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Radar Watching: May 2013 26 Aug 2013 | 08:37 pm
As I have noted in the past, since the home price index data provided by Radar Logic is more timely, unadjusted and un-smoothed it is particularly useful for gaining deeper visibility over our housing...
New Home Sales: July 2013 26 Aug 2013 | 08:31 pm
Last week, the U.S. Census Department released its monthly New Residential Home Sales Report for July showing a notable pullback with sales falling a whopping 13.41% from June and rising just 6.78% ab...
FHFA Monthly Home Prices: June 2013 22 Aug 2013 | 07:33 pm
Today, the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) released the latest results of their monthly house price index (HPI) showing that in June, nationally, home prices increased 0.65% from May and rose 7....
Extended Unemployment: Initial, Continued and Extended Unemployment Claims August 22 2013 22 Aug 2013 | 07:22 pm
Today’s jobless claims report showed increases to both initial and continued unemployment claims as initial claims trended well below the closely watched 400K level. Seasonally adjusted “initial” une...
Existing Home Sales Report: July 2013 21 Aug 2013 | 08:22 pm
Today, the National Association of Realtors (NAR) released their Existing Home Sales Report for July showing an increase in sales with total home sales climbing a whopping 6.5% since June and rising 1...
Reading Rates: MBA Application Survey – August 21 2013 21 Aug 2013 | 08:12 pm
The Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) publishes the results of a weekly applications survey that covers roughly 50 percent of all residential mortgage originations and tracks the average interest rat...
The Chicago Fed National Activity Index: July 2013 20 Aug 2013 | 06:42 pm
The latest release of the Chicago Federal Reserve National Activity Index (CFNAI) indicated that the national economy remained near contraction in July with the index improving to weak level of -0.15 ...
SNAP Food Stamp Participation: May 2013 19 Aug 2013 | 07:00 pm
As a logical consequence of the prolonged economic downturn, participation in the federal food stamp program is continuing to rise. In fact, household participation has been climbing so steadily that...
Reading Rates: MBA Application Survey – August 14 2013 14 Aug 2013 | 06:36 pm
The Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) publishes the results of a weekly applications survey that covers roughly 50 percent of all residential mortgage originations and tracks the average interest rat...
Conspicuous Correlation: Retail Sales July 2013 13 Aug 2013 | 09:10 pm
Today, the U.S. Census Bureau released its latest nominal read of retail sales showing an increase of 0.2% from June, and a gain of 5.4% on a year-over-year basis on an aggregate of all items includin...
