by | Feb 24, 2021 | Uncategorized
New home sales continued the turnaround, started in December, that ended three straight months of slowing sales. The U.S. Census Bureau and Department of Housing and Urban Development said newly constructed homes were sold in January at a seasonally adjusted annual...
by | Feb 24, 2021 | Uncategorized
Loan performance continued to improve in January although the number of delinquencies remains significantly elevated from pre-pandemic levels. Black Knight’s first look at the month’s loan performance data has both good news and some that is disquieting....
by | Feb 24, 2021 | Uncategorized
The volume of mortgage applications for both home purchase and refinancing fell for the third straight time during the week ended February 19. The Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) says its Market Composite Index, a measure of that volume, dropped 11.4 percent on a...
by | Feb 23, 2021 | Uncategorized
Both the S&P CoreLogic Case-Shiller and The Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) report that the country ended the year with more than a 10 percent annual increase in home prices. The Case-Shiller U.S. National Home Price Index, which covers all nine U.S. census...
by | Feb 19, 2021 | Uncategorized
Existing home sales started the 2021 with a small increase from the December sale levels, the second consecutive monthly gain. The National Association of Realtors® (NAR) said transactions that include pre-owned single-family homes, townhomes, condominiums, and...
by | Feb 19, 2021 | Uncategorized
The Urban Institute (UI) says the surge in foreclosures predicted as the COVID-19 pandemic drove unemployment to the highest level since the Great Depression may not materialize, even when the current forbearances end. Two UI researchers, Michael Neal and Laurie...