Tuesday, July 28, 2015

Real Prices and Price-to-Rent Ratio in May

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A great discussion from Nick Timiraos at the WSJ: Are Home Prices Again Breaking Records? Not Really The National Association of Realtors...

HVS: Q2 2015 Homeownership and Vacancy Rates

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The Census Bureau released the Residential Vacancies and Homeownership report for Q2 2015. This report is frequently mentioned by analyst...

Case-Shiller: National House Price Index increased 4.4% year-over-year in May

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S&P/Case-Shiller released the monthly Home Price Indices for May ("May" is a 3 month average of March, April and May prices)....
Monday, July 27, 2015

Tuesday: Case-Shiller House Prices, Richmond Fed Mfg Survey

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Tuesday: • At 9:00 AM ET, the S&P/Case-Shiller House Price Index for May. Although this is the May report, it is really a 3 month aver...

Vehicle Sales Forecasts for July: Over 17 Million Annual Rate Again, Best July in a Decade

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The automakers will report July vehicle sales on Monday, August 3rd. Sales in June were at 17.1 million on a seasonally adjusted annual rat...

ATA Trucking Index decreased 0.5% in June

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Here is an indicator that I follow on trucking, from the ATA: ATA Truck Tonnage Index Fell 0.5% in June American Trucking Associations’ ad...

Dallas Fed: "Texas Manufacturing Slump Moderates"

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From the Dallas Fed: Texas Manufacturing Slump Moderates, Outlooks Improve Texas factory activity declined slightly in July, according to...

Black Knight: House Price Index up 1.1% in May, 5.1% year-over-year

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Note: I follow several house price indexes (Case-Shiller, CoreLogic, Black Knight, Zillow, FHFA, FNC and more). Note: Black Knight uses the ...
Sunday, July 26, 2015

Sunday Night Futures

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From Ben Leubsdorf and Jon Hilsenrath at the WSJ: Fed Officials May Offer More Clarity on Rates Federal Reserve officials are likely to em...

WSJ: More Oil Industry Layoffs Coming

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From Lynn Cook at the WSJ: Sudden Drop in Crude-Oil Prices Roils U.S. Energy Firms’ Rebound U.S. energy companies are planning more layoff...