
expectations that the index would fa...
Thu, Aug 7 2008, 7:00 AM
Despite a better-than-expected pending home sales report coming out of
the U.S. on Thursday, the day's soft jobless claims figures are instead
dicta...
Thu, Aug 7 2008, 7:00 AM
Several television financial correspondents were announcing at the
beginning of this week that Monday was the first anniversary of the
credit squee...
Thu, Aug 7 2008, 7:00 AM
Economists say the second unexpected rebound in three months in the
U.S. pending home sales index is likely due to sales of
foreclosed homes . The ...
Wed, Aug 6 2008, 7:00 AM
The consensus forecast is expecting Thursday's pending home
sales index (PHSI) from the National Association of Realtors to
fall by 1.0% in June, ...
Fri, Jul 25 2008, 7:00 AM
In May, the New Home Sales Index fell 2.5% to its
second-lowest pace in 17 years, and economists expect another decline in
the June report to be r...
Fri, Jul 25 2008, 7:00 AM
New home sales fell for the seventh of the past eight
months in June, falling by 0.6% to an annual pace of 530k sales. This
rate is much higher tha...
Fri, Jul 25 2008, 7:00 AM
Friday's highlights include the release of U.S. durable goods and
new home sales for June along with a final look at
consumer sentiment for the Un...
Fri, Jul 25 2008, 7:00 AM
U.S. new home sales fell marginally in June but the pace was much
higher than expected due to +50k of revisions over the past three months.
Economi...
Thu, Jul 24 2008, 7:00 AM
U.S. jobless claims and existing home
sales will dominate the scheduled events of the day, along with
testimony from New York Fed President Timo...
Thu, Jul 24 2008, 7:00 AM
U.S. existing home sales fell 2.6% to 4.86 million
units in June following May's unrevised sales figure of 4.99 million.
This is the fourth month ...
Thu, Jul 24 2008, 7:00 AM
"The U.S. housing market continues to be very weak, and with the
inventory of unsold homes continuing to rise we are
unlikely to see any meaningfu...
Mon, Jul 21 2008, 7:00 AM
According to economists and strategists, the U.S. housing
market is going to be the top news in the U.S. Along with new
and existing home sales, t...
Wed, Jul 16 2008, 7:00 AM
According to Freddie Mac's Primary Mortgage Market Survey for the week
ending July 10, there was little change in either short or long term
mortgag...
Tue, Jul 8 2008, 7:00 AM
U.S. pending home sales resumed their decline in May,
falling 4.7% in the month after an upwardly revised 7.1% bounce in April,
according to the N...
Tue, Jul 8 2008, 7:00 AM
The 4.7% decline in U.S. pending home sales in May shows that the
previous month's gain was not a true sign of
stabilization , economists said afte...
Tue, Jul 8 2008, 7:00 AM
U.S. Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson said he is
pleased Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae are committed to raising more
capital this spring, calling r...
Mon, Jul 7 2008, 7:00 AM
This week will begin with a number of Federal Reserve
speakers and see the release of housing data in both Canada and
the U.S. on Wednesday. The...
Mon, Jul 7 2008, 7:00 AM
High-profile speakers will take centre stage on Tuesday. Federal
Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke is set to speak in
Arlington, Virginia at the Feder...
Thu, Jun 26 2008, 7:00 AM
U.S. existing home sales rose to 4.99 million units
in May, or 2.0%, following April's unrevised sales figure of 4.89
million. This is the third m...
Thu, Jun 26 2008, 7:00 AM
A final look at U.S. first quarter GDP and initial jobless claims will
be the key releases of the morning followed by the releasing of U.S.
existing...
Thu, Jun 26 2008, 7:00 AM
Condominium sales were the main driver of the 2.0%
rise in existing home sales in May, which came in higher than the 1.2%
gain expected by economis...
Wed, Jun 25 2008, 7:00 AM
U.S. durable goods orders, new home sales , and the
Department of Energy's weekly oil inventories are the highlights of the
early morning's events,...
Wed, Jun 25 2008, 7:00 AM
After five months of declines in the pace of new home
sales , April's uptick appears to have been temporary as new home
sales in the U.S. continued...
Wed, Jun 18 2008, 7:00 AM
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Mon, Jun 9 2008, 9:51 AM
Remember that mortgage rates are dictated directly by the trading of Mortgage Backed Securities, which are essentially bonds. So when there is a grea...
Mon, Jun 9 2008, 7:00 AM
Federal regulators are warning the world to get ready
for the next wave of problems in the banking world.
Up to now banks have been struggling t...
Mon, Jun 9 2008, 7:00 AM
After declining in five of the past six months, U.S. pending home
sales unexpectedly jumped 6.3% in April to reach a level of 88.2, the
highest leve...
Mon, Jun 9 2008, 7:00 AM
Both the Canadian and U.S. housing sectors will kick off the week,
with Canadian markets receiving May housing starts, with the U.S.
expecting data ...
Wed, Jun 4 2008, 7:00 AM
Long term mortgage interest rates took a slight bump
upward during the week ended May 29 while the rates for the two short-
term products were virt...
Tue, May 27 2008, 7:00 AM
Some Fed speakers, the U.S. S&P Case-Shiller house price index, new
home sales and consumer confidence will complement the release of
Canadian emplo...
