MBA: Mortgage Application Volume Moved Upward New Year's Week

The refinance share of mortgage activity increased to 52.9% of total applications. The adjustable-rate mortgage (ARM) share of activity decreased to 5.0% of total applications. The average rate for a conforming ($453,100 or less), 30-year, fixed-rate mortgage, based on contract signings, was 4.23%,
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Double-digit increases in Kelowna home prices were the norm during the fourth quarter of 2017, according to the Royal LePage House Price Survey released Wednesday. During the period, the aggregate price of a home in the region increased 12 per cent year-over-year to $637,894. When broken out
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It has released its statistics for the full year, including December, which show the number of houses sold was down on 2016 every month, and more than 20 per cent down each month between February and October. The nationwide average property value increased 6.6 per cent from $627,905 in
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While it's clear that many consumers are willing to lend money to their friends, the idea of asking to be repaid causes tension and stress, Verdone states. “In fact, survey respondents say asking a friend to pay them back is second only to forgetting someone's name as their most uncomfortable situation,”
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“The Gulf Arab buyer is segment that the big 22k jewellery retailers have not been able to break into,” said Shamlal Ahmad, Director of International operations. … “Though domestic shoppers are absent in high numbers, tourist buying of gold and jewellery has been improving since November.
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Bitcoin may seem like a solution in search of a problem in the U.S., where transaction costs are already low and the dollar stable. But in developing countries, digital currencies could succeed as a real form of money, Goldman Sachs Group Inc. says. Many currencies in sub-Saharan Africa have lost
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We'll add more market news briefs throughout the day. Check back to read the latest. Most recent market news. Wednesday, January 10. Mortgage Bankers Association's (MBA) Weekly Mortgage Applications Survey. The Market Composite Index, a measure of mortgage loan application volume,
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CoreLogic®, a leading global property information, analytics and data-enabled solutions provider, today released its monthly Loan Performance Insights Report which shows that, nationally, 5.1 percent of mortgages were in some stage of delinquency (30 days or more past due including those in
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Last week, a major winter storm slammed into the East Coast. This week, the plains states get their turn. Winter Storm Hunter will bring wind, snow, and ice to the Ohio Valley and Great Lakes on Wednesday and Thursday, creating possible blizzard conditions in the Dakotas, Nebraska, parts of Iowa, and
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“No one could ever have imagined 2017 turning out to be a record-setting year for the Houston real estate market, which had weathered the effects of the energy slump only to have Harvey strike such a devastating blow,” HAR chair Kenya Burrell-VanWormer said in a statement. “We know that many are
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The Baltimore-area median home sale price jumped nearly 4 percent in 2017 to $259,000, capping a year of steady increases. The data comes from a report provided by MarketStats by ShowingTime based on listing activity from Bright MLS highlighted sales figures from the previous calendar year as
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RALEIGH, N.C. and MADISON, N.J., Jan. 10, 2018 /PRNewswire/ — ERA Real Estate, a global franchising leader, today announced the affiliation of the Triangle Real Estate Group based in Raleigh, North Carolina. The firm, which has another office in Durham, will now do business as ERA Triangle Real
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We're looking at more movement in the bond market today, which is certainly putting some upward pressure on mortgage rates. This is a trend that we think will continue over the coming weeks and months. So if you're looking to buy or refinance, you might want to consider taking action soon. Read on
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For the first time in this decade, in 2017, residential launches in Chennai dropped below 10,000 units due to demonetisation and GST coupled with concerns over job security in the IT/ITeS sector and ambiguity over Real Estate (Regulation and Development) Act, 2016 (RERA), which took effect on May
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BMO Capital cut their rating for shares of Huntington Bancshares Inc (NASDAQ:HBAN) stock to a solid “Hold”. … property and casualty, employee benefits, personal lines, life and disability, and specialty lines of insurance; and brokerage and agency services for residential and commercial title insurance,
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Equifax may be facing various legal, regulatory, and financial consequences for the data breach that exposed the personal information of 145.5 million U.S. consumers, but two top Senate Democrats want there to be much stiffer penalties should any credit reporting agency, Equifax included, fail to
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Moreover, Bp Public Ltd Company has 0.06% invested in Huntington Bancshares Incorporated (NASDAQ:HBAN) for 128,000 shares. … personal lines, life and disability, and specialty lines of insurance; and brokerage and agency services for residential and commercial title insurance, as well as excess
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Following some medium-term indicators on shares of Marriott International, Inc. (MAR), we can see that the 40-day commodity channel index signal is presently Buy while the 50-day Parabolic SAR generates a Buy signal. After a recent check, the stock's first resistance level is $138.67. On the other side,
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