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Mortgage Bankers Association for the week of 4/27/2010 Market Composite Index: (loan application volume) a measure of mortgage loan application volumedecreased 5.6 percent from one week earlierRefinance Index: Refinance Index decreased 0.6 percent from the previous week.  The seasonally adjusted...

Optimists AP A wave of foreclosures is forcing down home prices in most major U.S. cities. But economists and real estate agents are noticing what they call a key first step for any housing recovery: a drop in the glut of homes for sale in markets hit hardest by foreclosures. If we were to see s...

Mortgage Bankers Association for the week of  4/13/2010 Market Composite Index: (loan application volume) a measure of mortgage loan application volume, decreased 6.7 percent on a seasonally adjusted basis from one week earlier.  On an unadjusted basis, the Index decreased 6.3 percent compared w...

  30-year fixed-rate mortgage:   averaged 4.91 percent with an average 0.6 point for the week ending April 14, 2011, up from last week when it averaged 4.87 percent. Last year at this time, the 30-year FRM averaged 5.07 percent. The 15-year fixed-rate mortgage:  averaged 4.13 percent with an ave...

  30-year fixed-rate mortgage:  averaged 4.86 percent with an average 0.7 point for the week ending March 31, 2011, up  from last week when it averaged 4.81 percent. Last year at this time, the 30-year FRM averaged 5.08 percent. The 15-year fixed-rate mortgage:  this weekend 4.87 percent with an...

  Mortgage Bankers Association for the week of  4/6/2010 Market Composite Index: (loan application volume) a measure of mortgage loan application volume, decreased 2.0 percent on a seasonally adjusted basis from one week earlier. On an unadjusted basis, the Index decreased 1.5 percent compared w...

Mortgage Bankers Weekly Update: Mortgage Applications Decrease  Mortgage Bankers Association for the week of 3/30/2010   Market Composite Index: (loan application volume) a measure of mortgage loan application volume,decreased 7.5 percent on a seasonally adjusted basis from one week earlier Refin...

  30-year fixed-rate mortgage:  averaged 4.86 percent with an average 0.7 point for the week ending March 31, 2011, up from last week when it averaged 4.81 percent. Last year at this time, the 30-year FRM averaged 5.08 percent.  The 15-year fixed-rate mortgage:  this week averaged 4.09 percent wi...

Multi FamilyA Recovering Market   We all know whats happening to the single family home markets. Over supply and shadow inventory and the subsequent price declines will continue until fear is overcome and inventory is soaked up.  The kinds of issues that led to a boom bust in housing did not take...

Getting Tenants to Go Green. As property managers, we can't insist on behavioral changes. Going green can be a  tough sell to a renter. After all, a building is only as green as the people who manage and live in it. Managers are key players and can encourage  activities that reduce consumption a...