According to data from the Mortgage Bankers Association’s (MBA) Weekly Mortgage Application Survey, for the week ending February 21st, 2020, […]
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New Single-Family Home Soared Higher in January
The U.S. Census Bureau and the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development are reporting that the Sales of new […]
Home Prices Rise in Fourth Quarter of 2019
According to a report released on February 23rd, 2020, by the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA), U.S. home prices increased […]
Home Prices Grow at the End of 2019
According to the S&P CoreLogic Case-Shiller National Home Price Index, home prices in December rose 3.8% annually. Up 3.5% from […]
U.S. Median Home Price up 6.8% Year-Over-Year
The National Association of Realtors®(NAR) has reported that lower mortgage rates in January, helped to increase the number of house […]
January 2020 Existing Home Sales Off to Strong Start
The National Association of Realtors® (NAR) has reported that total existing-home sales, which includes single-family homes, condominiums, co-op and townhouses […]
Single Family Built-for-Rent Construction Slows in 2019
The single-family homes built for rent (SFBFR) rarely draws much attention in the U.S. Census Bureau’s Quarterly Starts and Completions […]
January 2020 Single-Family Permits Rise Above 12-year High
The U.S. Census Bureau reports that single-family authorizations, as permits are commonly known as, jumped 987,000 at a seasonally adjusted […]
Producer Price Index on Construction Materials Up 0.5% in January
According to the Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, The Producer Price Index (PPI) on prices paid for goods […]
Fannie Mae Ups GDP Expectations for 2020 and 2021
Fannie Mae’s Economic and Strategic Research (ESR) group is upgrading its forecast for business fixed investments (BFI) for the second […]