25Apr2016 What’s Ahead For Mortgage Rates This Week – April 25, 2016 CBC National Bank Mortgage Rates 0 Comment Last week’s economic releases included Existing Home Sales, Commerce Department Releases on Housing Starts and Building Permits and the National Association of Home Builders/Wells Fargo Housing Market Index. Mortgage rates and new jobless claims were released according to their weekly schedule.
20Jan2016 Home Builders Remain Confident in January CBC National Bank Market Outlook 0 Comment Home builders maintained December’s confidence level according to the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) Housing Market Index for January. The latest reading of 60 mirrored December’s reading, but was two points lower than expected. Readings of more than 50 indicate that more builders were confident about housing conditions than those who were not.
16Nov2015 What’s Ahead For Mortgage Rates This Week – November 16, 2015 CBC National Bank Market Outlook 0 Comment Last week’s scheduled economic news was sparse due to no scheduled releases on Monday and the Veterans Day Holiday on Wednesday. A report on job openings was released on Thursday along with regularly scheduled weekly reports on jobless claims and Freddie Macâs report on mortgage rates.
17Jul2015 NAHB: Home Builder Confidence Holds Steady CBC National Bank Market Outlook 0 Comment Home builder confidence remained steady at the highest reading in almost ten years according to the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) Wells Fargo Housing Market Index for July.
20Apr2015 What’s Ahead For Mortgage Rates This Week – April 20, 2015 CBC National Bank Market Outlook 0 Comment Last week’s economic reports included the NAHB Wells Fargo Housing Market Index, Housing Starts, and Freddie Mac’s weekly survey of mortgage rates. Other news included the weekly jobless claims report and consumer sentiment for April.
16Apr2015 Home Builder Confidence Rises in April CBC National Bank Market Outlook 0 Comment The National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) reported that April’s Housing Market Index rose from a reading of 52 in March to 56 for April. This is in line with warmer weather and the peak home buying season in spring and summer. Readings over 50 indicate that more builders view market conditions as positive as those who do not. NAHB members cited lower mortgage rates and better labor market conditions as reasons they expect more home buyers to enter the market.
24Nov2014 What’s Ahead For Mortgage Rates This Week – November 24, 2014 CBC National Bank Market Outlook 0 Comment Last week’s scheduled economic news included the NAHB/Wells Fargo Housing Market Index, Housing Starts and Existing Home Sales. FOMC meeting minutes were released along with weekly Freddie Mac mortgage rates and weekly jobless claims.
30Jan2014 Case Shiller Price Index Shows Homeowners A Rise In Home Equity CBC National Bank Housing Analysis 0 Comment According to the S&P/Case-Shiller 10 and 20-City Home Price Indices released Tuesday, the U.S. Housing Market is on a roll based on year-over-year increases in average home values, but month-to-month results were mixed.
07Jan2014 Case Shiller Price Index Shows Highest Year-Over-Year Gains Since 2006 CBC National Bank Housing Analysis 0 Comment The Case-Shiller 10 and 20-City Home Price Indices for October were released on December 31. Although home prices in most cities continued to show year-over-year gains, the pace of home price appreciation is expected to slow in 2014.