Wednesday, May 04, 2016

MBA: Mortgage "Refis Down, Purchases Flat in Latest MBA Weekly Survey"

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From the MBA: Refis Down, Purchases Flat in Latest MBA Weekly Survey Mortgage applications decreased 3.4 percent from one week earlier, ac...
Tuesday, May 03, 2016

Wednesday: Trade Deficit, ADP Employment, ISM non-Manufacturing

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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 . ...

U.S. Light Vehicle Sales increase to 17.4 million annual rate in April

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Based on an estimate from AutoData, light vehicle sales were at a 17.42 million SAAR in April. That is up about 4% from April 2015, and up...

The Projected Improvement in Life Expectancy

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Note: This is an update to a post I wrote some time ago with more recent data and projections. Here is something different, but it is impo...

CoreLogic: House Prices up 6.7% Year-over-year in March

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Notes: This CoreLogic House Price Index report is for March . The recent Case-Shiller index release was for February. The CoreLogic HPI is...
Monday, May 02, 2016

Tuesday: Auto Sales

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Tuesday: • All day, Light vehicle sales for April. The consensus is for light vehicle sales to increase to 17.3 million SAAR in April from...

Fed Survey: Banks ease Standards on Residential Real Estate, Credit Quality in Oil Regions "deteriorated somewhat"

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From the Federal Reserve: The April 2016 Senior Loan Officer Opinion Survey on Bank Lending Practices Regarding loans to businesses, the A...

Construction Spending increased 0.3% in March

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Earlier today, the Census Bureau reported that overall construction spending increased 0.3% in March compared to February: The U.S. Censu...

ISM Manufacturing index decreased to 50.8 in April

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The ISM manufacturing index indicated expansion for the second consecutive month in April, following five months of contraction. The PMI was...

Black Knight March Mortgage Monitor

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Black Knight Financial Services (BKFS) released their Mortgage Monitor report for March today. According to BKFS, 4.08% of mortgages were ...