Tuesday, February 25, 2014

Real Estate Market News 2/17/2014

Thu, 06 Feb 2014 20:58:40 GMT
Design & TrendMillionaires See Real Estate as Top Investment for 2014BloombergU.S. millionaires see real estate as the top alternative-asset class to own this year, according to Morgan Stanley. (MS). About 77 percent of investors with at least $1 mil ...

Sun, 16 Feb 2014 08:09:06 GMT
Revamped Real Estate Investor Websites Run Real Estate Investing BusinessPR Web (press release)A real estate investing firm that also develops real estate investor websites, http://www.RealEstateInvestingWebsites.net, has announced release of new fea ...

http://www.mortgagenewsdaily.com Category: ${categoryName} Friday, February 14, 2014 5:13:56 PM

Posted To: MBS Commentary
With and without this morning's economic data, bond markets have erred on the side of weakness so far today. The only report significantly out of line with forecasts--a super weak, but possibly weather-related read on Industrial Production-- failed to get trading levels back into positive territory despite having a positive effect. The other data was tepid or otherwise unimportant. Moreover, Industrial Production drew the only noticeable volume-based reaction. Consequently, being in weaker territory speaks to some level of predisposition. Beyond that, bond markets have been fairly well-connected with equities since the cash open at 9:30am. All that said, the weakness isn't severe. MBS are back at yesterday's lows. Treasuries haven't broken yesterday's high yields, and 10's...(read more)

http://www.mortgagenewsdaily.com Category: ${categoryName} Thursday, February 13, 2014 3:26:04 PM

Posted To: MND NewsWire
The January spurt in applications for new home purchases does not surprise Mike Fratantoni, chief economists for the Mortgage Bankers Association. Fratantoni said that, while the 35 percent increase from December "May appear to conflict with other data such as MBA's purchase application index and NAR's existing home sales data that point to a weak market for existing homes , our Builder Application Survey (BAS) estimate is consistent with reports of homebuilder sentiment that show strength in the market for new homes. It is also worth noting that the significant January increase also followed a particularly slow pace of sales in November and December." MBA estimates that new homes sold at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 543,000 units in January compared to 402,000 units in December. On...(read more)

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