Mon, Feb 12 2007, 8:00 AM
There were lots of little nuggets of information in the February
Economic Outlook issued by Freddie Mac on February 8.
It addition to the usual for...
Wed, Feb 7 2007, 8:00 AM
Mortgage rates assumed a split personality again this
past week with Freddie Mac showing moderate increases and the Mortgage
Bankers Association repo...
Fri, Jan 26 2007, 8:00 AM
First read the press release issued on Tuesday by the National
Association of Realtors regarding data on the sale of existing
homes in December an...
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...
Thu, Jan 18 2007, 8:00 AM
Both long and short term interest rates were up again
during the week ended January 11 according to Freddie Mac's Primary
Mortgage Market Survey. ...
Wed, Jan 17 2007, 8:00 AM
The housing market is in a bit of a funk and home prices are not
rising as fast as they did a year or so ago, but the outrageously
expensive home ...
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 3 2007, 8:00 AM
Inflation jitters caused mortgages rates to increase
a bit during the last full week of 2006 according to the Primary Mortgage
Market Survey relea...
Fri, Dec 29 2006, 8:00 AM
Is it the end of the end of the housing bubble ? The
National Association of Realtors (NAR) seemed to think so as it issued
its November report on ...
Thu, Dec 28 2006, 8:00 AM
The widely reported purchase of Realogy by Apollo
Management LP last week may just be the opening move in a wild and wooly
auction for the company...
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...
Fri, Dec 1 2006, 8:00 AM
Wed, Nov 22 2006, 8:00 AM
Accentuate the positive. Gild the lily.
Lots of cliches come to mind after reading the third quarter summary of
existing home sales released on M...
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 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, Nov 2 2006, 7:00 AM
Interest rates were up slightly this week according
to the Freddy Mac Primary Mortgage Market Survey for the week ended
October 26. The 30-year fix...
Fri, Oct 27 2006, 7:00 AM
New home prices took a heck of a hit in September according to
information released by the U.S. Census Bureau and the U.S. Department of
Housing and U...
Mon, Oct 23 2006, 7:00 AM
If you follow network or cable news you probably believe that the
real estate market has gone from unbridled insanity where
buyers apparently losing...
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...
Wed, Oct 11 2006, 7:00 AM
Freddie Mac's Economic and Housing Market Outlook for October is
headlined " Finding Solid Ground. " It is another in a series of
projections that the...
Wed, Sep 27 2006, 7:00 AM
Buyers have been hoping for it and sellers have been dreading it but
home prices have apparently started a long-expected
decline while existing home...
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 30 2006, 7:00 AM
For the fifth straight week Freddie Mac reported that mortgage
rates fell from the previous week's level. During the past week
which ended August 24...
Fri, Aug 25 2006, 7:00 AM
The National Association of Realtors issued its monthly report on sales
of existing houses on Wednesday, August 23 and one would think they were
revie...
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...
Thu, Aug 10 2006, 7:00 AM
As promised, we are continuing an account of a hearing conducted
recently by the Subcommittee on Housing and Community Opportunity of the
House Bankin...
Mon, Jul 31 2006, 7:00 AM
Home buyers have waited for years but perhaps the agony is over. It is
official; the National Association of Realtors has confirmed that we are
now in...
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 ...
Thu, Jul 6 2006, 7:00 AM
Once again Freddie Mac and The Mortgage Bankers Association have come up
with very different results when they surveyed mortgage lenders about
rates. ...
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...
Thu, Jun 8 2006, 7:00 AM
The problem with the majority of real estate surveys and reports is that
they are by definition lagging indicators. So while some "experts" are
predic...
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...
Fri, May 26 2006, 7:00 AM
T'was the best of times, t'was the worst of times.
It all depends on who you ask and when you ask them.
Two more housing surveys were released t...
Mon, May 22 2006, 7:00 AM
Further evidence that the real estate boom is
moderating came from the National Association of Realtors last week.
Quarterly figures on existing ...
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...
Fri, Apr 28 2006, 7:00 AM
Information on March figures for both existing and new house sales were
released this week and figures show a moderate slowing from similar data
one y...
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...
