Housing
Homebuilder Sentiment Posts Biggest Monthly Surge Ever, A Sign Housing Is Rebounding From Coronavirus
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Builder sentiment jumped a striking 21 points in June to 58, the largest monthly increase ever in the National Associati... Read more
Mortgage Demand From Homebuyers Amazes Again, Now Up 13% Annually Despite Rising Rates
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Rising interest rates did nothing to deter an onslaught of mortgage demand from homebuyers: Applications for loans to pu... Read more
Mortgage Demand From Homebuyers Shows Unexpectedly Strong And Quick Recovery, As Applications Spike 9% From A Year Ago
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It's not as if the coronavirus pandemic has gone away, but after a sharp pullback, homebuyers are now piling back into t... Read more
New Home Sales Rose Slightly In April, Defying Expectations Of A Huge 22% Drop, As Prices Fall
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In perhaps one of the brightest economic readings since the start of the coronavirus pandemic, sales of newly built home... Read more
Home Prices Gained Strength As Coronavirus Shut Down Economy In March, S&P Case-Shiller Says
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Home prices were still gaining steam in March, as the country began shutting down in the face of the coronavirus pandemi... Read more
Home Sales Dropped Nearly 18% In April, While Decline In Inventory Pushed Prices To A Record High
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The economic fallout from the coronavirus hit the housing market hard in April. Read more
Weekly Mortgage Applications Point To A Remarkable Recovery In Homebuying
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If mortgage demand is an indicator, buyers are coming back to the housing market far faster than anticipated, despite co... Read more
U.S. Housing Starts Fall Sharply In April
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U.S. homebuilding dropped to a five-year low in April, underlining fears that the novel coronavirus crisis would lead to... Read more
Homebuilder Sentiment Bounces Back In May, After Record Plunge In April
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After the sharpest one-month drop in the history of the index in April, homebuilder sentiment bounced back slightly in M... Read more
Mortgage Applications From Buyers Jump 11%, Signaling The Spring Housing Market May Not Be A Total Loss
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As open houses reemerge from the coronavirus shutdown, buyers are coming back to the housing market much faster than exp... Read more
Pending Home Sales Tank Nearly 21% In March, But Realtors Claim Prices Will Hold Up
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Home sales took a deep dive in March as the coronavirus pandemic shut down much of the economy, and homebuyers and selle... Read more
Home Prices Were Gaining Serious Strength Just Before Coronavirus, Up 4.2% Annually, Case-Shiller Says
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Home prices were not only gaining in February, the gains were increasing steadily. The expectation, however, is that pri... Read more
Weekly Mortgage Demand Stalls, Even With Interest Rates At A Record Low
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Mortgage volume appears to be settling into a new normal, as refinance demand stays high and purchase demand sits at a f... Read more
Weekly Mortgage Applications Rise As Rates Drop To 30-year Low, But It's All Refinances
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Mortgage rates dropped to the lowest level in the Mortgage Bankers Association's survey, causing yet another rush to ref... Read more
Homebuilder Confidence Index Takes Biggest Monthly Dive Ever As Coronavirus Slams Economy
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This month's HMI survey was conducted from April 1 to April 13, after millions of Americans had been issued orders to st... Read more
Borrower Requests For Government's Coronavirus Mortgage Bailout Jump 78% In One Week
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As unemployment surges and more Americans struggle to make ends meet, more homeowners are applying for the government's ... Read more
Coronavirus Effect Could Be 'far Deeper Than The Subprime Crisis,' Says Mortgage Company CEO
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For most mortgage borrowers, the first of the month is payment day. This month, however, is a very different story. Mill... Read more
Home Price Gains Were Strong In January, Says S&P Case-Shiller, Before Coronavirus Hit US Economy
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The gains came before the coronavirus shut down much of the economy and the housing market. Now there are forecasts that... Read more
February Pending Home Sales Jump Over 9% Annually, Ahead Of Major Coronavirus Impact
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Homebuyer demand was strengthening markedly just before COVID-19 began its spread across the U.S. Pending home sales, wh... Read more
Weekly Mortgage Applications Tank 29% As Coronavirus Sidelines Homebuyers
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A hike in interest rates, combined with a massive shutdown of the economy caused homeowners and potential homebuyers to ... Read more
