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Consumers keep spending, the economy keeps growing. Mortgage rates are improving this morning on just-released, slightly worse-than-expected Retail Sales data from December 2010. Excluding motor vehicles and auto parts, December's sales receipts were $1.5 billion higher from November. Analysts ha...
01/14/2011
By Marc Lebowitz, Executive Director ACAR December sales in Ada County were 518. That's an increase from December '09 of 19%. This is the first year over year increase since June; and is the highest number of unit sales since the same month!  Year-To-Date '10 is now 5,891; an increase of 7.7% ove...
01/12/2011
The housing market continues to expand, and surprise. According to the National Association of REALTORS®, November's Pending Home Sales Index gained 3 percent from October. A "pending home sale" is a home under contract but not yet closed. The index is now at its highest point since April 2010's ...
01/04/2011
Mortgage markets improved last week during a snow- and holiday-thinned series of sessions on Wall Street. Mortgage bonds improved on year-end profit-taking, mostly, leading conforming mortgage rates in Idaho lower. Last week marked the first calendar week in which mortgage rates dropped since ear...
01/04/2011
The Case-Shiller Index posted awful numbers in its most recent reading. Each of the index's 20 tracked markets showed home price deterioration between September's and October's respective report. Some markets fell as much as 2.9 percent. The drop in values is nothing about which to panic, however...
12/30/2010
With 2010 coming to a close, the "experts" are out in full force, making predictions for next year's housing and mortgage markets on business television and in the papers. Predictions for 2011 are wide-ranging: Some say home prices will rise in 2011 Some say home prices will fall in 2011 Some say...
12/29/2010
Like most housing data in November, the most recent New Home Sales report showed sales volume increasing last month, and home supplies falling. According to the U.S. Department of Commerce, sales of new, single-family homes increased to 290,000 in November on an annual basis, a figure equal to th...
12/28/2010
Looking for an extra 2010 tax deduction? Consider making your January mortgage payment a few days early. It's a simple strategy that works because of how mortgage interest works. Unlike rent which is paid in advance at the start of a month, mortgage interest is only paid after it's been borrowed....
12/13/2010
Although recent reports of plans to eliminate or modify the mortgage interest deduction are widely exaggerated, the National Association of Realtors® will remain actively engaged to ensure that the nation's 75 million home owners will continue to receive this important benefit. The Deficit Reduct...
12/06/2010
November 15, 2010 by Dean Tucker of Waterstone Mortgage In a holiday-shortened trading week, mortgage markets tanked last week, casting doubt on whether the bond market's 7-month bull run will continue. Fears of inflation caused conforming mortgage rates to rise in Idaho. Last week marked the fir...
11/15/2010
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