Sunday Night Futures

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by Calculated Risk on 9/24/2023 06:12:00 PM Weekend: • Schedule for Week of September 24, 2023Monday: • At 8:30 AM ET, Chicago Fed National Activity Index for August. This is a composite index of other data.• At 10:30 AM, Dallas Fed…

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Real Estate Newsletter Articles this Week: Near Record Number of Multi-Family Housing Units Under Construction

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by Calculated Risk on 9/23/2023 02:11:00 PM At the Calculated Risk Real Estate Newsletter this week:• August Housing Starts: Near Record Number of Multi-Family Housing Units Under Construction• NAR: Existing-Home Sales Decreased to 4.04 million SAAR in August • Lawler: Early…

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September Vehicle Sales Forecast: 15.4 million SAAR, Up Sharply YoY

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by Calculated Risk on 9/22/2023 09:56:00 AM From WardsAuto: September U.S. Light-Vehicle Sales Heading for Strong Year-Over-Year Gain Despite Strike Impact (pay content).  Brief excerpt:The possibility in September that other automakers will benefit much from buyers defecting from the Detroit 3…

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NAR: Existing-Home Sales Decreased to 4.04 million SAAR in August; Median Prices Increased 3.9% YoY in August

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by Calculated Risk on 9/21/2023 10:49:00 AM Today, in the CalculatedRisk Real Estate Newsletter: NAR: Existing-Home Sales Decreased to 4.04 million SAAR in August; Median Prices Increased 3.9% YoY in AugustExcerpt: Sales Year-over-Year and Not Seasonally Adjusted (NSA)The fourth graph shows…

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AIA: Architecture Billings “Softening Business Conditions in August”; Multi-family Billings Decline for 13th Consecutive Month

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by Calculated Risk on 9/20/2023 11:46:00 AM Note: This index is a leading indicator primarily for new Commercial Real Estate (CRE) investment.From the AIA: AIA/Deltek Architecture Billings Index Sees Softening Business Conditions in August The AIA/Deltek Architecture Billings Index (ABI) eased…

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4th Look at Local Housing Markets in August; California Home Sales Down 18.9% YoY in August

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by Calculated Risk on 9/20/2023 09:41:00 AM Today, in the Calculated Risk Real Estate Newsletter: 4th Look at Local Housing Markets in AugustA brief excerpt: Note: The National Association of Realtors (NAR) is scheduled to release August existing home sales tomorrow,…

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Wednesday: FOMC Statement

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by Calculated Risk on 9/19/2023 07:47:00 PM Note: Mortgage rates are from MortgageNewsDaily.com and are for top tier scenarios.Wednesday: • At 7:00 AM ET, The Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) will release the results for the mortgage purchase applications index.• During the…

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August Housing Starts: Near Record Number of Multi-Family Housing Units Under Construction

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by Calculated Risk on 9/19/2023 09:23:00 AM Today, in the CalculatedRisk Real Estate Newsletter: August Housing Starts: Near Record Number of Multi-Family Housing Units Under ConstructionExcerpt: The third graph shows the month-to-month comparison for total starts between 2022 (blue) and 2023…

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Tuesday: Housing Starts

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by Calculated Risk on 9/18/2023 08:10:00 PM From Matthew Graham at Mortgage News Daily: Mortgage Rates Roughly Unchanged After Mid-Day ImprovementsThe average lender was only 0.02% higher than Friday this morning, and the improvement brought them 0.01% lower than Friday. These…

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MBA Survey: “Share of Mortgage Loans in Forbearance Decreases to 0.33% in August”

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by Calculated Risk on 9/18/2023 04:07:00 PM From the MBA: Share of Mortgage Loans in Forbearance Decreases to 0.33% in August The Mortgage Bankers Association’s (MBA) monthly Loan Monitoring Survey revealed that the total number of loans now in forbearance decreased…

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Lawler: Early Read on Existing Home Sales in August and Some New Household/Housing Stock Data

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by Calculated Risk on 9/18/2023 02:58:00 PM Today, in the Calculated Risk Real Estate Newsletter: Lawler: Early Read on Existing Home Sales in August and Some New Household/Housing Stock DataA brief excerpt: From housing economist Tom Lawler:Based on publicly-available local realtor/MLS…

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Housing September 18th Weekly Update: Inventory increased 1.9% Week-over-week; Down 6.1% Year-over-year

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by Calculated Risk on 9/18/2023 08:21:00 AM Altos reports that active single-family inventory was up 1.9% week-over-week. Click on graph for larger image.This inventory graph is courtesy of Altos Research. As of September 15th, inventory was at 519 thousand (7-day average),…

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Wednesday: CPI

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by Calculated Risk on 9/12/2023 07:51:00 PM From Matthew Graham at Mortgage News Daily: Mortgage Rates Jump HigherMortgage rates are noticeably higher to start the new week for most lenders although some lenders increased their costs nearly as much on Friday.…

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