This morning’s Labor Department data on the addition of 175,000 jobs in April and an uptick in the unemployment rate to 3.9% brought a mixed reaction from economists focused on the housing market. “An economy that is too hot is not good for interest rates,” said...
Pending home sales in March were up by 3.4% from February and up by 0.1% from one year earlier, according to new data from the National Association of Realtors (NAR). The trade group’s Pending Home Sales Index (PHSI) increased to 78.2 in March; an index of 100 is...
The judge who oversaw the Sitzer/Burnett lawsuit has granted preliminary approval to the National Association of Realtors’ (NAR) $418 million settlement. As part of the settlement, NAR will allocate the $418 million into a fund over a four-year period. NAR also agreed...
Existing home sales tanked in March, according to data from the National Association of Realtors (NAR). Last month, total existing home sales – completed transactions that include single-family homes, townhomes, condominiums and co-ops – declined by 4.3% from February...
The housing market contributed to the uptick in the latest Consumer Price Index (CPI) data published today by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. The CPI for March recorded a 3.5% year-over-year increase, up from the 3.2% annual uptick in February. Last month marked...
PLACE Agrees to Buy Ardley, Adding Borrower Retention to Mortgage Tech Buyi…
