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Florida home prices and sales dipped in January from the previous month but showed some positive movement over year-ago figures, according to a statewide real estate association. The January median single-family sales price of $129,000 was 4.8% below $135,500 in December, Florida Realtors reported. Still, it was a 5.3% gain from year-ago figures with condo/townhomes surging 18.8% to $95,000 over January 2011 prices. Sales of foreclosures continued to distort home prices, the trade association said. Statewide sales of existing single-family homes totaled 12,044 in January, down 5.5% from the year […]

While many housing markets remain weak, some bright spots are popping up especially in areas where inventory is low in lower-priced segments, according to HomeValueForecast. The majority of statistical areas across the country demonstrated positive real estate trends in February, despite weak markets in some larger areas, according to HomeValueForecast, a partnership between Pro Teck Valuation Services and Collateral Analytics. Top markets in February include four in South Florida, a few around the Pennsylvania-Ohio border, and one each in Michigan, Utah and near the Arkansas-Missouri border, Pro Teck said. “The […]

The Federal Housing Administration will announce additional premium changes to its mortgage business and streamlined refinance programs in the coming days. FHA Acting Commissioner Carol Galante said in a speech at the Mortgage Bankers Association servicing conference in Orlando, Fla., Wednesday that the changes are on their way. As part of the payroll tax extension agreed to last fall, the FHA will raise premiums on its forward mortgages by 10 basis points and by 25 bps for jumbo loans. Galante said Wednesday the FHA would make additional increases soon to […]

Existing home sales on all single-family homes, townhomes, condos and co-ops rose 4.3% during the month of January, making it the third sales increase in the past four months, the National Association of Realtors said Wednesday. In January, home sales hit a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 4.57 million units, compared to a pace of 4.38 million units in December and 4.54 million units in the year-ago period. As sales increased, inventory levels declined 0.4% from December with only 2.31 million existing homes on the market last month, representing a […]

Mortgage applications fell 4.5% for the week ending Feb. 17 on lower refinance activity and fewer home purchases, an industry trade group said. The Mortgage Bankers Association said its market composite index — a measure of mortgage application loan volume — fell 4.5% from the previous week, while the refinance index fell 4.8%. In addition, the seasonally adjusted purchase index declined 2.9% from a week earlier. The refinance share of mortgage activity also declined to 80.1% of total applications, down from 81.1% the previous week. MBA says 57.2% of applications […]

Home Depot ($47.30 0.37%) reported a 32% increase in fourth-quarter earnings, boosted by the warm weather, which drove demand for building projects. Fourth-quarter income rose to $774 million, or 50 cents a share, from $587 million, or 36 cents a share, and sales were up 5.9% to $16 billion. The company saw positive same-store sales during the final three months of 2011 in all of its top 40 markets, including those in hard-hit California and Florida, Chief Executive Frank Blake said. The company’s stores in Canada and Mexico also saw […]

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The housing market is expected to make a positive contribution to gross domestic product for the first time in seven years in 2012, albeit a very modest one, Fannie Maesaid Tuesday. The government-sponsored enterprise reported GDP growth of 2.8% in the fourth quarter of 2011 and predicted a growth rate of 2.3% in 2012, up from 1.6% last year. Fannie said any contributions from the housing sector will be modest. Housing also showed signs of improvement late last year with existing home sales rising in December for the third consecutive […]

The delinquency rate on U.S. mortgages monitored by Lender Processing Services ($22.54 0%) fell in January but foreclosure starts rose. The delinquency rate fell to 7.97% in January 2012, representing a 10.5% annual decline. The rate dropped 2.2% from December, according to LPS’ its first look at January mortgage performance statistics based on its loan-level data of nearly 40 million loans. The total U.S. foreclosure presale inventory rate hit 4.15%, up 1.1% from December and down slightly from a year earlier. About 2.08 million homes were in pre-sale foreclosure inventory […]

The Federal Reserve Bank of Chicagosaid its national activity index, which reflects inflationary pressures and economic growth, remained in positive territory in January for the second straight month, while housing issues continue to stifle overall growth. The survey gives a score of zero and above when the economy is expanding, while negative values show a decline in growth. Overall, the index fell to 0.22 in January from 0.54 in December, indicating the economy is growing but at a slower pace. Data from consumption and housing contributed a negative 0.27 to […]