August 10, 2012 (Shirley Allen) Mortgage interest rates for fixed loans moved higher again this week, the second consecutive week that fixed rates have increased and only the third time in the last 16 weeks according to Freddie Mac’s Primary Mortgage Market Survey® (PMMS) for the week ending August 9th. […]
August 9, 2012 (Jeff Alan) The list of improving metropolitan areas lost four of its members in August according to the NAHB/First American Improving Market Index (IMI), falling from 84 in July to 80 in August as five new areas joined the list while nine others were dropped. […]
August 9, 2012 (Shirley Allen) Home sales in Indiana surpassed the previous month’s tally for the seventh consecutive month in June with two-thirds of the counties reporting improved sales according to the latest housing data from the Indiana Association of Realtors® (IAR). […]
August 9, 2012 (Chris Moore) Mortgage applications fell slightly last week as applications for both purchases and refinances dipped with purchase applications off 12 percent from year ago while refinance applications remained at elevated levels according to the Mortgage Bankers Association’s (MBA) Weekly Mortgage Applications Survey for the week ending August 3rd, 2012. […]
August 8, 2012 (Chris Moore) National monthly home prices improved by 1.3 percent from May to June with seventy-three of the top 100 metropolitan areas reporting an increase in the value of the homes in their area according to CoreLogic’s June Home Price Index (HPI). […]
August 8, 2012 (Shirley Allen) Monthly sales of existing single-family homes and condos continued to improve in Ohio during June while home prices jumped nearly 11 percent from the previous month of May according to the latest housing data from the Ohio Association of Realtors® (OAR). […]
August 8, 2012 (Shirley Allen) Fannie Mae announced the opening of its thirteenth help center, this time in the Inland Empire area of California. The new Inland Empire Help Center works in partnership with the existing Los Angeles Help Center which has already assisted 2,320 homeowners since opening in November of 2010. ...
August 8, 2012 (Jeff Alan) The number of American’s who refinanced their first lien mortgage in the second quarter of 2012 and either maintained the same balance as their previous loan or who paid down their principal balance was at a 27-year high according Freddie Mac’s Second Quarter Refinance Analysis. […]
August 7, 2012 (Shirley Allen) Foreclosure activity in California continued to slowly improve in the second quarter of 2012 as both default notices and distressed property sales declined during the quarter according to real estate information provider DataQuick. […]
