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US Rates on New Home Loans: July 2015
On average, the contract rate on conventional mortgages used to purchase newly-built homes increased 12 basis points in July, to 3.98 per cent, according to data released Friday by the Federal Housing Finance Agency. At 3.98, this is the highest the contract rate has been since December of last year. Initial fees have some ability…
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US Housing Starts: July 2015
US home building ticked up in July thanks to a surge in construction of single-family homes. US housing starts rose 0.2 per cent from a month earlier to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 1.21 million last month, the highest since October 2007, the Commerce Department said Tuesday. That is the third time in four…
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US Home Sales, July
A forward-looking gauge of US home purchases slipped in June, after hitting its highest level in more than nine years in May, the National Association of Realtors said last month. A separate report from the industry group showed sales of previously owned homes increased 3.2 per cent in June to a seasonally adjusted annual rate…
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US Home Sales, Prices: May and June 2015
The House Price Index (HPI) data reported by the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) shows house prices rose at an annual growth rate of 5.4 per cent in May, higher than the 4.7 per cent in April and the 3.8 per cent in March. The Standard and Poor’s/Case-Shiller reported that the Home Price Index rose…
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US Home Sales, Prices: June 2015
New-home sales fell 6.8 per cent in June from a month earlier to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 482,000, the lowest reading since November 2014, the US Commerce Department said Friday. US new home sales fell 1.1 per cent in May, down from an initially reported 2.2 per cent increase. Sales jumped 28 per…
