NAR: Pending Home Sales Index decreased 2.6% in August, down 2.6% year-over-year
From the NAR: Pending Home Sales Fall 2.6 Percent in August; 2017 Forecast Downgraded. Pending home sales sank in August for the fifth time in...
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MBA: Mortgage Applications Decrease Slightly in Latest Weekly Survey
From the MBA: Mortgage Applications Slightly Decrease in Latest MBA Weekly Surve Mortgage applications decreased 0.5 percent from one week earlier, according to data from...
Wednesday: Durable Goods, Pending Home Sales
Wednesday:• At 7:00 AM ET, The Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) will release the results for the mortgage purchase applications index.• At 8:30 AM, Durable Goods...
Real House Prices and Price-to-Rent Ratio in July
Here is the earlier post on Case-Shiller: Case-Shiller: National House Price Index increased 5.9% year-over-year in July. It has been more than ten years since...
Yellen: “Inflation, Uncertainty, and Monetary Policy”
From Fed Chair Janet Yellen: Inflation, Uncertainty, and Monetary Policy. Excerpts: Today I will discuss uncertainty and monetary policy, particularly as it relates to recent...
A few Comments on August New Home Sales
New home sales for August were reported at 560,000 on a seasonally adjusted annual rate basis (SAAR). This was below the consensus forecast, and the...
Reis: Apartment Vacancy Rate increased in Q3 to 4.5%
Reis reported that the apartment vacancy rate was at 4.5% in Q3 2017, up from 4.4% in Q2, and up from 4.1% in Q3 2016....
New Home Sales decrease to 560,000 Annual Rate in August
The Census Bureau reports New Home Sales in August were at a seasonally adjusted annual rate (SAAR) of 560 thousand. The previous three months combined...
Case-Shiller: National House Price Index increased 5.9% year-over-year in July
S&P/Case-Shiller released the monthly Home Price Indices for July ("July" is a 3 month average of May, June and July prices). This release includes prices...
Tuesday: New Home Sales, Case-Shiller House Prices, Yellen Speech and More
From Matthew Graham at Mortgage News Daily: Mortgage Rate Resilience Continues Mortgage rates held their ground yet again, and are finally starting to look resilient...