Thursday, August 27, 2015

NAR: Pending Home Sales Index increased 0.5% in July, up 7% year-over-year

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From the NAR: Pending Home Sales Inch Forward in July The Pending Home Sales Index, a forward-looking indicator based on contract signings...

Q2 GDP Revised up to 3.7%, Weekly Initial Unemployment Claims decreased to 271,000

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From the BEA: Gross Domestic Product: First Quarter 2015 (Third Estimate) Real gross domestic product -- the value of the goods and servic...
Wednesday, August 26, 2015

Thursday: GDP, Unemployment Claims, Penidng Home Sales, Jackson Hole Symposium

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From Tim Duy: Dudley Puts The Kibosh On September Monday's action on Wall Street was too much for the Fed. That day, Atlanta Federal R...

Last Week: Key Measures Show Low Inflation in July

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While I was on vacation, there were several key economic releases. Here is the CPI release ... Last week the Cleveland Fed released the ...

Lawler: Updated Table of Distressed Sales and Cash buyers for Selected Cities in July

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Economist Tom Lawler sent me an updated table below of short sales, foreclosures and cash buyers for selected cities in July. On distresse...

Zillow Forecast: Expect Case-Shiller to show "Uptick in Appreciation" year-over-year change in July

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The Case-Shiller house price indexes for June were released yesterday. Zillow forecasts Case-Shiller a month early, and I like to check the...

AIA: Architecture Billings Index indicated expansion in July

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This was released last week while I was on vacation. Note: This index is a leading indicator primarily for new Commercial Real Estate (CRE...

MBA: Mortgage Applications Increase Slightly in Latest Weekly Survey, Purchase Index up 18% YoY

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From the MBA: Increase in Government Purchase Loans Drive Overall Increase in Latest MBA Weekly Survey Mortgage applications increased 0.2...
Tuesday, August 25, 2015

Wednesday: Durable Goods

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Wednesday: • At 7:00 AM ET, the Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) will release the results for the mortgage purchase applications index . ...

Real Prices and Price-to-Rent Ratio in June

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The year-over-year increase in prices is mostly moving sideways now at between 4% and 5%.. In October 2013, the National index was up 10.9...