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2019 

The National Association of REALTORS® reports that existing home sales in June fell 1.7% from May to an annual rate of 5.27M units versus the 5.30M expected. The decline is due in part to the continued shortage of homes for sale on the market. Sales fell 2.2% from June 2018. Modest gains were see...
07/23/2019
Mortgage backed securities (MBS) closed down 6 basis points today at 102.28 having closed 219 points above support offered by the 200 day moving average. The conforming rate is at 3.875% today. My jumbo pricing is now sizzling! The 30 year jumbo for $1 million was at 4.00%. Whether in New England...
07/23/2019
A lack of affordability has become commonplace for first-time homebuyers in the past few years but builders vow that it is about to change. Builders are now looking to build homes that are smaller with lower square footage to cut costs. In addition, builders are also looking to increase productio...
07/22/2019
Mortgage backed securities (MBS) closed up 3 basis points today at 102.34 having closed 227 points above support offered by the 200 day moving average. The conforming rate is at 3.875% today. My jumbo pricing is now sizzling! The 30 year jumbo for $1 million was at 4.00%. Whether in New England, ...
07/22/2019
US stocks are modestly higher this morning being buoyed by strong earnings from Microsoft. This morning, Larry Fink from BlackRock, chairman and CEO of the world's largest money-management firm, said that US stocks should push higher from the current record levels. "People are underinvested in eq...
07/19/2019
Mortgage backed securities (MBS) closed down 3 basis points today at 102.34 having closed 239 points above support offered by the 200 day moving average. The conforming rate is at 3.875% today. My jumbo pricing is now sizzling! The 30 year jumbo for $1 million was at 4.00%. Whether in New England...
07/19/2019
Median home prices hit fresh record highs in the second quarter of 2019 as demand ramped up due in part to low mortgage rates. ATTOM Data Solutions reports that the single-family homes or condos sold for a median price of $266,000 in Q2 2019, up nearly 11% from the previous quarter and up 6.4% fr...
07/18/2019
Mortgage backed securities (MBS) closed up 13 basis points today at 102.41 having closed 239 points above support offered by the 200 day moving average. The conforming rate is at 3.875% today. My jumbo pricing is now sizzling! The 30 year jumbo for $1 million was at 4.00%. Whether in New England,...
07/18/2019
For the second straight month, new home construction declined in the US due in part to builders unable to find inexpensive lots to build on, a lack of skilled workers and higher prices. The Commerce Department reports that housing starts fell 1% in June from May to an annual rate of 1.253 million...
07/17/2019
Mortgage backed securities (MBS) closed up 16 basis points today at 102.25 having closed 225 points above support offered by the 200 day moving average. The conforming rate is at 3.875% today. My jumbo pricing is now sizzling! The 30 year jumbo for $1 million was at 4.00%. Whether in New England,...
07/17/2019
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