Mortgage application volume, used to gauge market interest and willingness to purchase, rose this week, pointing to a potentially healthier spring for real estate...
The National Association of Realtors reports good housing affordability conditions, but notes lending conditions remain tight, calling for "a more sensible lending environment."
Even accounting for the holidays, mortgage application volume rose substantially in the first week of the year, and while many readings are below pre-holiday...
Unemployment data can be volatile around holidays, but the U.S. Labor Department is reporting figures that fall short of economists' expectations for the period.
Another welcome sign for housing, residential shadow inventory levels are declining slowly, which is critical for a potential housing recovery down the road.
VIP mortgages were given to lawmakers before Countrywide was acquired, but the House Ethics Committee reports that no lawmaker committed any ethics violation by...
Pending home sales, or contracts signed, have improved a bit this month, but show double digit increases over the year, pointing to potentially increasing...
Although housing starts are down for the month, they are up substantially for the year, and combined with improving permit levels and builder confidence,...
Despite the Fed's recent announcement they will make a massive securities purchase, rates still rose, so of course, mortgage application volume took a pretty...
While mortgage rates have remained low in recent years, mortgage application volume rose last week as rates hit a new low, resulting from uncertainty...