Home prices rose 10.0% nationwide over the 12 months ended June 30, up from 6.5% in the comparable period a year earlier, according to Freddie Mac.In the second quarter alone, prices rose at an annualized rate of 9.8%, Freddie Mac reported in releasing its quarterly Conventional Mortgage Home Price Index. The index showed that, for the fourth quarter in a row, the Pacific states recorded the largest gains in home prices, which rose 17.1% for the 12-month period. The Middle Atlantic states of New Jersey, New York, and Pennsylvania followed with a 12.7% growth rate, and the New England states finished third with a 11.7% rate. "After three years of declining mortgage rates and big jobs gains earlier in the year, housing demand is as strong as we've ever seen it," said Amy Crews Cutts, Freddie Mac's deputy chief economist. "The housing market should remain strong for the next several quarters, but may begin to slow from record levels as interest rates start to gradually rise." The index was jointly developed by Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae. Freddie Mac can be found online at http://www.freddiemac.com.
-
Pricey insurance, expensive maintenance, and struggles with financing are all weighing down the condo market, with Florida and Texas feeling it the most.
5h ago -
The National Credit Union Administration, operating with just one board member, has liquidated two credit unions that were recently put into conservatorship. The failures are the first credit union failures since Democrats on the board were fired, leaving Republican Chair Kyle Hauptman.
6h ago -
The new integration supports the upcoming Uniform Appraisal Dataset 3.6, which becomes available in September, with mandatory use 14 months later.
6h ago -
The prime jumbo RMBS transaction is collateralized by 402 residential mortgage loans.
7h ago -
The conviction of a fraud ring mastermind highlights growing risks in home equity lines of credit as equity-rich borrowers become prime targets.
7h ago -
The Senate version makes permanent the mortgage interest and mortgage insurance premium reductions, removes the revenge tax but also cuts CFPB funding.
8h ago