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Mortgage applications increased 4.9 percent from one week earlier, according to data from the Mortgage Bankers Association’s (MBA) Weekly Mortgage Applications Survey for the week ending November 14, 2014. This week’s results included an adjustment for the Veterans Day holiday.
The Market Composite Index, a measure of mortgage loan application volume, increased 4.9 percent on a seasonally adjusted basis from one week earlier.
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By David Crowe
Single-family home construction increased 4.2 percent in October to top off at 696,000 on an annualized basis. This rate is the second highest since early 2008. Single-family permits also rose 1.4 percent to 640,000 and were also the highest since early 2008 except for November of last year.
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The results of a recently released Freddie Mac Primary Mortgage Market Survey® (PMMS®), showed that average fixed mortgage rates slightly down from the previous week with the 30-year fixed-rate mortgage dipping just below four percent.
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You know “stuff” isn’t what makes the holiday season truly fulfilling. Yet each year, despite your best intentions, you end up shopping too much, rushing too much, stressing too much…and savoring the moment too little. Here, financial adviser Donna Skeels Cygan offers 10 suggestions to help you maximize your joy by making small, deliberate changes in the way you spend (or don’t spend) your money this holiday season:
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The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) and the U.S. Census Bureau recently announced the following new residential construction statistics for October 2014.
Building Permits
Privately owned housing units authorized by building permits in October were at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 1,080,000. This is 4.8 percent (±1.3 percent) above the revised September rate of 1,031,000 and is 1.2 percent (±1.2 percent) above the October 2013 estimate of 1,067,000.
Continue reading "Building Permits Inch Higher in October while Housing Starts Dip" »
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