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Tuesday, January 03
Last Week in the News--------------------------------------------------------------------------------Pending home sales, a forward-looking indicator based on signed contracts, rose 7.3% in November after a 10.4% increase in October. On a year-over-year basis, pending home sales are up 5.9%. T...
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Tuesday, December 20
Last Week in the News -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The Mortgage Bankers Association said its seasonally adjusted composite index of mortgage applications for the week ending December 2 rose 12.8%. Refinancing applications increased 15.3%. Purcha...
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Monday, December 12
Last Week in the News--------------------------------------------------------------------------------The Mortgage Bankers Association said its seasonally adjusted composite index of mortgage applications for the week ending December 2 rose 12.8%. Refinancing applications increased 15.3%. Purc...
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Monday, December 05
Last Week in the News--------------------------------------------------------------------------------New home sales rose 1.3% in October to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 307,000 units from a revised rate of 303,000 units in September. Compared to a year ago, new home sales were up 8.9%...
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Tuesday, November 22
Last Week in the News-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The index of leading economic indicators - designed to forecast economic activity in the next three to six months - rose a very strong 0.9% in October, following a revised 0.1% increase in ...
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Monday, November 14
Last Week in the News-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The Mortgage Bankers Association said its seasonally adjusted composite index of mortgage applications for the week ending November 4 rose 10.3%. Refinancing applications increased 12.1%. P...