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27
May
2015

Case-Shiller Home Prices: San Francisco, Denver see Double-Digit Increases

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San Francisco, California where home prices rose 10.30 percent year over year in March, and Denver, Colorado with an even 10 percent gain in year-over-year home prices led the Case-Shiller 20-City Composite Index for March. Rounding out the top-five cities for year-over-year home price growth were…

27
Apr
2015

What’s Ahead For Mortgage Rates This Week – April 27, 2015

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Last week’s housing related reports included the FHFA Home Price Index, the National Association of Realtors Existing Home Sales report and The Commerce Department’s report on new home sales. Results were mixed, but suggest that housing markets are strengthening.

25
Mar
2015

FHFA: Home Prices Rise 0.30 Percent in January

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The Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) reported that home prices rose by a seasonally-adjusted rate of 0.30 percent in January, and were 5.10 percent higher as compared to home prices in January 2014. FHFA oversees Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac and its home price report is based on sales of homes financed by mortgages owned or backed by Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.

02
Mar
2015

What’s Ahead For Mortgage Rates This Week – March 2, 2015

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Last week provided several housing-related reports including New Home Sales, Pending Home Sales and Existing Home Sales reports. Case-Shiller and FHFA also released data on home prices.

27
Feb
2015

FHFA House Price Index Rises for 14th Consecutive Quarter

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According to the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA), U.S. home prices rose by 1.40 percent for the fourth quarter of 2014 and were up by 0.80 percent month-to-month from November. The seasonally adjusted FHFA House Price Index measures purchase transactions for homes connected with mortgages owned by Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.

26
Jan
2015

What’s Ahead For Mortgage Rates This Week – January 26, 2015

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Last week’s economic reports included the National Association of Home Builders Wells Fargo Housing Market Index, Housing Starts for December and the FHFA Home Price Index report for November. Freddie Mac and the Department of Commerce released their weekly reports on mortgage rates and new jobless claims.

21
Jan
2015

NAHB: Home Builder Confidence Nears 2005 High

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The National Association of Homebuilders (NAHB) Wells Fargo Housing Market Index reported that homebuilder confidence in sales conditions for single-family homes declined one point to a reading of 57. The NAHB Housing Market Index measures home builder confidence based on builder opinions of current market conditions, future market conditions and buyer foot traffic in new homes.

29
Dec
2014

What’s Ahead For Mortgage Rates This Week – December 29, 2014

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Last week’s economic news included several housing related reports. Housing markets continue to cool as November reports on existing and new home sales fell below expectations. New Jobless claims were lower than expected by 10,000 claims.

24
Dec
2014

Existing Home Sales Dip to Lowest Level since May

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Sales of existing homes dropped to a seasonally-adjusted annual rate of 4.93 million as compared to expectations of a 5.18 million existing homes sold. Projections were based on October’s reading of 5.25 million.

01
Dec
2014

What’s Ahead For Mortgage Rates This Week – December 1, 2014

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Last week’s scheduled economic events were packed into Tuesday and Wednesday, but several housing-related reports were released including the Case-Shiller National and 10-and 20-City Home Price Indices for September, The FHFA House Price Index also for September, and New and Pending Home Sales for October.

Case-Shiller Home Prices: San Francisco, Denver see Double-Digit Increases

What’s Ahead For Mortgage Rates This Week – April 27, 2015

FHFA: Home Prices Rise 0.30 Percent in January

What’s Ahead For Mortgage Rates This Week – March 2, 2015

FHFA House Price Index Rises for 14th Consecutive Quarter

What’s Ahead For Mortgage Rates This Week – January 26, 2015

NAHB: Home Builder Confidence Nears 2005 High

What’s Ahead For Mortgage Rates This Week – December 29, 2014

Existing Home Sales Dip to Lowest Level since May

What’s Ahead For Mortgage Rates This Week – December 1, 2014

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