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Homebuilder D.R. Horton reported first fiscal quarter earnings Friday morning that were below consensus estimates. Revenues were slightly above consensus.
Applications for new mortgage loans dipped last week after two weeks of solid growth. Interest rates were slightly higher on most types of mortgage loans.
Sales of existing homes dropped by more than 10% year over year in December. Home prices increased again, but price hikes are getting somewhat smaller.
Mortgage loan rates were generally a little higher last week but that did not have a negative effect on applications for new mortgages. Applications for refinancing came in at a 12-month high last...
Mortgage delinquencies fell to their lowest levels for at least the past 18 Octobers, according to data reported Tuesday by CoreLogic. States hit hard by hurricanes, fires and volcanoes are still...
Applications for new mortgages fell by nearly 10% in the final two weeks of December, according to the Mortgage Bankers Association. Mortgage loan rates have moderated on most types of loans, though.
The CoreLogic home price index rose 5.1% year over year in November, once again posting a smaller annual gain than in the previous month. Higher interest rates and falling prices are combining to...
The price of residential real estate has risen in most markets since a decades-long bottom during the Great Recession. That has started to slow in some cities because of oversupply and rising...
Sales of existing homes rose again in November after breaking a six-month losing streak in October.
Even though mortgage rates continued to decline last week, the number of potential buyers also has dropped, according to the latest data from the Mortgage Bankers Association.
U.S. housing starts rose sharply in November, but all the gains came in the multi-family sector. Single-family starts fell nearly 5% month over month.
The BuildFax Housing Health Report for November showed signs that the housing market might be slowing. The year-over-year rate of single-family housing authorizations, maintenance and remodeling have...
The National Association of Home Builders reported another dip in builder confidence in December. The confidence index has dropped 12 points in two months and is 18 points below last December's...
Applications for new mortgages rose last week for the third time in a row according to the Mortgage Bankers Association. Mortgage loan rates also declined and led to a small increase in refinancing...