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Government : Home Prices Up 3.0% In Last 12 Months Nationwide
The housing market recovery appears to be sustainable. According to the Federal Housing Finance Agency’s Home Price Index, home prices rose by a seasonally-adjusted 0.7 percent between May and June...
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Coming Next Week : New, Mandatory Loan Fees For All Conforming Mortgages
Beginning as soon as next week, new, mandatory mortgage fees will push mortgage rates higher nationwide. Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac are raising their respective “guarantee fees”. Guarantee fees are...
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Home Price Index Shows Values Rising 3.7% From One Year Ago
Tuesday, the Federal Home Finance Agency’s Home Price Index (HPI) showed home values rising 0.2% on a seasonally-adjusted basis between June and July 2012, and moving +3.7% on an annual basis. Home...
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Case-Shiller Index Posts 4% Annual Home Price Gain
The U.S. housing market continues to make home price gains. Earlier this week, the S&P/Case-Shiller Index showed home prices gaining 4.3 percent during the 12-month period ending October 2012,...
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What’s Ahead For Mortgage Rates This Week – April 21, 2014
Last week’s economic news supported the general outlook for moderate economic growth. Housing related news included the National Association of Home Builders / Wells Fargo Housing Market Index for...
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Case-Shiller: Home Price Growth Slows in April
The S&P Case-Shiller Index for April shows that while home prices continue to grow, they are doing so at a slower pace as compared to April 2013. The Case-Shiller 20 city index reports that home...
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What’s Ahead For Mortgage Rates This Week – June 30, 2014
Last week brought several economic and housing sector reports including Existing Home Sales, Case-Shiller and FHFA home prices for April, as well as New Home Sales. Freddie Mac’s weekly mortgage rates...
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National Association of REALTORS Existing Home Sales Exceed Projections
According to the National Association of REALTORS®, existing home sales surpassed both May sales and expectations for June. Sales of previously owned homes increased by 2.60 percent in June and...
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Case-Shiller, FHFA Report Slowing Growth in Home Prices
The Case-Shiller 10 and 20-City Home Price Indices for June reported year-over-year gains of 8.10 percent while the Case-Shiller National Home Price Index covers all nine census regions and reported a...
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What’s Ahead For Mortgage Rates This Week – Sept 2, 2014
Last week’s economic news included several reports related to housing. The Case-Shiller and FHFA reports for June showed a further slowing in home price growth. New home sales for July fell short of...
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