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Get Down With It: Falling Mortgage Rates Are Not Creating Housing Sales

Posted on November 27, 2012 by Jonathan Miller

Inspired by my analysis of yesterday’s WSJ article, I thought I’d explore the effectiveness of low mortgage rates in getting the housing market going. I matched year-to-date sales volume where a mortgage was used and mortgage rates broken out by… Read More

Posted in Mortgage | Tagged chart, conforming, FNC, jumbo, WSJ | 4 Comments

Jumbos Fell Harder, Now Rising Faster, But Off Low Base

Posted on November 26, 2012 by Jonathan Miller

In the WSJ, FNC reported that jumbo mortgages saw a larger year-over-year gain than conforming: Home sales using a jumbo mortgage had year-over-year growth of 7.9% through September, compared with 2.7% for nonjumbo sales, according to an analysis for The… Read More

Posted in Credit, Mortgages & Lenders | Tagged FNC, jumbo | 1 Comment

[WSJ] The Crazy 8: Comparing Results of National Home Price Indices

Posted on June 9, 2012 by Jonathan Miller

Matthew Strozier over at WSJ with Column Five (a large producer of infographics) presented an interesting side by side of 8 national housing indices. All but one index shows a year over year decline in housing. Trulia’s new Price Monitor… Read More

Posted in Housing Index, Market Reports (US) | Tagged Case-Shiller, FNC, WSJ | 1 Comment

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