Mon, Nov 18 2019, 2:03 PM
Home builder confidence fell back slightly this month, declining by 1 point to 70 in the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB)/Wells Fargo Hous...
Tue, Nov 12 2019, 11:10 AM
A securities expert told an audience at the National Association of Realtors' (NAR's) annual conference that cybercrimes against real estate agents an...
Thu, Nov 7 2019, 11:29 AM
Are home price increases cranking up again? The quarterly report from the National Association of Realtors® (NAR) on existing home sales and metropoli...
Mon, Nov 4 2019, 8:23 AM
While mortgage performance continues to be the best in many years , with the national delinquency rate down to 3.53 percent and record low foreclosure...
Fri, Nov 1 2019, 8:25 AM
Freddie Mac's end-of-the-month forecast for October was exceptionally brief, perhaps in recognition that it has all been said before. The economy is s...
Tue, Oct 29 2019, 10:30 AM
Pending home sales posted a solid increase for the second straight month in September, more than doubling analysts' expectations. The National Associa...
Thu, Oct 24 2019, 11:00 AM
Homeowners continued to reduce and/or retire their mortgage debt at an accelerated clip in September according to Black Knight's "first look" at the m...
Thu, Oct 24 2019, 10:58 AM
New home sales came in at a respectable seasonally adjusted annual rate of 701,000 in September, down only 0.7 percent from the revised rate of 706,00...
Tue, Oct 22 2019, 11:00 AM
Sales of existing homes, which had posted advances in both July and August, fell back in September. The National Association of Realtors® (NAR) said s...
Fri, Oct 18 2019, 11:11 AM
Even though the pace of home building remains below where the industry would like it to be, Fannie Mae says it helped drive residential fixed investme...
Fri, Oct 18 2019, 8:22 AM
The Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) says it expects that new home sales declined in September relative to August based on a drop in mortgage applic...
Wed, Oct 16 2019, 10:30 AM
The National Association of Home Builders (NAHB)/Wells Fargo Housing Market Index (HMI), which has held in the mid-to-upper 60 range since May, finall...
Tue, Oct 1 2019, 10:56 AM
Despite expecting an economic slowdown as reflected in the gross domestic product (GDP), Freddie Mac published a pretty upbeat September forecast as t...
Thu, Sep 26 2019, 10:16 AM
Pending home sales resumed their upward trajectory in August after declining 2.5 percent in July, making for positive results in three of the last fou...
Wed, Sep 25 2019, 10:37 AM
New home sales in August reclaimed part of July's sharp loss. The Census Bureau and Department of Housing and Urban Development said sales nationwide ...
Wed, Sep 25 2019, 8:06 AM
Although changes in mortgage rates were gradual and mixed during the week ended September 20, mortgage volume moved sharply lower. Refinancing was esp...
Tue, Sep 24 2019, 10:18 AM
Both the S&P CoreLogic Case-Shiller indices and the Federal Housing Finance Agency's (FHFA's) House Price Index (HPI) were released on Tuesday. The Ca...
Thu, Sep 19 2019, 11:17 AM
While the increase wasn't as strong as in July, last month's existing home sales posted a second straight month of gains and, as previously, the Natio...
Thu, Sep 19 2019, 8:38 AM
Fannie Mae says consumer spending will continue to support the economy. The company's Economic Summary for September cites increases in auto and retai...
Tue, Sep 17 2019, 11:20 AM
The Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) is anticipating an increase in new home sales in August. The organization's Builder Application Survey found th...
Tue, Sep 17 2019, 10:41 AM
The National Association of Home Builders (NAHB)/Wells Fargo Housing Market Index (HMI) increased 1 point in September. Along with an upward revision ...
Mon, Sep 9 2019, 9:38 AM
Low interest rates continue to expand the pool of refinancible mortgages and bolster mortgage prepayment rates according to Black Knight's Mortgage Mo...
Thu, Aug 29 2019, 10:26 AM
Pending home sales moved lower in July, declining by 2.5 percent. After two consecutive months of gains the National Association of Realtors'® (NAR's)...
Fri, Aug 23 2019, 10:56 AM
The U.S. Census Bureau and the Department of Housing and Urban Development said sales of newly constructed homes fell 12.8 percent in July to a season...
Wed, Aug 21 2019, 11:19 AM
Existing home sales returned to an upward track in July after dipping 1.7 percent in June. The National Association of Realtors® (NAR) said pre-owned ...
Mon, Aug 19 2019, 12:09 PM
Fannie Mae used a fair number of trade-offs in while coming up with its revised outlook for the real gross domestic product (GDP) this year. The compa...
Fri, Aug 16 2019, 7:17 PM
The National Association of Home Builders (NAHB)/Wells Fargo Housing Market Index (HMI) moved one point higher this month. However, at 66, NAHB's meas...
Fri, Aug 16 2019, 7:15 PM
New home purchases are expected to be significantly higher in July according to data released by the Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA). Its monthly B...
Wed, Aug 7 2019, 10:24 AM
CoreLogic has been running a series of articles in its Insights blog attempting to quantify the potential impact of the expiration of the so-called GS...
Wed, Aug 7 2019, 8:15 AM
CoreLogic said on Tuesday that its Home Price Index (HPI) for June increased by 3.4 percent on an annual basis. Rather than the steady decline in appr...
Mon, Aug 5 2019, 9:01 AM
Black Knight has good news for potential homebuyers , especially those in the market for their first home. The new edition of the company's Mortgage M...
Wed, Jul 31 2019, 10:55 AM
The housing market has been looking slightly better over the last few month and Freddie Mac July economic report reflects that fact. They also maintai...
Tue, Jul 30 2019, 10:50 AM
Pending home sales put in an especially strong performance in June , the second consecutive positive report as well as the fourth in five months. The ...
Wed, Jul 24 2019, 11:29 AM
New home sales bounced back in June from two prior reports of very weak sales . The U.S. Census Bureau and the Department of Housing and Urban Develop...
Tue, Jul 23 2019, 11:17 AM
Existing home sales are persistent in their inability to maintain a steady course from month to month. Despite low interest rates and hopes for a stro...
Tue, Jul 23 2019, 10:01 AM
The Federal Housing Finance Agency's (FHFA's) House Price Index (HPI) fell in line with most other indices in May, showing a slowdown in housing price...
Tue, Jul 23 2019, 9:37 AM
The bubble in the mortgage prepayment rate burst in June. Black Knight, in its "first look" at the month's loan performance statistics, said the singl...
Tue, Jul 23 2019, 8:16 AM
Given its press coverage, one would conclude that financial technology (fintech) has all but taken over residential real estate and its financing. How...
Thu, Jul 18 2019, 8:24 AM
There was a huge decline in foreign investment in U.S. real estate during the 12 months ending with the first quarter of 2019. The National Associatio...
Wed, Jul 17 2019, 8:34 AM
This month marks the tenth anniversary of the current expansion. How much longer can it last? Fannie Mae's July Economics Development report indicates...
Tue, Jul 16 2019, 11:25 AM
Builder confidence rose slightly in July. The National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) said its Housing Market Index (HMI), which it sponsors with...
Fri, Jul 12 2019, 10:52 AM
Applications for financing new home purchases slipped in June in spite of the continued easing of mortgage interest rates. The Mortgage Bankers Associ...
Wed, Jul 3 2019, 12:02 PM
Seven or eight years ago the home sales headline was the entry of big institutional investors into the single-family market. These investors, many of ...
Tue, Jul 2 2019, 11:26 AM
The shrinking rate of home price increases that has headlined the price data from most sources for months may have ended, at least according to CoreLo...
Mon, Jul 1 2019, 9:24 AM
May mortgage performance data indicates that the mortgage finance industry might consider shifting priorities for a while. Black Knight, in the curren...
Thu, Jun 27 2019, 10:22 AM
Pending home sales got back on track in May , increasing by 1.1 percent after a 1.5 percent setback in April. The National Association of Realtors® (N...
Tue, Jun 25 2019, 10:51 AM
It was another disappointing month for new home sales , but due entirely to a sharp decline in those sales in the West. The U.S. Census Bureau and the...
Tue, Jun 25 2019, 10:48 AM
The two sets of price indices released on Tuesday diverged again. The S&P CoreLogic Case-Shiller Indices continue to show declining appreciation while...
Fri, Jun 21 2019, 11:22 AM
Existing home sales broke out of a two-month slump in May, rising by 2.5 percent compared to April and beating, by a considerable margin, analysts' co...
Mon, Jun 17 2019, 6:13 PM
Freddie Mac's forecast for June sees more dark clouds than usual , but few of those are on the housing front. The company's Economic and Housing Resea...
