Tuesday, October 12, 2021

Wednesday: CPI, FOMC Minutes

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From Matthew Graham at Mortgage News Daily: MBS RECAP: Bonds Improve After Treasury Auction; Why MBS Are Lagging Bonds began the day weaker...

October 12th COVID-19: 7-Day Average Cases Down Almost 50% from Recent Peak

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Data released on the day following a holiday is always low and will be revised up. The CDC is the source for all data. According to the CDC...

Second Home Market: South Lake Tahoe in September

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Early this year, from Jann Swanson at MortgageNewsDaily:  Fannie Warns Lenders on Investment Properties and 2nd Homes .  I'm looking a...

Will House Prices Increase "a further 16% by the end of 2022"?

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Today, in the Newsletter: Will House Prices Increase "a further 16% by the end of 2022"? Excerpt: Yesterday, Goldman Sachs econo...

BLS: Job Openings Decrease to 10.4 Million in August

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From the BLS: Job Openings and Labor Turnover Summary The number of job openings declined to 10.4 million on the last business day of Aug...
Monday, October 11, 2021

Tuesday: Job Openings

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Tuesday: • At 6:00 AM ET, NFIB Small Business Optimism Index for September. • At 10:00 AM, Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey for A...

MBA Survey: "Share of Mortgage Loans in Forbearance Decreases to 2.62%"

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Note: This is as of October 3rd. From the MBA: Share of Mortgage Loans in Forbearance Decreases to 2.62% The Mortgage Bankers Associatio...

Goldman on Housing: "Multi-year boom in home prices"

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A few excerpts from a Goldman Sachs research note: The Housing Shortage: Prices, Rents, and Deregulation Of all the shortages afflicting th...

Mortgage Rates Highest in 6 Months; Refinance Activity Will Slow

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Today, in the Newsletter: Mortgage Rates Highest in 6 Months Excerpt: The general rule of thumb is refinance activity will be strong if cu...

Housing Inventory Oct 11th Update: Inventory Down Slightly Week-over-week

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Tracking existing home inventory will be very important this year . Click on graph for larger image in graph gallery. This inventory gra...