CalculatedRisk @ August 31, 2011 # Comments Off
Update from Lawler: Yesterday I gave some stats on the “states” with the highest and lowest shares of owner-occupied homes owned free and clear. Those %’s were incorrect; they were %’s for the % of ALL occupied homes owner free and clear. (My bad).
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CalculatedRisk @ August 31, 2011 # Comments Off
Fannie Mae reported that the Single-Family Serious Delinquency rate was unchanged at 4.08% in July. This is down from 4.82% in July of 2010. The Fannie Mae serious delinquency rate peaked in February 2010 at 5.59%.
Freddie Mac reported that the Single…
CalculatedRisk @ August 31, 2011 # Comments Off
From the National Restaurant Association: Restaurant Industry Outlook Softened in July as Restaurant Performance Index Slipped to Its Lowest Level in 11 Months
As a result of softer same-store sales and traffic levels and a dampened outlook among rest…
ForexBlogger @ August 31, 2011 # Comments Off
EUR/USD traded mostly sideways today. It plunged down recently, but quickly recovers as of present time. The fundamentals in the US are mixed. While employment was even worse than expected by rather pessimistic analysts, C…
CalculatedRisk @ August 31, 2011 # Comments Off
• First on the Chicago PMI Chicago Business Barometer™ Slipped: The overall index decreased to 56.5 from 58.8 in July. This was above consensus expectations of 53.5. Note: any number above 50 shows expansion. The employment index increased to 52.1…
larrygreenberg @ August 31, 2011 # Comments Off
Canada’s current account deficit widened 52.2% between the first and second quarters and to 3.6% of GDP from 2.4% of GDP. Net exports exerted a gargantuan 5.7 percentage point drag on GDP growth in the second quarter, as exports sank 8.3% a…
CalculatedRisk @ August 31, 2011 # Comments Off
ADP reports:
Employment in the U.S. nonfarm private business sector rose 91,000 from July to August on a seasonally adjusted basis, according to the latest ADP National Employment Report® released today. The estimated advance in employment from June …
larrygreenberg @ August 31, 2011 # Comments Off
Share prices advanced by 3.3% in Singapore, 2.4% in Thailand, 2.0% in South Korea, 1.6% in Hong Kong, 1.2% in Taiwan, 1.0% in the Philippines, and 0.6% in Australia but were flat in Japan where weaker-than-expected industrial output data got released.&…
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The MBA reports: Mortgage Applications Decrease in Latest MBA Weekly Survey
The Refinance Index decreased 12.2 percent from the previous week. The seasonally adjusted Purchase Index increased 0.9 percent from one week earlier.
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“Refinance applicati…
CalculatedRisk @ August 31, 2011 # Comments Off
LPS Applied Analytics released their July Mortgage Monitor Report today. From LPS: LPS’ Mortgage Monitor Report Shows Average Loan in Foreclosure Is Delinquent for Record 599 Days; First-Time Foreclosure Starts Near Three-Year Lows
The July Mortgage M…