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Builder Confidence Holds Steady in November

Builder confidence remained flat in the National Association of Home Builders' (NAHB) November report, with a slight majority of builders saying market conditions are promising. The NAHB/Wells Fargo Housing Market Index (HMI) came out to 54 this month, unchanged from October's downwardly revised reading. An index value above 50 indicates that more builders view conditions as good than poor; November marks the sixth straight month in which confidence has hovered above the neutral mark.

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Worst-Hit Markets Continue to See Greatest Price Gains

Rising home sales and declining foreclosure sales have driven the highest quarterly price increase since the national housing market recovery began, according to the FNC Residential Price Index released Friday. Prices rose 2.5 percent over the quarter, according to FNC. Phoenix posted the highest cumulative price gain since the start of the recovery--a 46.2 percent increase. The rest of the top five gains were recorded in Las Vegas (38.3 percent), Riverside, California (23.5 percent), Los Angeles (22.7 percent), and Orlando, Florida (20.5 percent).

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Report: Home Sale Speeds Accelerating Over 2012

Zillow calculated the median number of days listings spent on its marketplace, at the national, metro, and county levels, dating to January 2010. According to the company's findings, listings in September 2013 were selling in a median 86 days--down 30 days from the same time in 2012. Homes sold faster this September compared to last September in 30 of the largest metros. Those metros include Las Vegas (44 days faster), Sacramento (43 days faster), and San Antonio (37 days faster).

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LoanLogics Receives $11.2M to Fund Continued Growth

LoanLogics, a company specializing in loan quality management and performance analytics technologies for the mortgage industry, announced it has raised $11.2 million in funding from growth equity firm Volition Capital and existing investors.

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Housing Affordability Suffers in Third Quarter

Steady gains in home prices and rising mortgage rates across the United States contributed to weakening housing affordability in the year's third quarter, the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) reported Thursday. According to the association's Housing Opportunity Index (HOI), 64.5 percent of new and existing homes from the start of July through the end of September were considered affordable to families earning the national median income of $64,400. That share is down from 69.3 percent in the second quarter.

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Down Payments Continue to Decline in Third Quarter

The third-quarter average is down 2.74 percent from the previous quarter, according to LendingTree, which suggested in a press release that the drop is due to a slight loosening of standards by lenders across the nation. The lowest average down payment percentage in the third quarter took place in Nebraska, where down payments averaged 12.5 percent of loan values. South Dakota (12.8 percent), Arkansas (12.9 percent), and Alabama (12.9 percent), followed, all with averages under 13 percent for the quarter.

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