Friday, February 24, 2017

Higher New Home Sales, Mortgage Lending

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We wrote last week about unusually restrictive mortgage standards for conforming stalwarts Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac that are still wards...
Wednesday, February 22, 2017

Home Sales Reach 10-year High

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Financial FAQs Existing-home sales ran at a seasonally adjusted annual pace of 5.69 million, the National Association of Realtors said...
Monday, February 20, 2017

Why Such Restrictive Mortgage Lending?

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The Mortgage Corner Earlier this month, researchers at the Urban Institute’s Housing Finance Policy Center published some of their rese...
Thursday, February 16, 2017

Low interest Rates Boost Housing Construction

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The Mortgage Corner Housing starts returned to trend, reports the National Association of Home Builders, dropping 2.6 percent to a se...
Wednesday, February 15, 2017

Retail Sales and Consumer Prices Show Real Life

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Financial FAQs Retail sales rose 0.4 percent last month following a much bigger gain in December than originally reported, the governm...
Monday, February 13, 2017

Let’s Make America More Equal Again!

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Popular Economics Weekly As defeated Democrats mull over what slogan can equal or overcome President Trump’s “Make America Great Again”...
Wednesday, February 8, 2017

Surging Construction Sector Aids Home Sales

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The Mortgage Corner Construction payrolls were a positive surprise of the January employment report, rising 36,000 for the best gai...