Florida Mortgage News Update from Kevin Sandridge

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Case-Shiller Posts 16th Straight Month Of Home Price Improvement

2010-09-01 08:46:49-04
According to the Standard & Poors Case-Shiller Index, home values rose 5 percent in June versus the month prior, and 4 percent from a year earlier. It's the 16th consecutive month in which Case-Shiller reported an increase in home values and the third straight month of outstanding results. Related posts:

Case-Shiller Shows Home Price Improvement In A Majority Of Cities Nationwide Standard & Poors released its Case-Shiller Index Wednesday. The report...
Case-Shiller Shows Home Price Improvement In 95% Of Cities Standard & Poors released its Case-Shiller Index Tuesday. On a...
December 2009 Case-Shiller Data Shows Battered Markets In Bona Fide Recovery Using data compiled in December, Standard & Poors released its...

August 2010 Jobs Report Pushes Mortgage Rates Higher

2010-09-03 08:47:22-04
On the first Friday of each month, the Bureau of Labor Statistics releases Non-Farm Payrolls data for the month prior. 54,000 jobs were created in August. Related posts:

Nervous About Mortgage Rates Rising? Lock Thursday — Ahead Of Friday’s Jobs Report Analysts expect that a net 65,000 jobs were lost in...
Florida Mortgage Rate Update for the Week of June 1, 2010 Conforming and FHA mortgage rates rose for the first time...
Florida Mortgage Rate Update for the Week of May 3, 2010 Florida Mortgage markets improved last week on tame inflation data,...

Florida Mortgage Rate Update for the Week of September 7, 2010

2010-09-07 08:47:11-04
Mortgage rates worsened 3 days in a row last week for the first time since late-April. Related posts:

Florida Mortgage Rate Update for the Week of June 14, 2010 Despite re-touching all-time lows on Tuesday and Wednesday, Conforming and...
Florida Mortgage Rate Update for the Week of June 1, 2010 Conforming and FHA mortgage rates rose for the first time...
Florida Mortgage Rate Update for the Week of May 3, 2010 Florida Mortgage markets improved last week on tame inflation data,...

Home Sales Are Back On The Rise After A 2-Month Pullback

2010-09-08 08:46:45-04
Just one week after reports of Existing Home Sales and New Home Sales plunging, the housing market signaled that the next few months may fare better than did May and June. Related posts:

As The Pending Home Sales Index Falls, Home Buyers See Dollar Signs June's Pending Home Sales Index is weak by most measures,...
New Home Sales Drop In July — Just Like Existing Home Sales Although new home inventory actually dropped 2,000 units in July,...
Pending Home Sales Drag In January, But Should Rebound For Spring Fewer homes went under contract in January as the housing...

Which Model Is More Accurate : The Case-Shiller Index Or The Home Price Index?

2010-09-09 08:47:01-04
As a home buyer and/or homeowner, should you put your faith in Case-Shiller's results, or the Home Price Index. Perhaps, the answer is neither. Related posts: