In February, mortgage rates
remain near record lows.
Pending contracts and sales growth continues to hit double - digit percent gains; Prices
remain near record highs Rockville, MD --(August 10, 2015)-- The following analysis of the Washington, D.C. Metro Area housing market has been prepared by Elliot Eisenberg, Ph.D. of RealEstate Business Intelligence (RBI) and is based on July 2015 MRIS housing data.
-- Interest rates
remain near record levels, but the Federal Reserve can't buy high volumes mortgage bonds forever.
Interest rates also
remain near record lows, and fixed - income investors have rediscovered an appetite for risk.
This has helped markets
remain near their record - highs despite a weak global economy and a weak economic outlook — and despite poor fourth - quarter and year - end results and an even weaker outlook for the first quarter of 2016.
In spite of weak economic news coming out of virtually everywhere, stocks, while volatile, still
remain near record - highs.
The case advances as foreclosures
remain near record highs as a result of the 2008 financial crisis, which was set off by a collapse in subprime real estate financing.
There are certainly areas of desperation, including unemployment among minority youth and individuals with disabilities, but at the current unemployment rate of 4.6 %, my impression is that the «jobs crisis» in this country is actually better described as an income crisis, because wages and salaries as a share of total income
remain near record lows.
Rating service Moody's tracks covenant quality, essentially a measure of standards that bond issuers must meet, and reported Thursday that the latest reading
remains near record highs, which indicates weak restrictions.
But despite this positive economic news, mortgage rates have
remained near record lows.
«Mortgage rates
remained near record lows following the employment report for October.
Rate survey: Average card APR remains unchanged at 15.22 percent — September 21, 2016: The average APR on new card offers
remained near record highs this week, according to the CreditCards.com Weekly Credit Card Rate Report.
Survey: Average card APR
remains near record high — May 4, 2016: Average rates on new credit card offers remained unchanged this week, according to the CreditCards.com Weekly Credit Card Rate Report.
Rate survey: Average card APR holds steady at 15.18 percent — Nov. 9, 2016: The average APR on new credit card offers
remained near record highs Wednesday, according to the CreditCards.com Weekly Credit Card Rate Report.
Average card APR remains unchanged at 15.19 percent: Weekly Credit Card Rate Report — April 27, 2016: Average rates on new card offers
remained near record highs this week, according to the CreditCards.com Weekly Credit Card Rate Report.
Rate survey: Average card rate remains at 15.16 percent — Feb. 17, 2016: The national average annual percentage rate
remained near a record high Wednesday, according to the CreditCards.com Weekly Credit Card Rate Report.
The national average APR for new card offers
remained near record highs Wednesday, according to the CreditCards.com Weekly Credit Card Rate Report.
Freddie Mac recently released the results of its Primary Mortgage Market Survey ® (PMMS ®), showing fixed mortgage rates easing slightly and
remaining near record lows to keep homebuyer affordability high and attractive to those looking to refinance.
Not exact matches
Despite the recent softness in data — the Citi economic surprise index for the eurozone is now at its lowest since June 2012 — markets
remain stubbornly bullish on the euro with overall bets still
near record highs as longer - term expectations
remain optimistic.
Fuel prices
remain relatively low, the jobs report continues to show that we are
near full employment, and small business lending has rebounded from the depths of the credit crunch to
record levels by some measures.
Yet with global growth declining, oil inventory at
record levels, and momentum on the side of increasingly cost - competitive renewable energy technologies, there
remains a high possibility the energy sector will face another existential crisis in the
near future.
Yet the VIX
remains comfortably below its long - term average of around 20, after a stretch of
near -
record lows.
It
remains to be seen if oil prices will
remain low for a long period of time, but the Federal Reserve's actions, which have kept lending rates
near record lows since 2009, have allowed airlines like Alaska access to capital at a reasonably cheap cost.
Home construction per household a decade after the bust
remains near the lowest level in 60 years of
record - keeping, according to the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City.
Class III milk and milk protein prices suffered in February 2013 as cheese inventories
remained at
near record highs going into the month.
The Czechs
remain atop Group A — six points clear of
nearest rivals Netherlands — but will not be happy at the manner in which they lost their 100 percent
record in the qualifiers.
A blanket finish in
near -
record time saw Martin McGrady
remain undefeated
As the holiday season approaches, food pantries across the Chicago area are noticing a disconcerting trend: The number of people in need
remains at
near -
record levels, while the amount of food they can provide is declining.
Industry sales are expected to
remain at or
near record levels, with higher GM retail sales and market share on a year - over-year basis.
Earnings will grow at about 5.9 percent a year if we assume profit margins
remain near their current
record levels.
Minneapolis, MN: Freddie Mac (OTC: FMCC) today released the results of its Primary Mortgage Market Survey ® (PMMS ®), showing average fixed mortgage rates edging slightly higher while
remaining near their all - time
record lows coming off the employment report for September.
Home Equity Rates
remain affordable with fixed rates
near record lows.
Yet with global growth declining, oil inventory at
record levels, and momentum on the side of increasingly cost - competitive renewable energy technologies, there
remains a high possibility the energy sector will face another existential crisis in the
near future.
As the U.S. economy enters the second quarter of 2018, the positive economic momentum continues, U.S. business confidence
remains high, along with consumer confidence, jobless claims are
near a generational low and the ISM Manufacturing Index is at
record levels as well.
Credit card interest rates unchanged, stay
near record highs — Credit card interest rates
remained unchanged this week as banks took a break from adjusting new card offers.
For the second week in a row, the national average
remained at 15.79 percent — a
near record.
After mid-October, ice growth returned to
near - average rates, but extent
remained at
record low levels through late October.
However, the pace of decline returned to
near - average rates by July, and the end - of - summer minimum sea ice extent,
recorded on September 10, eventually tied for second lowest with 2007 (2012
remains the lowest in the satellite time series by more than 600,000 square kilometers or 232,000 square miles).
Perhaps even more remarkable is that despite these climate oscillations, temperatures on a decadal basis
remain bounded within the tight limits noted of -1.3 to 0.8 C so giving a remarkable constancy of around 2 degrees C throughout the
near 500 year
record.
The Statement also highlighted that long - term indicators of climate change such as increasing carbon dioxide concentrations, sea level rise and ocean acidification continue «unabated», with Arctic sea ice coverage
remaining below average and the previously stable Antarctic sea ice extent at or
near a
record low.
ETC broke - out of its short - term correction yesterday, staying ahead of the rest of the market in this cycle, and it rallied up to the next major resistance zone
near $ 43, with only the all - time high
remaining ahead as an obstacle before a new
record high.
This past year has given real estate agents much to be grateful for: According to NAR, existing home sales continued to improve in 2012 and in August 2012, the national median price rose year - over-year for the sixth straight month; Freddie Mac reports 30 - year fixed mortgage rates
remain near all time
record lows; and homebuyers have more access to home listings thanks to the mobile app home search evolution.
Housing affordability conditions are forecast to
remain favorable through next year, with the 30 - year fixed - rate mortgage staying
near record lows for the balance of this year but gradually rising to 4 percent in the second half of 2013.
Pricing
remained strong, and for seniors housing
near record levels.
Demand
remained strong, but not as strong as in the third quarter, when it reached a
near -
record peak.
Freddie Mac recently released the results of its Primary Mortgage Market Survey ® (PMMS ®), showing average fixed mortgage rates edging slightly higher while
remaining near their all - time
record lows coming off the employment report for September.
Average fixed mortgage rates dipped slightly last week,
remaining near their all - time
record lows, according to the recently released Freddie Mac Primary Mortgage Market Survey ® (PMMS ®).