Sentences with phrase «increased by a full percentage point»

Because the average price declined while the average loan amount increased, the average loan - to - price ratio on conventional mortgages used to purchase new homes increased by a full percentage point in December, to 78.9 percent — the highest it's been since 2011.

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The rate of new firms entering the marketplace has fallen by nearly half over the 40 - year period from 1978 to 2012, to 8 percent, compared with a steadily increasing rate of new firm closures, up two full percentage points, to about 10 percent, over the same period, according to the Brookings Institution, a policy think tank.

Rent growth is pacing almost a full percentage point behind the overall rate of inflation, which stands at 2.4 percent as of the latest data release, and is even further behing the growth in average hourly earnings which have increased by 2.7 percent over the past twelve months.

• Among African Americans, 26 % of those in the control group attended college full - time at some point within three years of expected high school graduation; among those in the treatment group, the voucher offer increased this rate by 7 percentage points, a 25 % increment.

GM, Chevrolet Lead with the Industry's Largest Retail Market Share Increases of 2015 GM full - year retail sales up 8 percent; retail share up 0.4 percentage points Chevrolet grew retail market share faster than any other full - line brand in the industry in 2015 GM Commercial deliveries up for 26th consecutive month DETROIT — General Motors» (NYSE: GM) Chevrolet, Buick, GMC and Cadillac brands delivered 290,230 vehicles in December 2015, driven by an 8 percent year - over-year increase in retail deliveries and the company's 26th consecutive month of Commercial sales growth.

The each said that they expect interest rates to increase by another quarter - point before the end of the year — making for a full percentage point increase in 12 months.

But if we increase their annual return by a full percentage point each year, which is essentially the same thing as getting them to a 0.4 % expense ratio, their prospects get even better.

Freddie Mac is projecting that mortgage interest rates will increase by almost a full percentage point over the next 12 months.

Compared to FHA home loans, conventional loans could increase rates by a full percentage point if a borrower's loan to value ratio exceeds a specified limit; in many cases, higher loan to value ratios can actually be enough to completely disqualify a mortgage applicant altogether.

SunTrust Bank helped spur this week's rate change by increasing the lowest available APR on one of its travel cards by a full percentage point.

For example, it increased the lowest available APR on the PenFed Power Cash Rewards Visa card by a full percentage point, raising it to 10.99 percent.

Forty - six percent of employers reported that they increased their number of full - time, permanent employees in the first quarter, outperforming the same period in 2016 by 9 percentage points.

To be fair, after yet another two weeks, the rate could increase by a half point and finally by a full percentage point if unsold after another predetermined period.

The Mortgage Bankers Association, Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac and the National Association of Realtors are in unison, projecting that rates will increase by nearly a full percentage point by this time next year.

From September through November, FHA serious delinquencies rose a full percentage point and in 2011, the number of seriously delinquent loans increased by 100,399.