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Housing Affordability Up, Inventories Still Shrinking

Posted on February 21, 2013 by Popular Economics Weekly

The Mortgage Corner The National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) reported exceptionally low interest rates helped ensure a slight gain in nationwide housing affordability amid relatively stable house prices in the final quarter of 2012, according to the just released … Continue reading →

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Existing-Homes Inventory at Record Lows

Posted on January 22, 2013 by Popular Economics Weekly

The Mortgage Corner The housing market is recovering with the highest sales and price rises since 2007. Only problem is that inventory is also at the lowest level since 2007, with just 4.4 month’s supply of housing on the market. … Continue reading →

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Housing Prices In “Sustained Recovery”

Posted on December 27, 2012 by Popular Economics Weekly

Popular Economics Weekly The S&P/Case-Shiller Home Price Index October headline was “Sustained Recovery in Home Prices”, as housing inventories continue to drop, while the latest estimates of household formation for young adults in particular are as high as 1.3 million … Continue reading →

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New-Home Sales, Mortgages Boosting Growth

Posted on October 25, 2012 by Popular Economics Weekly

The Mortgage Corner Following the 15 percent housing construction bump in September, new-home sales rose 11.7 percent and are up 27 percent over September 2011, as inventories have shrunk to a meager 4.5 months, especially at the affordable level. The … Continue reading →

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Housing Construction, Retail Sales Surge

Posted on October 18, 2012 by Popular Economics Weekly

The Mortgage Corner Another sign that the economy is finally recovering—new housing starts surged 15 percent, to their highest levels since 2008 and the beginning of the Great Recession. This is boosting construction employment in particular, but also finance, insurance … Continue reading →

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Shadow Housing Inventory, Foreclosures Fall

Posted on October 10, 2012 by Popular Economics Weekly

The Mortgage Corner CoreLogic reported the current residential shadow inventory as of July 2012 fell to 2.3 million units, representing a supply of six months. This was a 10.2 percent drop from July 2011, when shadow inventory stood at 2.6 … Continue reading →

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Real Estate Leading Recovery—Part II

Posted on August 23, 2012 by Popular Economics Weekly

The Mortgage Corner Further evidence that real estate is recovering is the drop in both vacancy rates and so-called Real Estate Owned (REO) properties—i.e., that banks have taken back in foreclosure. Several analysts, including Calculated Risk, believe this is absorbing … Continue reading →

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Real Estate Now Leading Recovery

Posted on August 9, 2012 by Popular Economics Weekly

The Mortgage Corner Can it be that real estate will give a boost to the next stage of the U.S. recovery? Exports, and so manufacturing has stalled due to the China and European slowdown. Multiple indexes show rising real estate … Continue reading →

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Home Prices Up, New-Home Sales Surging

Posted on June 26, 2012 by Popular Economics Weekly

The Mortgage Corner Sales of newly built, single-family homes rose 7.6 percent to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 369,000 units in May, according to newly released data from HUD and the U.S. Census Bureau. Why are new-home sales important? … Continue reading →

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Housing Affordability at Record High

Posted on May 21, 2012 by Popular Economics Weekly

The Mortgage Corner Nationwide housing affordability hit a new record high for a second consecutive quarter in the first three months of this year, according to the National Association of Home Builders/Wells Fargo Housing Opportunity Index (HOI).  So much so, … Continue reading →

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