Pending Home Sales Rises To 6-Month High

January 4, 2011

The housing market continues to expand, and surprise.

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What’s Ahead For Mortgage Rates This Week : January 3, 2011

January 3, 2011

Mortgage markets improved last week during a snow- and holiday-thinned series of sessions on Wall Street. This week, it’s back to normal.

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Why You Shouldn’t Put Too Much Faith In October’s Case-Shiller Index

December 30, 2010

The Case-Shiller Index posted awful numbers in its most recent reading. Each of the index’s 20 tracked markets showed home price deterioration between September’s and October’s respective report. Some markets fell as much as 2.9 percent.

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Housing And Mortgage Predictions For 2011

December 29, 2010

With 2010 coming to a close, the “experts” are out in full force, making predictions for next year’s housing and mortgage markets on business television and in the papers.

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New Home Sales Rise In November; Hint At Strong Winter 2011

December 28, 2010

Like most housing data from November, the most recent New Home Sales report showed sales volume increasing last month, and home supplies falling.

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What’s Ahead For Mortgage Rates This Week : December 27, 2010

December 27, 2010

Mortgage markets worsened again last week as the holiday-shortened sessions did little to buck recent momentum.

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Home Inventory Dwindles Into The New Year

December 23, 2010

Existing Home Sales jumped another 6 percent in November, the report’s third month of improvement since bottoming in July.

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Housing Starts Rise In November, But With A High Margin Of Error

December 22, 2010

The number of single-family Housing Starts increased in November, adding 30,000 units as compared to October.

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Foreclosure Activity Plunges (But With An Asterisk)

December 21, 2010

November marked the first time since February 2009 that the number of monthly foreclosures filings failed to surpass 300,000 units.

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What’s Ahead For Mortgage Rates This Week : December 20, 2010

December 20, 2010

Mortgage markets worsened again last week as belief in a U.S. recovery and concerns for inflation took hold on Wall Street. Conforming mortgage rates rose for the 6th straight week.

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