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Pending Home Sales, Home Prices, Vacancy Rates, and more: The Week in Housing

by Ryan Hinricher | May 2, 2011

A busy week in the housing market included reports on pending home sales, new home sales, home prices and an update on home ownership and vacancy rates. Enjoy! Pending Home Sales Rise The National Association of Realtors reported a rise in pending home sales for the month of March. Pending home sales rose 5.1% to [...]

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

by Ryan Hinricher | January 3, 2011

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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Pending Home Sales Surge, Mortgage Purchases UP Despite Interest Rate Rise – The Week in Housing

by Ryan Hinricher | December 6, 2010

This week housing’s biggest story was a big rise in pending home sales. In addition we’ll cover rising interest rates and mortgage purchase applications. Standard & Poor’s also reports on the broad-based home prices and we’ll finish up with final thoughts and a look forward. Pending Home Sales: A Big RISE Coming off slightly lower [...]

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Decade of Lost Ownership, Interest Rates Drifting Up, Pending Home Sales Slide; A Week in Review

by Ryan Hinricher | November 8, 2010

Could a lost decade in homeownership be healthy for the housing market? This week’s article discusses this very question. Also covered is an update on the multi-family sector, an update on interest rates, mortgage applications, and the National Association of Realtor’s Pending Home Sales Index. Homeownership: Officially a Lost Decade The Census Bureau reported another [...]

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Housing Market Insight – Week of September 6th

by Ryan Hinricher | September 6, 2010

Last week the sentiment in the housing market seemed to turn slightly for the better. This post will tell you why as we cover the discussion over more tax credits, interest rates, the mortgage application index, and a surprise in pending home sales. Tax Credit Discussion, Quelled What seemed to be a stirring of a [...]

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120-Day Opportunity for Distressed Asset Investors

by Ryan Hinricher | May 31, 2010

It’s hard to argue the real estate market hasn’t stabilized significantly from April 2009 (bottom of the first dip). It is difficult, however, to agree on what direction the market is heading over the course of the next year. But looking forward to the next 120 days, I think there’s a small window for some [...]

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Why the Home Buyer Tax Credit Won’t Be Extended

by Ryan Hinricher | April 19, 2010

The clock is ticking on the Home Buyer Tax Credit with only 11 days left for buyers to enter into contracts. While some may believe there isn’t enough stimulus left to boost the housing market, many including the National Association of Realtors and National Association of Home Builders are no longer pushing for an extension. [...]

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NAR Chief Economist Comments on Housing

by Ryan Hinricher | March 8, 2010

Realtor Magazine recently interviewed NAR Chief Economist, Lawrence Yun. Lawrence gave a glimpse into the recent decline in Pending Homes Sales, impact of weather on the real estate market, new home sales, and the ending of Mortgage Backed Security purchases by the Fed. Here’s a recap of the interview. On Pending Home Sales January’s Pending [...]

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Investigation into Pending Home Sales Reinforces Recovery

by Ryan Hinricher | January 11, 2010

On the 5th of January, the National Association of Realtors released its latest Pending Home Sales Index (PHSI), showing a 16% decline over October. Almost immediately the media seized these numbers and outlets like MSNBC reported “Housing Industry May Be Headed for Double Dip”. Of course any decline anywhere in the economy right now is [...]

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