New Home Prices
As part of the new home sales report, the Census Bureau reported the number of homes sold by price and the average and median prices.From...
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Comments on April New Home Sales
The new home sales report for April was very strong at 619,000 on a seasonally adjusted annual rate basis (SAAR), and combined sales for January, February and...
NY Fed: Household Debt Increased in Q1 2016, Delinquency Rates Declined
Household indebtedness continued to advance during the first three months of 2016 according to the Federal Reserve Bank of New York’s Quarterly Report on Household...
New Home Sales increased sharply to 619,000 Annual Rate in April
The Census Bureau reports New Home Sales in April were at a seasonally adjusted annual rate (SAAR) of 619 thousand. The previous three months were...
Year-over-year Change in Oil Prices
Oil prices are "only" down about 20% year-over-year (YoY), and the YoY decline has been decreasing.So I thought I'd look at the YoY change in...
Goldman Sachs on Rate Hike Odds: 35% in June, 35% in July
In a research note released this morning, Goldman Sachs chief economist Jan Hatzius wrote: Superforecasting Fed Policy "... 35% probability for a hike in June,...
CoreLogic: Far Fewer Low Credit Score Applicants Than Before Housing Crisis
An interesting post from Archana Pradhan at CoreLogic Far Fewer Low Credit Score Applicants Than Before Housing Crisis. An excerpt: One of the key factors...
An update on oil prices
From the WSJ: Oil Prices Lower but Post Weekly GainU.S. crude for June delivery settled down 41 cents, or 0.9%, at $47.75 a barrel on...
Schedule for Week of May 22, 2016
The key economic reports this week are April New Home sales, and the second estimate of Q1 GDP.----- Monday, May 23rd -----No economic releases scheduled.-----...
A Few Comments on April Existing Home Sales
I project that US existing home sales as estimated by the National Association of Realtors ran at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 5.44 million...