Remember a week or so ago a story about how credit card issuers and home equity lenders are cutting back on credit lines even to good customers and/or dramatically raising interest rates? Well, there is a new wrinkle. The Atlanta Journal Constitution…(read more) (more…)
U.S. house prices in November are down 18.0% compared to a year ago, according to the S&P Case-Shiller U.S. home price index, with the 20-city composite index falling to a reading of 158.16. Economists had expected the index to post a year-over-year…(read more) (more…)
The pace of sales for existing homes in the United States weakened much more than market expectations in November, according to an industry survey released Tuesday. U.S. existing home sales fell to an annualized pace of 4.49 million units in November…(read more) (more…)
Weekly mortgage applications in the United States rose in the week ending Dec. 19, according to data released from the Mortgage Bankers' Association (MBA) on Wednesday, which reported a 48.0% week-over-week increase in applications. In the previous…(read more) (more…)