Friday May 29, 2015
MND NewsWire – 5/27 Paid-Off Revolving Debt No Longer Required to be Closed – Fannie Fannie Mae has issued a slew of updates, clarifications, and extensions affecting its Selling Guide . Announcement SEL-2015-06 includes the following changes. The most notable change … MND NewsWire – 5/28 Sellers’ Market Drives Pending Sales to 2006 Levels April saw the highest number for pending sales in nearly nine years the National Association of Realtors® (NAR) said today. The Pending Home Sales Index (PHSI) increased 3.4 percent … Mortgage Rate Watch – 5/29 Mortgage Rates Back Into the 3’s to End The Month Mortgage rates moved lower again today , making this the 7th straight day where rates have either held steady or improved. Over that time, no single day stands out as clearly better … MND NewsWire – 5/29 Realtors Confronting Problems of Structure, Leadership, and Technology The Definitive Analysis of Negative Game Changers Emerging in Real Estate or D.A.N.G.E.R report prepared for the National Association of Realtors® (NAR) by author Stefan Swanepoel … § State, CFPB win Judgment against Florida Loan Mod Scheme § FHFA Notes Less Aggressive Home Price Gains § Running Out of Ways to Say ‘Housing Weak but Improving’ § Ebbing Refinance Demand Weighs on Mortgage Applications § Ocwen’s Houston Closure; Risks Facing Banks; Cost of Compliance; State Level Lending News § New Homes Sales Recover Some of March Losses § MBS MID-DAY: After Data, Bonds on Cruise Control at Slightly Stronger Levels |
More News from ‘Around the Web’
- Calculated Risk Blog – 5/29
Friday: Ugly GDP, Chicago PMI, Consumer Sentiment
- Bloomberg – 5/29
Call It a Sign the Worst Is Over in the Treasury Market Selloff
- builderonline.com – 5/29
Best and Worst Metros for Baby Boomer Affordability
- WSJ – 5/29
Fear Bond Buys Would Spark Inflation Misplaced, Cleveland Fed Says
- WSJ – 5/29
Why U.S. GDP Shrank At A Glance
- CNBC – 5/29
US contracts in Q1; dollar hits corporate profits
- builderonline.com – 5/29
Homeownership Trends Among the Young and Old
- WSJ – 5/29
- CNBC – 5/29
Are you in a buyer’s or seller’s housing market?
- CNBC – 5/29
Chicago PMI falls more than expected
- CNBC – 5/29
Consumer sentiment beats expectations
- CNN – 5/29
- Bloomberg – 5/29
ECB to Likely Continue QE at Least Until Sept. 2016, S&P Says
- Calculated Risk Blog – 5/29
Fannie Mae: Mortgage Serious Delinquency rate declined in April, Lowest since September 2008
- Reuters – 5/28
No change in Greek debt talks after another day of spin
- CNBC – 5/28
US Treasury market eyes 7-year auction, Greece
- Reuters – 5/28
U.S. jobless claims up, but still point to labor market strength
- mwnewsroom.com – 5/28
Mortgage Rates Reach 2015 High
- brookings.edu – 5/28
Inequality: Is the Fed to blame?
- CNBC – 5/28
Pending home sales spike to highest in 9 years
- CNBC – 5/28
Is a reverse mortgage a friend or foe?
- CNBC – 5/28
Why is Yellen skipping Jackson Hole?
- Market Watch – 5/28
Williams says Fed likely to raise rates at some point this year
- Market Watch – 5/28
The Fed: Fed’s Bullard says he now favors targeting nominal GDP
- CNBC – 5/28
Fuld: No one thing caused the crisis
- Reuters – 5/28
Fed’s Bullard: low rate vow is ‘not helpful,’ GDP targeting is
- CNBC – 5/28
Cleveland home prices soar as foreclosures clear
- WSJ – 5/28
Hispanics to Drive Housing Demand in Coming Decades, But Obstacles Persist
- Market Watch – 5/28
Your house is no key to Warren Buffett-like riches
- CNBC – 5/28
Great time to buy: Home Builders Assoc.
- Bloomberg – 5/28
Not Buying a Home Could Cost You $65000 a Year
- WSJ – 5/28
Kocherlakota: Mistake’ for Fed to Raise Rates in 2015
- Calculated Risk Blog – 5/27
FDIC: Fewer Problem banks, Residential REO Declines in Q1
- The Big Picture – 5/27
- Reuters – 5/27
Homebuilder Toll Brothers profit beats estimates
- Bloomberg – 5/27
One-Third of U.S. Workers Want Longer Hours Even With No Raise
- Calculated Risk Blog – 5/27
Expect Case-Shiller National House Price Index up 4.0% year-over-year change in April
- CNBC – 5/27
Toll Brothers CEO: Very strong housing market
- mwnewsroom.com – 5/27
Freddie Mac Issues Monthly Volume Summary for April 2015
- WSJ – 5/27
Loans For Builders Not Quite Keeping Pace
- mwnewsroom.com – 5/27
Nearly 80 Percent of Top 100 U.S. Housing Markets Improving
- Bloomberg – 5/27
ECB Keeps Europe’s Bond Traders Guessing on Frontloading Policy
- WSJ – 5/27
What We’ve Learned from Yellen and Fischer
- Bloomberg – 5/27
Maybe Alan Greenspan Was Right About Floating-Rate Mortgages
- CNBC – 5/27
Mortgage applications drop as refinancing stalls
- CNBC – 5/27
All eyes on the dollar, bond yields
- Reuters – 5/27
Bernanke sees no extreme moves in U.S. markets, asset prices
- CNN – 5/27
- WSJ – 5/26
Fed’s Yellen Plans to Skip This Year’s Jackson Hole Conference
- WSJ – 5/26
Housing Bubble? Despite Rising Prices, Most Economists Still Say No
- Bloomberg – 5/26
New US Home Sales May Rise 10% This Year, Brown Says
- CNBC – 5/26
Higher rates soon: Portfolio manager
- Calculated Risk Blog – 5/26
Real Prices and Price-to-Rent Ratio in March
- Reuters – 5/26
Fed must consider global impact when raising rates: Fischer
- CNBC – 5/26
Fed’s Fischer: Markets should be ready for hikes
- nytimes.com – 5/26
Jury Is Still Out on European Central Bank’s Stimulus Program
- Reuters – 5/26
U.S. consumer confidence rises in May
- Reuters – 5/26
U.S. new home sales, prices rise strongly in April
- CNBC – 5/26
US business spending plans rise solidly in April
- CNBC – 5/26
The Fed is not ‘walking the talk’
- Bloomberg – 5/26
Bond Traders Uncover Secret to Rates That Fed Just Doesn’t Get
- freddiemac.com – 5/26
Rep and Warranty Relief Begins with the Right Technology
- Bloomberg – 5/26
The Simple Reason Why Everyone Wants New Corporate Bonds
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