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The Week in Housing: New Construction Report, Interest Rates, Builder Confidence

by Ryan Hinricher | June 20, 2011

New Construction – Housing Starts The Census Bureau reported that housing starts were up for the month of May to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 560,000. This represents a 3.5% increase from April but is still 3.4% below May 2010’s pace of 580,000. New Construction – Building Permits Building permits were also up in [...]

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The Week in Housing: Delinquency, Housing Starts, Existing Home Sales, and more.

by Ryan Hinricher | May 23, 2011

The delinquency picture is changing, interest rates continue their short term trend, an update on housing starts and existing home sales; enjoy! Interest Rates Soften Further Following 5 weeks of declines, mortgage rates fell further for the week ending May 19th, 2011. According to Freddie Mac, the 30-year fixed rate eased from 4.63% to 4.61%, [...]

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Existing Home Sales, Housing Starts, Builder Confidence and more: The Week in Housing

by Ryan Hinricher | April 25, 2011

This was a busy week for housing. Data is in from the NAR on existing home sales, builder confidence, interest rates, housing starts, housing completions, and building permits. Existing Home Sales Rise March gave us a marked improvement in existing home sales. The National Association of Realtors reported that sales of existing homes rose 3.7% [...]

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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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Interest Rates Surge, Housing Starts Up, Mortgage Activity and Home Prices Dip

by Ryan Hinricher | December 20, 2010

Following a strong week of economic indicators in housing, the most recent week showed a reversal of fortune. The week in housing includes: soaring interest rates, dipping home prices, and lower purchase activity. Home Prices Sluggish CoreLogic reported that home prices declined in October. This marks the 3rd consecutive decline posted using CoreLogic’s data. The [...]

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News Shocker! Economist Actually Gets It. Why Existing Homes Fell in ’06

by Joshua Dorkin | January 10, 2007

For years now, we’ve been hearing about how hot the housing market is. We’ve all seen it. During the great housing bubble of the past few years, economists have been throwing out a whole lot of bull. First, you need to know that existing homes fell 2% during 2006. Here’s a guy who actually gets [...]

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