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Housing Starts, Builder Confidence, Vacant Homes and more: The Week in Housing

by Ryan Hinricher | March 21, 2011

This week’s stories in the housing market discuss the recovering home building industry, an improved interest rate picture, and peek at the 2010 Census vacancy housing numbers. Housing Starts Take Step Back Builders aren’t getting much relief lately.  The Census Bureau reported housing starts fell 22.5% in February to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of [...]

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Home Price Declines (still news?), a Startling Stat from the Fed, and more: The Week in Housing

by Ryan Hinricher | March 14, 2011
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The theme this week is price declines. While not exciting for the macro-picture, it could be great news if you’re in acquisition mode. Also at the end of this week’s report you’ll find a startling statistic from the Federal Reserve. Enjoy! Clear Capital: Quarterly Declines Continue Provider of valuation services, Clear Capital, reported its Home [...]

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Pending Home Sales, Delinquency, Interest Rates and More: The Week in Housing

by Ryan Hinricher | March 7, 2011

At least all declines aren’t bad. This week we cover declines in loan delinquency, interest rates, loan applications and pending home sales; enjoy. Serious Delinquency Rates Decline Following short term delinquency declines, both Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae reported declines of seriously delinquent loans. Let’s start with Fannie. Fannie Mae reported that loans seriously delinquent [...]

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Home Prices, Interest Rates, and Existing Home Sales: The Week in Housing

by Ryan Hinricher | February 28, 2011

Home prices are still declining.  Does this mean you should wait before buying?   Mortgage rates dipped but will it last?  The National Association of Realtors reported on Existing Home Sales this week.  Will home sales continue to outperform weak expectations? Case-Shiller:  Home Price Go Lower Standard & Poor’s Case-Shiller Home Price Index was released [...]

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Flat Builder Confidence, Stabilizing Interest Rates and Falling Delinquency: The Week in Housing

by Ryan Hinricher | February 21, 2011

When will builder confidence rise? Are things still that bad for the home-builders? Interest rates have been highly actively over the last 90 days; where do they head from here?  A new report from the Mortgage Bankers will cast doubt over those who don’t believe a housing recovery is in progress. Builder Confidence:  Unchanged The [...]

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Price Declines, Higher Rates, and Foreclosure Numbers: The Week in Housing

by Ryan Hinricher | February 14, 2011

How long will price declines continue? Are interest rates going anywhere but up? We answer these questions and take a look at mortgage activity and foreclosure rates this week. CoreLogic: Price Declines Enter 5th Straight Month CoreLogic released its December Home Price Index, showing home prices declined 5.46% over December 2009. Excluding distressed sales, prices [...]

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Renter Nation, Perfect Affordability Conditions, Mortgage Activity Jumps: The Week in Housing

by Ryan Hinricher | February 7, 2011

Home-ownership seems out of vogue. Does that mean the American dream is dead? Also we’ll get an update on mortgage purchase applications, interest rates, and thoughts on home affordability. Home-ownership Declines: Renter Nation is Back The Census Bureau reported that home-ownership continues to decline. It’s estimated now that home-ownership has declined to 66.5%, down from [...]

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Sliding Home Prices, Higher Interest Rates, and Slow Mortgage Activity: The Week in Housing

by Ryan Hinricher | January 31, 2011
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This week housing market news was largely bearish with declining home prices being the top story.  Also are interest rates closing in on last year’s rates?  Mortgage activity is reversing to the negative as well.  But a sliver lining in new home sales keeps analysts optimistic. Case-Shiller: Home Prices Continue 2nd Slide Home prices continue [...]

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Affordability: The Key to a Housing Recovery?

by Marty Boardman | January 27, 2011
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Ever had to purchase a new cell phone before you were eligible for an upgrade?  Maybe you spilled something on it or if you’re like my wife you dropped it about 300 times and the phone finally died?  Last week I found myself in this vulnerable position. My options were very limited.  I could buy [...]

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Housing Starts Slide, Existing Home Sale Gain, Interest Rates & More

by Ryan Hinricher | January 24, 2011

Are we seeing improvements in the housing market or is it just a dead-cat bounce? This week we discuss existing home sales, interest rates, housing starts, building permits, and builder confidence. Existing Home Sales: Month-Over-Month Improvement, Down on Year According to the National Association of Realtors, December existing home sales were up 12.3% over November [...]

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Banks Walking Away From Homes, Record Foreclosures and More: The Week in Housing

by Ryan Hinricher | January 17, 2011

What happens when banks walk away from homes? Will 2011 break 2010′s record year for foreclosures? We’ll answer these questions and get an update on mortgage application activity, interest rates, and some final thoughts on the week. 2010: Record-Setting Year for Foreclosures RealtyTrac released its Year-End 2010 US Foreclosure Market Report. The numbers paint a [...]

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Declining Cities, Vacancy Rates, and Forecasting Home Prices: The Week in Housing

by Ryan Hinricher | January 10, 2011
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During the first full week of the new year, Reis reported on vacancy rates, we get an interest rate update from Freddie Mac, a 2011 forecast on home prices from RadarLogic, and lastly a study from the Housing Research Institute of America on declining cities. Apartment Vacancy Declines While vacant homes seem to stacking up [...]

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Home Prices, Interest Rates, Delinquent Loans, and Pending Home Sales – The Week in Housing

by Ryan Hinricher | January 3, 2011
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The final week of 2010 gave us insight on mortgage loan delinquency, a final update on interest rates, October home prices, and pending home sales. Also, we’ll finish off with some predictions for 2011. 4.3 Million Loans Are 90-days Late or in Foreclosure Lender Processing Services (LPS), the nation’s leading provider of mortgage processing services, [...]

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4 Real Estate Market Fundamentals for 2011

by Douglas Lazovick | January 3, 2011

Sound real estate investment decisions often come down to understanding economic expectations and proceeding accordingly. With that in mind, it would seem like a good time to go over 2011 (and beyond) outlooks on 4 major fundamentals that impact the real estate market. GDP Growth: After two years of either zero or negative GDP growth [...]

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2010 Interest Rates, Existing and New Home Sales UP, and a Look Forward

by Ryan Hinricher | December 27, 2010

As 2010 winds down, we’ll take a look back at the year in interest rates, cover the improvements in existing and new home sales, and take a look forward at 2011.  Let’s take a look at the week in housing: Existing Home Sale Show Improvement The National Association of Realtors reported a continued increase in [...]

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