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Category Archives: Housing

Weekly Mortgage Applications Survey – December 24, 2008

28-Dec-08

Mortgage Applications Survey At a Glance
Adjusted seasonally

Market Composite Index: 1245.4
Change: Up 48%
Purchase Index: 316.5
Change: Up 10.6%
Refinance Index: 6758.6
Change: Up 62.6%
4-Week Moving Average: Up 28.8%
30-year Fixed Rate: 5.04% with 1.17 points

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New Home Sales – November 2008

24-Dec-08

New Home Sales At a Glance

Annual Sales Rate (Seasonally Adjusted): 407,000
Monthly Change: Down 2.9%
Annual Change: Down 35.3%
Median Sales Price: $220,400
Monthly change:
11.5 months

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Existing Home Sales – November 2008

24-Dec-08

Existing Home Sales At a Glance

Total Existing Home Sales Annual Rate: 4.49 million
Monthly Change: Down 8.6%
Year-to-year Change: Down 10.6%
Median home price: $181,300
Annual Change: Down 13.2%

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Weekly Mortgage Applications Survey – December 17, 2008

17-Dec-08

Mortgage Applications Survey At a Glance
Adjusted seasonally

Market Composite Index: 841.4
Change: Up 2.9%
Purchase Index: 286.1
Change: Down 4.5%
Refinance Index: 4156.0
Change: Up 6.5%
4-Week Moving Average: Up 17.9%
30-year Fixed Rate: 5.18% with 1.13 points

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Housing Starts – November 2008

17-Dec-08

Housing Starts At a Glance
Seasonally Adjusted

Housing Starts: 625,000.
Monthly Change: Down 18.9%
Year-to-year Change: Down 47%
1-Family Monthly Change: Down 16.9%
Housing Completions: 1,084,000
Monthly Change: Up 3.3%
Year-to-year Change: Down 22.8%
1-Family Monthly Change: Up 0.9%
Building Permits: 616,000
Monthly Change: Down 15.6%
Year-to-year Change: Down 48.1%
1-Family Monthly Change: Down 12.3%

Technorati Tags: housing starts, new residential construction, residential construction, home construction

Housing Market Index – December 2008

16-Dec-08

Housing Market Index At a Glance

Current Month Index: 9
Monthly Change: 0
Current 1-Family Sales Index: 8
Monthly Change: down 1
Sales Expectations Index: 16
Monthly Change: down 2
Buyer Traffic Index: 7
Monthly Change: none
South Regional: 10
West Regional: 7
Northeast Regional: 11
Midwest Regional: 6

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