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Federal Housing Finance Agency’s Q3 home price index:
- Home prices in the U.S. rose 1.3 percent quarter-over-quarter in Q3.
- This is the 17th consecutive quarterly price increase.
- Home prices are up 5.7 percent year-over-year.
The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development’s October 2015 new residential sales data:
- New single-family home sales in October 2015 were at a rate of 495,000.
- This is 10.7 percent above September’s revised rate and 4.9 percent above the October 2014 estimate.
- The median sales price of new homes in October 2015 was $281,500.
Mortgage Bankers Association’s Weekly Applications Survey:
- The Market Composite Index, which measures mortgage loan application volume, decreased 3.2 percent week-over-week.
- The Refinance Index decreased 5 percent week-over-week.
- The Purchase Index decreased 1 percent week-over-week.
Freddie Mac’s Primary Mortgage Market Survey:
- The 30-year fixed-rate mortgage averaged 3.95 percent with an average 0.7 point for the week ending November 25, 2015.
- This is down from 3.97 percent week-over-week and down from 3.97 percent year-over-year.
- The 15-year fixed rate mortgage averaged 3.18 percent with an average 0.6 point, unchanged from last week and up from 3.17 percent.
Mortgage rates:
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Home equity rates:
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Yesterday’s most recent market news:
First American Loan Defect Index for October 2015:
- The index fell 2.5 percent month-over-month and 10.2 percent year-over-year in October 2015.
- This is the third month in a row of month-over-month decline.
- The index for refinance transactions declined 2.8 percent month-over-month and 10.4 percent year-over-year.
September 2015 S&P/Case-Shiller Home Price Indices:
- The national home price index increased 4.9 percent year-over-year in September 2015.
- San Francisco (11.2 percent), Denver (10.9 percent) and Portland (10.1 percent) had the highest year-over-year price gains.
- The national home price index increased 0.2 percent month-over-month.
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