by Calculated Risk on 11/12/2025 09:49:00 AM Today, in the Calculated Risk Real Estate Newsletter: Part 1: Current State of the Housing Market; Overview for mid-November 2025 A brief excerpt: This 2-part overview for mid-November provides a snapshot of the current housing market. Note that we are missing some key pieces of data due to…
by Calculated Risk on 11/12/2025 07:00:00 AM From the MBA: Mortgage Applications Increase in Latest MBA Weekly Survey Mortgage applications increased 0.6 percent from one week earlier, according to data from the Mortgage Bankers Association’s (MBA) Weekly Mortgage Applications Survey for the week ending November 7, 2025. The Market Composite Index, a measure of mortgage…
by Calculated Risk on 11/11/2025 07:31:00 PM Note: Mortgage rates are from MortgageNewsDaily.com and are for top tier scenarios. Wednesday:• At 7:00 AM ET, The Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) will release the results for the mortgage purchase applications index Source link
by Calculated Risk on 11/11/2025 12:49:00 PM This is worth repeating … Back in 2005 I was mostly writing about the housing bubble – and the coming housing bust. But I also mentioned the possibility of a financial crisis. In early 2007, I started forecasting a recession, and by the end of 2007 the housing…
by Calculated Risk on 11/11/2025 08:12:00 AM Today, in the Calculated Risk Real Estate Newsletter: 2nd Look at Local Housing Markets in October A brief excerpt: Tracking local data gives an early look at what happened the previous month and also reveals regional differences in both sales and inventory. October sales will be mostly for…
by Calculated Risk on 11/10/2025 07:56:00 PM From Matthew Graham at Mortgage News Daily: Mortgage Rates Edge Higher But Remain in November Range Bond markets are closed tomorrow for Veterans Day. When markets reopen on Wednesday, the prospects for ending the government shutdown may be coming into clearer view and that could cause enough market…
by Calculated Risk on 11/10/2025 02:38:00 PM From Dodge Data Analytics: Dodge Momentum Index Falls Back 7% in October The Dodge Momentum Index (DMI), issued by Dodge Construction Network, decreased 7.1% in October to 283.3 (2000=100) from the upwardly revised reading of 304.8. Over the month, commercial planning declined 2.9% and institutional planning slowed by…
by Calculated Risk on 11/10/2025 11:13:00 AM Today, in the Real Estate Newsletter: November ICE Mortgage Monitor: Home Prices “Firmed” in October, Up 0.9% Year-over-year Brief excerpt: Negative Equity Rates Have Increased • Negative equity rates, after years at record lows, have risen slightly toward more typical levels • As of Q4, 875K mortgage holders…
by Calculated Risk on 11/10/2025 08:11:00 AM Altos reports that active single-family inventory was down 1.7% week-over-week. Inventory usually starts to decline in the fall and then declines sharply during the holiday season. The first graph shows the seasonal pattern for active single-family inventory since 2015. Click on graph for larger image. The red line…
by Calculated Risk on 11/09/2025 06:19:00 PM Weekend:• Schedule for Week of November 9, 2025 Monday:• No major economic releases scheduled. From CNBC: Pre-Market Data and Bloomberg futures S&P 500 are up 33 and DOW futures are up 163 (fair value). Oil prices were down over the last week with WTI futures at $59.75 per…