Analysis and Data

The FHFA price index rose 1.6% in April, parallel with S&P’s reported 2.08% gain.

Year-over-year, contract activity slid in all four major regions.

Increase was the first this year; April estimate of sales also revised upward.

Increasing mortgage rates, home prices, and loan fees makes second-home buyers say no thanks.

Company’s “first look” finds serious delinquencies, foreclosure starts showing continued improvement.

Homebuying demand pulls back further as mortgage rates near 13-year high.

In a striking trend, profit margins slipped to their lowest point since 2009.

New Jersey, Illinois, and inland California had the highest concentrations of the most at-risk markets in the first quarter.

The national share of price drops reaches a record high. 

Driven by purchase applications.