Factory orders rose sharply last month while sales of new homes surged with help from government incentives, giving the economic recovery a jolt in April.
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Home prices rose in nearly 60 percent of U.S. cities in the first quarter of this year, as the housing market started to stabilize thanks to billions of dollars in federal spending.
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Foreclosure activity fell in 14 of the top 20 U.S. metropolitan areas in the first quarter compared with a year earlier, even though total U.S. foreclosures rose, RealtyTrac said on Thursday.
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The number of buyers who agreed to purchase previously occupied homes rose sharply in February, far exceeding expectations, in a sign that the housing market may be coming back.
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Home prices rose nationally for the seventh straight month in December as the U.S. housing market continues its bumpy road to recovery.
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The number of households caught up in the foreclosure crisis rose more than 5 percent from summer to fall.
The National Association of Home Builders said Wednesday its housing market index rose in September for the third month in a row.
Demand for U.S. home loans fell by more than 8 percent as fixed mortgage rates rose last week, the Mortgage Bankers Association said on Wednesday.
U.S. mortgage applications rose last week, largely reflecting a jump in demand for home refinancing loans as interest rates slid to a five-week low.
The National Association of Home Builders said Monday its housing market index rose in August to the highest point in more than a year.
The number of U.S. households on the verge of losing their homes rose 7 percent from June to July, as the foreclosure crisis continued to outpace government efforts to limit the damage.
“Fannie and Freddie are on soaring. For five days in a row Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac mortgage securities have rose. Interesting the rise in mortgage bonds is not due to an increase in the mortgage refinancing and modifying but in a reduction in refinancing, well below the forecasted levels.”
The National Association of Realtors says pending home sales rose in June for the fifth straight month, another encouraging sign of life for the embattled U.S. housing market.
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