From Matthew Graham at Mortgage News Daily: Mortgage Rates Still Moving Lower After Last Week’s Stellar DropMortgage rates continued deeper into long-term lows today as the underlying bond market experiences…
Source: Tuesday: Housing Starts, Case-Shiller House Prices, and More
Freddie Mac reported that the Single-Family serious delinquency rate in February was 0.69%, down slightly from 0.70% in January. Freddie’s rate is down from 1.06% in February 2018.Freddie’s serious delinquency…
Source: Freddie Mac: Mortgage Serious Delinquency Rate Decreased Slightly in February
From the Dallas Fed: Texas Manufacturing Activity Continues to GrowTexas factory activity continued to expand in March, according to business executives responding to the Texas Manufacturing Outlook Survey. The production…
Source: Dallas Fed: "Texas Manufacturing Activity Continues to Grow"
From the Chicago Fed: Index points to little change in economic growth in FebruaryThe Chicago Fed National Activity Index (CFNAI) edged down to –0.29 in February from –0.25 in January.…
Source: Chicago Fed "Index points to little change in economic growth in February"
The key reports this week are the third estimate of Q4 GDP, February Housing Starts and New Home Sales.Other key reports include Case-Shiller house prices, and Personal Income for February,…
From Goldman Sachs: We boosted our Q1 GDP tracking estimate by three tenths to +0.7% (qoq ar). However … we lowered our past-quarter GDP tracking estimate for Q4 by two…
Source: Q1 GDP Forecasts: Around 1%
From the BLS: Regional and State Employment and Unemployment SummaryUnemployment rates were lower in February in 4 states and stable in 46 states and the District of Columbia, the U.S.…
Source: BLS: Unemployment Rates at New Series Lows in Alabama, North Dakota, Tennesse and Vermont
Earlier: NAR: Existing-Home Sales Increased to 5.51 million in FebruaryA few key points:1) Seasonally February is one of the weakest months of the year for existing home sales (See Not…
From the NAR: Existing-Home Sales Surge 11.8 Percent in FebruaryExisting-home sales rebounded strongly in February, experiencing the largest month-over-month gain since December 2015, according to the National Association of Realtors®.…
Source: NAR: Existing-Home Sales Increased to 5.51 million in February
From Matthew Graham at Mortgage News Daily: Mortgage Rates Move Deeper Into Long-Term LowsGranted, we’re not back to the sub-4% mortgage rates that dominated much of the past 8 years,…
Source: Friday: Existing Home Sales
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