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December 2015 preliminary Money Anxiety Index:

  • The December index stands at 63.2.
  • This is the same level as November 2015 but 5.8 index points lower than December 2014.
  • Consumers seem to have mixed confidence about the economy.

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Black Knight October 2015 Mortgage Monitor:

  • High loan-to-value purchase mortgage originations were up 20 percent year-over-year in the third quarter of 2015.
  • 2015 residential home sales are up 4 percent from last year, and traditional sales are up 7 percent.
  • Distressed sales (REO or short sale transactions) have declined by 13 percent year-over-year.

 

 

black-knight-mortgage-monitor

Fannie Mae’s Home Purchase Sentiment Index (HPSI):

  • The HPSI decreased 2.4 points to 80.8 in November.
  • Consumers’ net attitudes about the direction of their household income relative to one year ago fell 5 points in November.
  • The HPSI Good Time to Sell component fell 6 points, while Good Time to Buy increased 1 point.

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Mortgage rates:

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Home equity rates:

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Last week’s most recent market news:

Zillow’s negative equity report for Q3 2015:

  • The negative equity rate fell 1 percent quarter-over-quarter and 3.5 percent year-over-year.
  • Las Vegas has had the highest negative equity rate in the country for the past four-and-a-half years; it was 22 percent in Q3 2015.
  • San Francisco and San Jose are the only large markets where less than 5 percent of homeowners are underwater.

Metro Name

Q3 2015 Effective Negative Equity Rate

Q3 2015 Negative Equity Rate

Q3 2014 Negative Equity Rate

United States

30.2%

13.4%

16.9%

New York-Northern New Jersey

24.3%

11.5%

13.6%

Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA

16.6%

7.1%

7.8%

Chicago, IL

37.8%

20.6%

25.3%

Dallas-Fort Worth, TX

18.4%

5.8%

9.3%

Philadelphia, PA

33.8%

15.5%

18.1%

Houston, TX

18.4%

6.2%

7.4%

Washington, DC

34.2%

15.7%

18.4%

Miami-Fort Lauderdale, FL

26.1%

14.7%

20.1%

Atlanta, GA

37.9%

18.6%

27.1%

Boston, MA

18.3%

7.1%

9.6%

San Francisco, CA

11.0%

4.7%

7.3%

Detroit, MI

29.8%

16.6%

22.0%

Riverside, CA

30.7%

14.3%

18.2%

Phoenix, AZ

35.4%

16.4%

21.7%

Seattle, WA

25.7%

10.2%

16.2%

Minneapolis-St Paul, MN

30.8%

11.7%

15.6%

San Diego, CA

21.6%

8.1%

10.1%

St. Louis, MO

37.6%

17.6%

22.7%

Tampa, FL

31.5%

15.7%

22.0%

Baltimore, MD

36.9%

16.9%

20.1%

Denver, CO

15.2%

5.5%

8.2%

Pittsburgh, PA

23.3%

9.8%

10.7%

Portland, OR

20.8%

6.2%

11.2%

Charlotte, NC

32.1%

11.0%

16.5%

Sacramento, CA

27.3%

11.6%

15.7%

San Antonio, TX

31.2%

10.7%

12.2%

Orlando, FL

32.6%

16.1%

21.9%

Cincinnati, OH

35.6%

14.5%

18.7%

Cleveland, OH

34.5%

16.8%

20.7%

Kansas City, MO

38.1%

16.6%

20.7%

Las Vegas, NV

41.3%

22.1%

27.8%

Columbus, OH

31.8%

12.9%

17.6%

Indianapolis, IN

37.2%

15.5%

17.9%

San Jose, CA

7.7%

3.0%

4.5%

Austin, TX

20.3%

6.8%

8.0%

Auction.com’s Residential Real Estate Nowcast for November 2015:

  • The existing home sales for November is slated to fall between seasonally adjusted annual rates of 5.19 and 5.54 million annual sales.
  • Sales will be up 8.4 percent year-over-year but relatively flat month-over-month.
  • Existing home sales have stalled, averaging 5.45 million annual sales pace.

Freddie Mac’s Primary Mortgage Market Survey:

  • The 30-year fixed-rate mortgage (FRM) averaged 3.93 percent with an average 0.6 point for the week ending December 3, 2015, down from 3.93 percent last week.
  • The 15-year FRM averaged 3.16 percent with an average 0.5 point, down from 3.18 percent last week.
  • The 5-year Treasury-indexed ARM averaged 2.99 percent this week with an average 0.5 point, down from 3.01 percent last week.

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