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30-year fixed-rate mortgage averages 3.55% for the week ending Aug. 22, 2019, down 5 basis points from 3.60% in the previous week and 4.51% at this time a year ago, according to the Freddie Mac Primary Mortgage Market Survey. More news on: SPDR Homebuilders ETF, iShares U.S. Home Construct...

Originally published on August 19, 2019 The housing starts and permits report this morning for July adds to the positive data looking forward to H2 2020 (or, possibly, less bad - but that's another discussion). First, here are overall permits (red) and starts (blue): While the very vol...

The NAHB's Housing Market Index for August saw its second straight month with a modest increase bringing it to 66 compared to expectations of an unchanged 65. Although the index has been grinding higher since plummeting to its late 2018 low, it is still well off of its December 2017 record hig...

This is a special contribution article by Prof. Grant Henning based on his published research on the BLM technical theory . The model, his trailing stop-loss approach, and comments are expressly based on his own proprietary methodology and forecasts in the references below. Winning Bounc...

Real Estate Weekly Outlook The turbulence continues. US equity markets finished lower for the third straight week as the remarkable plunge in global bond yields continued with the 30-year yield retreating to new all-time lows. The rather modest 0.9% decline in the S&P 500 ( SPY ) maske...

This is a special contribution article by Prof. Grant Henning based on his published research on the BLM technical theory . Advantages and Achievements of Exchange-Traded Funds ETF Advantages The advent of Exchange-Traded Funds - ETFs - has provided a host of benefits for traders ...

30-year fixed-rate mortgage averages 3.60% for the week ending Aug. 15, unchanged from the prior week and down from 4.53% at this time last year, according to the Freddie Mac Primary Mortgage Market Survey. More news on: UBS ETRACS Monthly Pay 2x Leveraged Mortgage REIT ETN, iShares Mor...

The residential real estate market is less affordable now than anytime since before the financial crisis. Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell is facing a housing conundrum. The market is in the midst of a 15-month slump, with home price gains and sales having slowed dramatically and per...

Real Estate Weekly Review August vacations have been less-than-relaxing for investors over the past several years. Reminiscent of the financial market turbulence in August 2011 following the US credit rating downgrade and the August 2015's thousand-point China-induced sell-off, US equity mar...

U.S. mortgage rates, at their lowest level in almost three years, aren't likely to bolster  the sluggish home-sales market in the long term, economists said. More news on: SPDR Homebuilders ETF, iShares U.S. Home Construction ETF, Invesco Exchange-Traded Fund Trust - Invesco Dynamic ...