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Pending-Home Sales Decline Slightly
The Mortgage Corner The Pending Home Sales Index, a forward-looking indicator based on contract signings, fell 1.0 percent to 104.7 in August from 105.8 in July, and is now 2.2 percent below August 2013 (107.1). Despite the slight decline, the … Continue reading
Posted in Consumers, Housing, housing market, Weekly Financial News
Tagged Case-Shiller Index, Fannie Mae, first-time homebuyers, Freddie Mac, housing prices, interest rates, milliennials, mortgage delinquencies, mortgage foreclosures, NAR Chief Economist Lawrence Yun, Pending Home Sales
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Existing-Home Sales and Interest Rates
The Mortgage Corner The National Association of Realtors reported after four consecutive months of gains, existing-home sales slipped in August, as all-cash paying investors retreated from the market. Sales increases in the Northeast and Midwest were outweighed by declines in … Continue reading
Yellen’s Fed is Full Speed Ahead
Financial FAQs Is it possible? The Federal Reserve is now more interested in creating wealth for the many, rather than fighting inflation for the wealthiest worrying about their bond prices, as it has in the past? This may seem counterintuitive, … Continue reading
Who Are the Real Takers?
Popular Economics Weekly We have been there before. The Census Bureau reported that the poverty rate fell in 2013, the first drop since 2006. It fell to 14.5 percent, down from 15 percent in 2013, but 45.3 million people are … Continue reading
Retail Sales Much Stronger?
Financial FAQs The jump in retail sales was huge, plus upward revisions to past months that made more sense with other indicators of a growing economy. It seems the consumer can afford to spend more with lower debt levels and … Continue reading
Minimum Wages vs. Maximum Profits?
Financial FAQs Corporate profits are at all-time highs, and workers compensation at all-time lows, as fast food workers continue to strike for higher minimum wages. Yet business interests still maintain maximum profits have to be a corporation’s primary consideration. In … Continue reading
Government Wasn’t the Problem
Popular Economics Weekly If the latest unemployment report tells us anything, it is that government isn’t the problem that has caused the weak U.S. recovery, but a private sector that is focused solely on maximizing profits for their investors and … Continue reading
Labor’s Day Not Celebrated?
Financial FAQs It looked like August’s unemployment report would celebrate this year’s Labor Day in a big way. We know it because most employment indicators point to many more jobs this year that also pay more. Starting with the August … Continue reading
Pending Sales Up, Mortgage Delinquencies Down
The Mortgage Corner U.S. home buyers signed more contracts to buy existing homes in July, rebounding from a drop in June. This is in line with declining delinquency and foreclosure rates that portend a healthy real estate market for the … Continue reading
Consumer Confidence Surging, Why Not Spending?
Popular Economics Weekly Consumer confidence is up led by strength in the current assessment, which points to gains for consumer readings in August. But why aren’t consumers spending more, if so? Auto sales are up, but retail sales overall are … Continue reading
