Wednesday, September 28, 2016

Freddie Mac: Mortgage Serious Delinquency rate declined in August, Lowest since July 2008

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Freddie Mac reported that the Single-Family serious delinquency rate declined in August to 1.03%, down from 1.08% in July.  Freddie's r...

OPEC Agrees to Cut Oil Output

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From Bloomberg: OPEC Agrees to First Oil Output Cut in Eight Years In two days of round-the-clock talks in Algiers, the group agreed to dr...

Update on "Peak Renter"

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From economist Josh Lehner at Oregon Office of Economic Analysis Peak Renter In Real Life A year ago our office asked “ Is 2015 Peak Rente...

ATA Trucking Index increased Sharply in August

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This was released last week by the ATA: ATA Truck Tonnage Index Jumped 5.7% in August American Trucking Associations’ advanced seasonally ...

MBA: "Mortgage Applications Decrease in Latest Weekly Survey"

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From the MBA: Mortgage Applications Decrease in Latest MBA Weekly Survey Mortgage applications decreased 0.7 percent from one week earlier...
Tuesday, September 27, 2016

Lawler: Renter Share of Single-Family Market Declined Slightly in 2015

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From housing economist Tom Lawler: Data from the 2015 American Community Survey suggest thatFor the first time since 2006, the number of s...

Chemical Activity Barometer indicated "Solid Growth in September"

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Here is an indicator that I'm following that appears to be a leading indicator for industrial production. From the American Chemistry ...

Real Prices and Price-to-Rent Ratio in July

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Here is the earlier post on Case-Shiller: Case-Shiller: National House Price Index increased 5.1% year-over-year in July The year-over-yea...

Richmond Fed: Regional Manufacturing Activity "Still Soft" in September

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From the Richmond Fed: Manufacturing Sector Activity Still Soft in September; Employment Index at 36-Month Low Manufacturing activity in t...

Case-Shiller: National House Price Index increased 5.1% year-over-year in July

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