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Mortgage Bankers Association’s Weekly Applications Survey:
- The Market Composite Index for mortgage applications increased 21.3 percent during the week ending January 8, 2016.
- The Refinance Index increased 24 percent week-over-week.
- The seasonally adjusted Purchase Index increased 18 percent week-over-week.
Quicken’s Home Price Perception Index for December 2015:
- Appraised values in December were 1.8 percent lower than the homeowners’ opinion.
- This is the 11th consecutive month when appraised values were lower than homeowners’ expectations.
- Home values continued to increase in December.
Mortgage rates:
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Home equity rates:
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Yesterday’s most recent market news:
National Association of Realtors 2016 housing and economic forecast:
- NAR Chief Economist Lawrence Yun predicted that the housing market might see a 1 to 3 percent growth in sales.
- He said home prices would continue to rise in 2016.
- Yun estimated that 2015 existing-home sales would finish 6.5 percent up from 2014.
CoreLogic’s November 2015 National Foreclosure Report:
- Foreclosures were down 21.8 percent year-over-year.
- Completed foreclosures were down 10.9 percent month-over-month.
- Florida leads the nation with 83,000 completed foreclosures.
American Banker’s Association’s 2015 third-quarter delinquencies:
- Delinquencies (a late payment 30 or more days overdue) rose in six of 11 loan categories.
- The composite ratio rose 5 basis points to 1.41 percent of all accounts.
- Home equity line delinquencies fell 3 basis points to 1.31 percent of all accounts and property improvement delinquencies fell 4 basis points to 0.87 percent of all accounts.
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