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Daily market update: Dec. 18, 2015

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Mortgage rates:

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Home equity rates:

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Yesterday’s most recent market news:

Re/Max’s December National Housing Report:

  • November home sells fell by 1.4 percent year-over-year.
  • Month-over-month, November sales fell by 22.6 percent.
  • The median sales price was up year-over-year by 4.1 percent.

First American’s Potential Home Sales Model for November 2015:

  • The market potential for existing-home sales decreased by 2.1 percent month-over-month.
  • The Potential Home Sales Model decreased by 8.0 percent year-over-year.
  • The model’s current underperformance gap is an estimated 147,000 (seasonally adjusted, annualized rate).

Freddie Mac’s Primary Mortgage Market Survey:

  • The 30-year fixed-rate mortgage (FRM) averaged 3.97 percent with an average 0.6 point for the week ending December 17 2015.
  • This is up from last week, when the 30-year FRM averaged 3.95 percent.
  • A year ago at this time, the 30-year FRM averaged 3.80 percent.

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