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Fannie Mae modifies Home Affordable Modification Program guidance

National Mortgage Professional
Apr 28, 2009

NAHB report: New homes inventory continues shrinking in MarchMortgagePress.comU.S. Commerce Department, NAHB, new home construction, Joe Robson, David Crowe, statistics The number of newly built, single-family homes on the market declined for a 23rd consecutive month in March as builders focused on winnowing down their inventories of unsold units, according to new-home sales data reported by the U.S. Commerce Department. Inventory shrank to 311,000 units, which is a 10.7-month supply at the current sales pace. "Builders are doing a great job of thinning the supply of unsold homes and positioning themselves for a slow but steady housing recovery," noted NAHB Chairman Joe Robson, a home builder from Tulsa, Okla. "Today's numbers are a welcome sign that the market is stabilizing as some of the best home buying conditions in a lifetime are drawing consumers off the fence and back into the market." The latest government data indicated that new-home sales in March remained virtually on-pace with a relatively strong, upwardly revised number from the previous month. Sales were reported at a seasonally adjusted, annual rate of 356,000 units, which was off just 0.6 percent from February. "In line with NAHB's forecasts, we continue to see evidence that the new-home sales market is bottoming out as historically low mortgage rates, attractive home prices and incentives like the newly created $8,000 first-time home buyer tax credit spur more interest among consumers," said NAHB Chief Economist David Crowe. "That's particularly true in the West, where a 15 percent gain in March can be attributed in part to California's implementation of an up-to-$10,000 tax credit for buyers of newly built homes--which, when combined with the federal first-time buyer credit, creates a sizeable inducement to purchase." Regionally, new-home sales activity was somewhat mixed in March, with the two largest markets posting the best results. The West registered a 15.1 percent gain, while the South held even with the previous month's improved sales pace, the Midwest posted a 7.8 percent decline and the Northeast posted a 32 percent decline. For more information, visit www.nahb.com.
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Apr 28, 2009
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