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30 Yr Fixed 3.75 3.69 +0.06
15 Yr Fixed 3.02 2.95 +0.07
FHA 30 Yr 3.68 3.59 +0.09
Jumbo 30 Yr 4.24 4.14 +0.10
5/1 Yr ARM 3.06 2.98 +0.08
Freddie Mac updated weekly
30 Yr Fixed 3.62 3.59 +0.03
15 Yr Fixed 2.88 2.84 +0.04
1 Yr ARM 2.69 2.65 +0.04
5/1 Yr ARM 2.76 2.77 -0.01
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15 Yr Fixed 3.16 3.34 -0.18
30 Yr Fixed 3.88 4.04 -0.16
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Tuesday, July 24, 2012
Home Price Update
Home Prices Continue Gradual Rise, but is Calling a Bottom Premature?
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There was general agreement on the increase in home price levels in May in data released from by two different sources this morning. The Federal Housing Finance Agency's (FHFA) House Price Index (HPI) showed seasonally adjusted home prices up 0.8 percent from April to May and 3.7 percent over the last 12 months while Radar Logic's RPX Composite Price rose 0.7 percent from April and 2.6 percent year-over-year.
On a non-seasonally adjusted basis the HPI was up over 1.5 percent in May. FHFA also revised its previously reported 0.8 percent increase in April down to a 0.7 percent increase. The Index is now 17.0 percent below the peak it hit in April 2007 and is roughly the same as its level in May 2004.
The HPI increased in eight of the nine census divisions with the exception, the West South Central Region (Oklahoma, Arkansas, Texas, Louisiana) declining, off 1.0 percent. The other regional increases ranged from +0.5 in the Middle Atlantic Region (New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania) to +1.7 in the Pacific division (the coast, Hawaii, Alaska). Eight of the nine census divisions are in positive territory on an annual basis ranging from an increase of 0.5 percent in the Middle Atlantic to 6.3 percent in the Mountain division (Montana, Idaho, Wyoming, Nevada, Utah, Colorado, Arizona, New Mexico. The ninth census division, New England, is unchanged since May 2011.
FHFA's index is calculated using purchase prices of houses with mortgages sold to or guaranteed by Fannie Mae or Freddie Mac while Radar Logic tracks housing prices gathered from public sources.
In analysis accompanying the report, Radar Logic said it views claims that housing prices have bottomed as premature. "Those people looking at current results and calling a bottom are being dangerously short sighted," said Michael Feder, Radar Logic's CEO. "Not only are the immediate signs inconclusive, but the broad dynamics are still quite scary. We think housing is still a short." The company also said that it viewed reports of diminishing supply as "greatly exaggerated."
The RPX Composite price (reported on a per square foot basis) increased $14.27 (8.3 percent) from the beginning of 2012 through May 23, much more than the increases during the same period in 2009, 2010 and 2011, but called the rapid increase thus far in 2012 as "consistent with the hypothesis that mild winter weather temporarily boosted demand." This will be reflected in an earlier seasonal weakness in demand, probably in May or June rather than in the usual July or August timeframe the company said.
Even if the mild winter theory doesn't play out, Radar Logic expects short-term appreciation to short-circuit longer term appreciation and perhaps even trigger further declines. This would occur on the supply side as higher prices provoked both financial institutions and homeowners to put their properties on the market while on the demand side the higher prices may deter investors.
Wednesday, March 21, 2012
Mortgage News Daily, Today's Answers from Yesterday's Quiz
Here are the answers from yesterday's quiz.
1. Johnny's mother had three children. The first child was named April, the second child was named May. What was the third child's name? Johnny.
2. There is a clerk at the butcher shop, he is five feet ten inches tall, and he wears size 13 sneakers. What does he weigh? Meat.
3. Before Mt. Everest was discovered, what was the highest mountain in the world? Mt. Everest - it just wasn't discovered yet.
4. How much dirt is there in a hole that measures two feet by three feet by four feet? There is no dirt in a hole.
5. What word in the English Language is always spelled incorrectly? Incorrectly.
6. Billy was born on December 28th, yet her birthday is always in the summer. How is this possible? Billy lives in the Southern Hemisphere.
7. In California, you cannot take a picture of a man with a wooden leg. Why not? You can't take pictures with a wooden leg.
8. What was the President's Name in 1975? Same as is it now - Barack Obama.
9. If you were running a race, and you passed the person in 2nd place, what place would you be in now? You would be in 2nd.
10. Which is correct to say, "The yolk of the egg are white" or "The yolk of the egg is white"? Neither, the yolk of the egg is yellow.
11. If a farmer has 5 haystacks in one field and 4 haystacks in the other field, how many haystacks would he have if he combined them all in another field? One big stack.
Monday, March 19, 2012
Signals Improving for both Home Builders and Remodelers
BY JANN SWANSON
The National Association of Home Builders (NAHB)/Wells Fargo Housing Market Index (HMI) held steady in March, consolidating five straight months of gains for this measure of how home builders view the health of their industry. The index is at 28, the highest level since June 2007.
The HMI is derived from a survey conducted among NAHB members each month. Home builders are asked for their perceptions of the current market for new homes, rating the market as "good," "fair," or "poor," and asked to rate their expectations over the next six months on the same scale. NAHB also asks them to assess the traffic of prospective buyers as "high to very high," "average," or "low to very low." The three measures are reported individually and aggregated into the HMI. Any number over 50 indicates that more builders view conditions as good than as poor.
The component gauging current sales conditions was down one point from February to 29, the component gauging traffic of prospective buyers was unchanged at 22, but expectations for the next six months increased two points to 36.
On a regional basis the HMI was at 25 in the Northeast, five points higher than in February. It gained two points in both the Midwest and South to 32 and 27 respectively but, after jumping 22 points in February the Western region score fell 10 points in March.
"Builder confidence is now twice as strong as it was six months ago, and the West was the only region to experience a decline this month following an unusual spike in February," observed NAHB Chief Economist David Crowe. "That said, many of our members continue to cite obstacles on the road to recovery, including persistently tight builder and buyer credit and the ongoing inventory of distressed properties in some markets."
Builders involved in remodeling got a little good news on Monday as well. BuildFax reported that building permits for remodeling rose in January to a seasonally-adjusted annual rate of 2,998,000. This was an increase of 13 percent over the December number of 2,653,000, and 11 percent higher than in January, 2011.
Estimates of permits rose in three of the regions. Only in the Northeast was the number down, declining 7 percent to 430,000 which was still 12 percent higher than one year earlier. Remodeling in the South rose 17 percent from December and 6 percent from a year earlier to 1,122,000 permits
KenSellsHomes
918-260-9932
Monday, February 27, 2012
Thursday, February 23, 2012
What is a lease purchase and how does it work?
The lessee (Buyer) enters into a contract to lease a home with an option to purchase it. The terms, price and option period (usually one year) are spelled out in the contract. The seller collects upfront money (the option consideration) from the buyer which is non refundable. The option consideration is typically applied toward the purchase price in the event the option to purchase is exercised. Also, lease options generally provide that a portion of the rent is applied toward the purchase if the option is exercised. This is referred to as "rent credit".
Buyer Advantages to a lease option are:
- Low cash requirement.
- Partial rent credit applied toward downpayment
- Lock-in of purchase price at today's market value.
- Time to plan and prepare for the finance of the purchase.
- Higher than market rent
- Top market sales price for property
- Extra care of the property from the future owner
- Tax free use of the "option consideration" until the option expires or is exercised.
- Continued tax deductions for expenses and depreciation during the option period.
Ken Rutherford, CRS is a Broker Associate with Coldwell Banker Select. He is an expert in all facets of residental real estate and has been counseling buyers and sellers of residential real estate since 1992. He has earned the coveted CRS designation held by ony 4% of all real estate associates. He lives in Broken Arrow Oklahoma and services all of the greater Tulsa Metropolitan Area.
Wednesday, February 22, 2012
Prepping for Solar Power
By John Voket
Well, 2012 may be the year I take the plunge and add a solar water heating or electrical generating system to the old homestead. During a preliminary search for information, I ran across residentialsolarpanels.org, a useful site.
While hosts of the website will be glad to send you specific information in exchange for your email address, they also provide some basic information for free on sizing up your home for solar power.
According to the site, there are five things you need to do in the process of preparing to 'go solar.' We'll begin covering them here, and continue in the next segment along with taking a look at how you might be able to sell surplus power back to the grid.
First, the folks at residentialsolarpanels.org say you have to calculate the potential solar radiation power you need. For most parts of the United States, an average of 4-5 kilowatt hours per day can be achieved, though in some regions it is possible to achieve up to 8.
To find the output for your area, refer to a map on the website for the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) Resource Assessment Program.
Next, you need to determine your average energy use. Once you know how much energy you can expect to get from the sun, you can determine about how much energy you will need based on your current monthly energy consumption.
If you don’t have copies of your last 12 bills, you can view the state by state averages, as published by the Energy Information Administration. According to the chart, a consumer who lives in New Jersey, for instance, will use an average of about 730 kWh/month in electricity, while one in Alabama may use as much as 1,300 kWh of energy per month.
Now that you know how much solar radiation is available and how much of it can actually be utilized by a solar panel, you can calculate how many photovoltaic solar panels you will need in order to replace your current source of electricity.
Stay tuned for more on sizing up your home for solar in our next segment.
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Friday, February 10, 2012
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Tuesday, December 27, 2011
Letter from NAR to Mitch Connell addressing HR 3630
The Honorable Mitch McConnell United States Senate
361A Russell Senate Office Building Washington, D.C. 20510
Dear Senator McConnell:
The members of the Mortgage Bankers Association, the National Association of Home Builders and the National Association of REALTORS®, respectfully request that H.R. 3630, the “Middle Class Tax Relief Act of 2011”, be revised or defeated to ensure that Fannie Mae's and Freddie Mac's credit risk guarantee fees (g- fees) continue to be used solely for the purpose of minimizing the loss exposure of the government- sponsored enterprises (Enterprises), investors and taxpayers.
Because g-fees currently are calculated by the Enterprises as a function of the costs of guaranteeing the securities they issue, i.e., the risk of underlying loans, our organizations believe g-fee levels would be most appropriately addressed as part of comprehensive housing finance reform. Further, we strongly believe that fees charged by the Enterprises to manage risk and enhance capital should not be diverted for purposes unrelated to the safety and soundness of the housing finance system. Implementing this guarantee fee increase will also hinder necessary reforms to the GSEs in the years ahead, as any effort to reduce their role in the market would result in a loss of revenue.
We are also very concerned that a disturbing collateral consequence of this measure is that it raises revenue in a regressive fashion. Since the Enterprises are prohibited from purchasing loans in excess of $417,000 ($625,500 in high-cost areas). This de-facto housing tax is being imposed exclusively on the low to moderate income Americans that the underlying tax cut extension is supposed to benefit.
We also object to a proposed amendment to the act that would authorize Ginnie Mae to increase their guarantee fee. While this may seem like a simple measure to provide parity between Ginnie Mae and the Enterprises, we believe it will disproportionately impact the low and moderate income borrowers and first time homebuyers that FHA loans are targeted towards.
We appreciate the attempts by Congress to provide financial relief to the middle class, as well as foster job creation. However, we are united in our belief that H.R. 3630 is counterproductive because it diverts g-fees away from their intended purposes of minimizing the Enterprises' risk exposure and ensuring the liquidity of the secondary mortgage market to the detriment of the taxpayers.
Therefore, we respectfully request that you revise or defeat, H.R. 3630 the “Middle Class Tax Relief Act of 2011”.
Thank you for your consideration of this very important matter. Sincerely,
Mortgage Bankers Association National Association of Home Builders National Association of REALTORS®
Saturday, December 24, 2011
Merry Christmas
Christmas Real Estate
Posted: December 24, 2010 at 5:36 PM by Call Ken Rutherford
It’s Christmas Eve. You would think that real estate would be the last thing on my mind. Surrounded by my family in the comfort of my home I can’t help but think about the blessings I have received this year and throughout my life. By happenstance, I was born in America. What a privilege to be born in a Christian nation founded on Christian principles. By example I learned the value of hard work. What a gift to learn to provide for one’s self. By observation and life lessons I’ve learned that integrity is more important than money and kindness to others has one of the highest returns of any investment you will ever make. I’ve learned the most important dwelling you will ever occupy stares back at you in the mirror and smiles and laughs or torments and taunts depending on how you have furnished it. I’ve come to know that the peace of sharing this earthly home and body with the spirit of my creator is the only lasting peace I’ll ever find on this earth. Thank you Lord for your kindness, patience and mercy and Happy Birthday!
Ken Rutherford, CRS , Broker Associate
918-260-9932
www.kensellshomes.com
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Sunday, December 18, 2011
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