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...
Tue, May 27 2008, 7:00 AM
New home sales in April rose for the first time in
five months, increasing 3.3% to 526k following a downward revision of the
March reading to 509k....
Fri, May 23 2008, 7:00 AM
U.S. existing home sales, comments from Canadian Finance Minister Jim
Flaherty, and the release of the National Bank of Belgium's business
confidenc...
Fri, May 23 2008, 7:00 AM
CEP News) - U.S. existing home sales decreased to
4.89 million units in April following March's revised sales figure of
4.94 million. This is the ...
Thu, May 22 2008, 7:00 AM
Existing home sales for April , which will be released
Friday by the National Association of Realtors (NAR), are expected to
decline further to a pa...
Mon, May 19 2008, 7:00 AM
Economists are expecting a quiet week despite a handful of
market-moving reports . Markets will receive FOMC minutes
from the April monetary policy...
Mon, May 19 2008, 7:00 AM
We can all breathe a sign of relief.
The housing crisis is over .
At least that was the headline on the editorial page of the Wall
Street Jour...
Fri, May 16 2008, 7:00 AM
The rate of housing starts during April was 8.2
percent higher than in March. April�s rate was 1,032,000 and the revised
March estimate was 954,00...
Wed, May 7 2008, 7:00 AM
Economists say the March report for pending home
sales confirms what has been known for many months now: the U.S.
housing market is still several ...
Thu, Apr 24 2008, 8:14 AM
Thu, Apr 24 2008, 8:02 AM
Thu, Apr 24 2008, 7:00 AM
New home sales in the U.S. were down for the fifth
consecutive month in March, falling by 8.5% to 526k, much lower than the
580k level expected by ...
Wed, Apr 23 2008, 7:00 AM
As the overhang of new homes sits at a 27-year high of 9.8 months,
new home sales are expected to fall for a fifth
consecutive month in the March ...
Tue, Apr 22 2008, 7:00 AM
The new monthly OFHEO purchase-only home price index
is expected to fall 1.5% in February, following a 1.1% decline in the
January report.
The ...
Tue, Apr 22 2008, 7:00 AM
Existing home sales fell more than expected in March,
falling 2.0% to a seasonally adjusted annual pace of 4.93 million units,
largely retracing th...
Mon, Apr 21 2008, 7:00 AM
Economists will be paying attention to this month's U.S.
housing data in hopes of finding a bottom in the market.
Before that, however, the focus ...
Mon, Apr 21 2008, 7:00 AM
The existing home sales index for March is expected
to fall 1.6% to a pace of 4.93 million units, following a surprising 2.9%
gain to a pace of 5....
Thu, Apr 17 2008, 7:00 AM
Hundreds of thousands of American homeowners may be in desperate
straits, facing crippling rate resets or worse, foreclosure, but others
continued t...
Wed, Apr 16 2008, 7:00 AM
Mortgages rates , which were drifting during the week
ended April 3 were virtually frozen during the week ending April 10
according to Freddie Mac's...
Tue, Apr 8 2008, 7:00 AM
U.S. pending home sales surprised to the downside on
Tuesday morning, declining 1.9% month-over-month despite calls for a 1.0%
pullback in Februar...
Mon, Apr 7 2008, 7:00 AM
The focus this week will be on Tuesday when minutes from the
March 18 FOMC meeting , when the Fed cut interest rates
by 75 bps, are released.
M...
Mon, Apr 7 2008, 7:00 AM
Despite an unchanged reading in U.S. pending home
sales in January, the consensus forecast is looking for a 1.0%
month-over-month decline in the N...
Thu, Apr 3 2008, 7:00 AM
Mortgage rates were largely unchanged during the week
ended March 27 according to the Primary Mortgage Market Survey conducted
by Freddie Mac.
...
Tue, Mar 25 2008, 8:05 AM
Mon, Mar 24 2008, 8:07 AM
Mon, Mar 24 2008, 7:00 AM
In what may be the first fluttering of a recovery in the housing
market, sales of existing homes last month actually
increased from January levels...
Wed, Mar 19 2008, 7:00 AM
"Average mortgage rates were up for all loan products reported," said
Frank Nothaft , Freddie Mac vice president and chief
economist. "However, for...
Tue, Mar 18 2008, 7:00 AM
Housing starts and the pulling of construction
permits continued to decline in February according to a
monthly report issued by the U.S. Census B...
Thu, Mar 6 2008, 8:00 AM
The chief economists of the National Association of Realtors�
( NAR ) on Thursday predicted that sales of
existing homes will probably remain flat...
Fri, Feb 29 2008, 8:00 AM
Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae may have
gotten
good news from their reg...
Wed, Feb 27 2008, 11:01 AM
Wed, Feb 27 2008, 8:00 AM
The Census Bureau and the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban
Development jointly released their monthly report on new home sales early
Wednesday m...
Mon, Feb 25 2008, 9:42 AM
Mon, Feb 25 2008, 8:00 AM
Existing-home sales including single family
residences, condominiums, townhomes, and co-ops continued to move
downward in January, as did their med...
Thu, Feb 21 2008, 8:00 AM
The interest rates on fixed rate mortgages (FRM) were
up during the week ended February 14 according to the results of Freddie
Mac's Primary Mortg...
Wed, Feb 20 2008, 8:00 AM
Housing starts and building permits
continue to lag far behind the numbers recorded one year ago according to
monthly data issued on Wednesday by...
Thu, Feb 14 2008, 8:00 AM
The National Association of Realtors � (NAR) has
insisted for years, and insisted adamantly since the "bubble" started to
burst, that real estate, ...
Tue, Feb 5 2008, 8:00 AM
With the New Year it is interesting to look back to
the forecast issued in January 2007 and compare it with the January 2008
outlook which came ou...
