U.S. existing-home sales rebound in December
Friday, January 22, 2016
Tuesday, May 12, 2015
Median Home Prices of Existing Homes in 4th Quarter Rise 6% from a Year Earlier
Dear Clients and Affiliate
Partners:
Here is something from WSJ.com that might interest you:
Median price of existing homes in 4th quarter: $208,700, up 6% from a year earlier
http://on.wsj.com/1Iwo59O
The market is beginning to heat up ever since we entered the buying season last month!
With interest rates on the rise, don’t miss out on securing a property you can afford.
A good statistic I share with people is that as mortgage rates rise, purchasing power falls. More specifically, a 1% rise in interest rates on a 30yr fixed mortgage cuts buyer purchasing power by 10.75%.
If you’re looking to buy a home, get pre-approved for a loan BEFORE you go house hunting, so you are prepared to submit a solid, well received purchase offer.
Call me to get pre-approved today!
Regards,
Tom
Here is something from WSJ.com that might interest you:
Median price of existing homes in 4th quarter: $208,700, up 6% from a year earlier
http://on.wsj.com/1Iwo59O
The market is beginning to heat up ever since we entered the buying season last month!
With interest rates on the rise, don’t miss out on securing a property you can afford.
A good statistic I share with people is that as mortgage rates rise, purchasing power falls. More specifically, a 1% rise in interest rates on a 30yr fixed mortgage cuts buyer purchasing power by 10.75%.
If you’re looking to buy a home, get pre-approved for a loan BEFORE you go house hunting, so you are prepared to submit a solid, well received purchase offer.
Call me to get pre-approved today!
Regards,
Tom
Monday, January 5, 2015
2015 Home Affordability Still a Challenge for Buyers
Southern California appears to be one of the most challenging markets for home affordability.
http://www.wsj.com/articles/housing-market-enters-2015-on-a-steady-note-1420137294
http://www.wsj.com/articles/housing-market-enters-2015-on-a-steady-note-1420137294
Saturday, December 20, 2014
Fannie 3% Down is Back!
Good
news! The Fannie Mae 97% LTV is back! The 3% down payment is once again
available for both purchase and limited cash-out refinances.
Fannie Mae is providing multiple options to help serve
creditworthy borrowers.
Program Will allow LTV ratios greater than 95% up to amaximum
of 97% for:
·
Purchase
transactions if at least one borrower is a first-time home buyer and
pre-purchase home-buyer education is completed
·
Limited
cash-out refinances (non-MCM) of existing Fannie Mae loans.
·
All
loans must be fixed-rate and secured by a one-unit principal residence.
Manufactured housing is not permitted.
·
Fannie
Mae will now allow reserves to come from gifts.
Call
me Today to Learn More About This Exciting Program Sure to Boost 1st Time
Home Buyer Purchases and Home Refinances in 2015!
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Wednesday, December 3, 2014
California Leads U.S. Growth of +$1M Luxury Home Sales
Redfin, the large national real
estate firm based in Seattle, is reporting that, while sales of homes costing
over $1 million is still outpacing the rest of the market, the source
of these sales is changing. The company says that the luxury housing
market, which was the first segment to recover after the housing crisis,
continues strong, driven by a record high stock market, low interest rates and
by foreign investors.
Sales of home costing more than
$1 million increased by 9 percent in the third quarter of 2014 even as
all home sales were down 1.2 percent when compared to the third
quarter of 2013. However Redfin says that overseas investment in these
homes is beginning to flag and those markets which have benefitted the most
from foreign investors are seeing "a steady and dramatic decline in sales
of million-dollar-plus homes." Those cities where there is less
reliance on investors, both foreign and domestic, are still seeing a steady
increase in high-end sales.
Looking forward the
company says that luxury home sales will continue strong for the rest of this
year and the next but, at just under 3 percent of the market, those sales will
have a limited impact on overall market growth. "This sector of the
market, particularly in the places that have typically had strong foreign
interest, will need traditional (and well-heeled) buyers to offset disappearing
demand from international investors."
Wednesday, August 13, 2014
Thursday, July 31, 2014
WHY MORTGAGE INTEREST RATES ARE RISING
The bond and mortgage markets started this morning where
they left off yesterday, interest rates are increasing and mortgage rates going
higher. Yesterday’s surprise 4.0% Q2 GDP, Q1 revised from -2.9% to -2.1% and
the Q2 deflator at 2.0% took all of the bullishness out of the rate markets.
Geopolitical situations are also being pushed back as increasing belief that
Ukraine/Russia and Israel/Hamas are more regional and won’t escalate to wider
perspectives. The US stock market, the European stock markets are under
pressure and likely will sell off more as economic reports increase the outlook
that the Fed will increase interest rates sooner than expected. In the policy
statement yesterday the Fed said it will keep the FF rate at current levels for
an extended period. The Fed concerns that the employment gains show significant under utilization in the labor markets (low paying and part time jobs) went
nowhere in the minds of traders in stocks and bonds. Under the headlines there
is more dissension within the FOMC on when to increase the FF rate; we get the
sense that more members are leaning toward an earlier increase than what was
stated in the policy statement. That is what markets are also thinking.
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