Freddie Mac: Mortgage Serious Delinquency rate unchanged in November
Freddie Mac reported that the Single-Family serious delinquency rate in November was at 1.03%, unchanged from 1.03% in October;Freddie's rate is down from 1.36% in...
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Weekly Initial Unemployment Claims decrease to 265,000
The DOL reported:In the week ending December 24, the advance figure for seasonally adjusted initial claims was 265,000, a decrease of 10,000 from the previous...
Duy: Is The Fed About To Experience A Repeat of 2016?
From Tim Duy at Fed Watch: Is The Fed About To Experience A Repeat of 2016?In the most recent Summary of Economic Projections, Fed officials...
Question #8 for 2017: How much will Residential Investment increase?
Usually residential investment is a strong contributor to GDP growth and employment in the early stages of a recovery, but not this time - and...
NAR: Pending Home Sales Index decreased 2.5% in November, down 0.4% year-over-year
From the NAR: Pending Home Sales Backpedal in NovemberThe Pending Home Sales Index, a forward-looking indicator based on contract signings, declined 2.5 percent to 107.3...
Zillow Forecast on Case-Shiller Index: “Expect a (Very) Modest Slowdown” in November
The Case-Shiller house price indexes for October were released this morning. Zillow forecasts Case-Shiller a month early, and I like to check the Zillow forecasts since...
Question #9 for 2016: What will happen with house prices in 2017?
Yesterday I posted some questions for next year: Ten Economic Questions for 2017. I'll try to add some thoughts, and maybe some predictions for each...
Real Prices and Price-to-Rent Ratio in October
Here is the earlier post on Case-Shiller: Case-Shiller: National House Price Index increased 5.6% year-over-year in OctoberIt has been more than ten years since the...
Case-Shiller: National House Price Index increased 5.6% year-over-year in October
The S&P CoreLogic Case-Shiller U.S. National Home Price NSA Index, covering all nine U.S. census divisions, reported a 5.6% annual gain in October, up from...
Question #10 for 2017: Will inventory increase or decrease in 2017?
Earlier I posted some questions for next year: Ten Economic Questions for 2017. I'll try to add some thoughts, and maybe some predictions for each...