October 28, 2011 (Jeff Alan) The average interest rates for conventional 30-year fixed rate mortgages declined from 4.63 percent in August to 4.56 percent in September according to the Federal Housing Finance Agency’s (FHFA) Monthly Interest Rate Survey. […]
October 27, 2011 (Chris Moore) The Pending Home Sales Index (PHSI) declined by 4.6 percent to 84.5 in September according to the National Association of Realtors (NAR). This is the third consecutive month that the Index has posted a decline. […]
October 27, 2011 (Shirley Allen) Mixed market indicators left average mortgage rates unmotivated and virtually unchanged from the previous week according to Freddie Mac’s Primary Mortgage Market Survey® (PMMS) for the week ending October 27. […]
October 27, 2011 (Shirley Allen) Monthly sales of new and resale homes in Las Vegas declined as expected from August to September but remained above year ago levels for the third consecutive month according to the latest data released from DataQuick. […]
October 27, 2011 (Jeff Alan) The total number of loan modifications completed by Freddie Mac reached a new low for the year in September as completed loan modifications tumbled 25 percent from August according to the recently released Monthly Volume Summary. […]
October 26, 2011 (Shirley Allen) Average rates for fixed mortgages dipped slightly last week after rising for the previous two weeks according to the data collected by LendingTree’s Weekly Mortgage Rate Pulse. […]
October 26, 2011 (Chris Moore) Sales of new single-family homes increased in September after four consecutive months of summer declines according to the latest housing data released by the Census Bureau. Despite the surprise gain in September, new home sales remain 20,000 sales behind last year, which was the worst year on record. […]
October 26, 2011 (Chris Moore) Mortgage applications for both home purchases and refinances increased slightly from last week as mortgage interest rates remained virtually unchanged from the previous week according to the Mortgage Bankers Association’s (MBA) Weekly Mortgage Applications Survey for the week ending October 21, 2011. […]
October 26, 2011 (Jeff Alan) With more than 1.4 million residential construction workers idled since April 2006 and with policy headwinds keeping home buyers on the sidelines and harming the economy, the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) is urging all presidential contenders to specify their policy proposals to spur the housing market. […]
