Having jumped a downwardly revised 7.1 percent in September, the seasonally adjusted pace of new single-family home sales in the U.S. inched up 0.4 percent last month to an annualized rate of 745,000 homes but was down 23.1 percent on a year-over-year basis and 25 percent lower than at... Read More »
Mortgage loan application volumes to either purchase or refinance a home in the U.S. ticked up 1.8 percent on a seasonally adjusted basis over the past week but slipped 0.1 percent in the absolute, with a 0.4 percent decrease in applications to purchase a home, according to the Mortgage... Read More »
Having ascended 7.0 percent in September, the seasonally adjusted pace of existing-home sales across the U.S. inched up 0.8 percent in October to an annual rate of 6.34 million sales. But sales were down 5.8 percent on a year-over-year basis, representing the third straight month of year-over-year declines, the... Read More »
Mortgage loan application volumes to either purchase or refinance a home in the U.S. ticked down 2.8 percent on a seasonally adjusted basis over the past week and were down 4 percent in the absolute, with a 5 percent drop in refinancing activity and a 2 percent drop in... Read More »
While mortgage application activity for new home purchases in the U.S. ticked up 6 percent in October, application volumes were down 15.2 percent on a year-over-year basis according to the Mortgage Bankers Association and despite the fact that inventory levels were up 32.2 percent, year-over-year, and holding at a... Read More »
The seasonally adjusted pace of new single-family home sales in the U.S. jumped 14 percent in September to an annualized rate of 800,000 homes but was down 17.6 percent on a year-over-year basis and still 19 percent lower than at the start of this year with mortgage application volumes... Read More »
Having dropped 2.0 percent in August, the seasonally adjusted pace of existing-home sales across the U.S. rose 7.0 percent in September to an annual rate of 6.29 million sales. That being said, sales were down on a year-over-year basis for the second month in a row, dropping 2.3 percent... Read More »
Mortgage loan application volumes to either purchase or refinance a home in the U.S. dropped 6.3 percent on a seasonally adjusted basis over the past week and were down 6 percent in the absolute, including a 7 percent drop in refinancing activity and a 5 percent drop in applications... Read More »
While inventory levels hit a 13-year high in August, and were up over 30 percent on a year-over-year basis, mortgage application volumes to purchase new homes in the U.S. dropped 4 percent in September and were down over 16 percent on a year-over-year basis, according to the Mortgage Bankers... Read More »
Mortgage loan application volumes to either purchase or refinance a home in the U.S. dropped 6.9 percent on a seasonally adjusted basis over the past week and were down 7 percent in the absolute, according to the Mortgage Bankers Association. While the overall drop was driven by a 10... Read More »
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