Monday, August 20, 2012
Fairfax County Refi Volume Slows
Friday, July 27, 2012
Monthly Home Sales in Fauquier County, VA Highest in Two Years!
Friday, July 20, 2012
LasVegas Home Sales Still Struggling
As you can see the sales are continuing to trend downward. Check back on our blog next week for more updated information on other struggling real estate markets.
Friday, November 18, 2011
USAA Federal Passes Wells Fargo in VA Market
USAA saw a large increase in their monthly originations in May and June to push ahead of Wells Fargo. Will they continue to have the staying power through the end of the year? Check back to our blog in a couple of months.
Friday, November 4, 2011
Update on Arlington County, VA Home Prices
This chart shows a slight increase in median home price in August 2011 from June 2010 but no real increase in home sales (we see the usual seasonal peaks and valleys) over that period. There is no bad news as there is in many other areas of the country. I will follow up on this area again with a blog article sometime next year to see if things are changing for the better.
Friday, October 28, 2011
Miami Metro Median Home Price Is Stable?
It appears since the beginning of 2009 that the median home price has stablized. That is some good news, unfortunately though home sales are flat. So it definitely seems to be a good news - bad news situation. Things don't seem to be getting any worse but we don't see rapid improvement either. Stay tuned for more updates on this blog.
Monday, October 24, 2011
Fairfax County Median Home Price Update
It appears the news over the last twelve months is a little better. The median home price is about $30,ooo higher than a year and sales seem to be trending upward. I will keep an eye on this positive trend to see if it continues. Check our blog in the future to see if there is more good news for Fairfax County.
Friday, October 21, 2011
Las Vegas Sales Improve
The number and dollar amounts for purchase mortgages have been trending upward for the last 12 months. Click on the image above for a larger view.
Friday, January 21, 2011
Palm Beach Sales Dip Despite Price Stabilization
This will be a good geographic to monitor over the next six months to see what happens in the Spring 2011. Check back with our blog over the next few months to see if things improve for this area.
Monday, December 27, 2010
Las Vegas Home Sales Continue to Fall
Thursday, December 16, 2010
Fairfax County Median Home Price Dips
After reaching a recent high in June, we have seen a steady monthly decline since that time. Is this just a seasonal adjustment as sales have slowed in the Fall or a trend? This bears watching in the coming months.
Friday, July 23, 2010
Las Vegas, NV Median Home Price Leveling Out
See the chart below.
Will Buyers sell? Even though the median price has stayed at the relatively same level for the last 12 months - seasonal sales have continued to drop from 2009 levels in 2010. In March 2009, there were 2,425 homes sold as compared to 1,588 homes sold in March 2010.
What does it all mean?
Monday, July 12, 2010
Home Values Are Rising!
Click on the image below for a larger view of the chart.
We hope this positive sign shows in other places around the country in the remainer of the summer.
Friday, June 25, 2010
Are Things Looking Up in Harris County?
Take a look at the chart below:
Notice that the March 2010 sales figure returned to apporximately the same level as March 2009. We will continue to monitor this trend (if it is a positive trend in future months). What are your thoughts?
Friday, June 11, 2010
Conventional Mortgage Originations Drop!
In January 2009, there was 389,460 Conventional loans as compared with January 2010 at 260,326 loans. See the chart below.
We will monitor this and see what happens over the summer.
Friday, March 26, 2010
FHA Leading Originators: January 2010 versus prior year
The data shows both Wells Fargo and Bank of America are bigger and have greater market power. Much of the increase for Wells can be attributed to the acquisition of Wachovia and much of the increase for Bank of America are the result of acquiring Countrywide. A similar contribution to increased market share and higher ranking applies to MetLife Bank, who acquired First Horizon's mortgage offices and PNC who acquired National City. Later on we shall see if these bank institutions can maintain their upward momentum. Meanwhile, JP Morgan is not only giving up market share to their competitors, they are giving up FHA originations in an increasing mortgage market segment.
The accomplishments of Quicken, Metrocities, Suntrust, PHH, and Primelending reveal new leaders in the realigned FHA mortgage market.
Friday, March 12, 2010
Wells Fargo Mortgage is tuff to beat!
Wednesday, February 24, 2010
Down Goes Conventional Purchase Mortgages!
Wednesday, February 17, 2010
Cherry Creek Mortgage Wins Colorado FHA Gold
The data table below shows the FHA mortgage lending volume and market share of the top 10 FHA originators in Colorado for 2009 and their changes over the prior year.
Monday, February 8, 2010
Hot FHA and VA Mortgage Market in DC and Northern Virginia
While we dig out of from the snow storm in Northern Virginia, there are not going to be many mortgage closings today. Court houses are closed. People cannot get to their settlement offices. Would a mortgage lender fail to extend a closing deadline by a few days on account of snow?. Anyone who knows of a loan deal to fail because of this storm, let us know about it in a reply post.
Wednesday, February 3, 2010
Colorado Conventional Mortgage Market Contracting While FHAVA Expands
The next chart (below) shows the number of monthly FHA and VA mortgage originations from all areas of Colorado since January 2005. The trend shows continuous growth in sales of government insured purchase mortgages. 2009 was the best of the past 5 years for FHA and VA mortgage products in Colorado.
Monday, February 1, 2010
Wells Wipes Out the Mortgage Competition in Colorado!
Wells Fargo Mortgage, with more than a 17 percent share, is the conventional mortgage origination leader in Colorado for 2009. No other lender appears to come close. The combined mortgage originations of Bank of America and Countrywide hardly read 7 percent of the market. Two local lenders, namely Cherry Creek and Megastrar Financial, both from Denver, have accumulated an impressive share of mortgage sales in Colorado up against the large national lenders.
Friday, January 29, 2010
Top Conventional Mortgage Lenders for 2009
MetLife Bank and Quicken Loans have moved into the TOP ten leading lenders in 2009. Wachovia (who was aquired by Wells) and Natonal City were former members of the elite TOP ten mortgage lenders.
Later will shall publish the leading Conventional mortgage lenders for 2009 in the state of Colorado.
Thursday, January 28, 2010
Top VA Mortgage Lenders for 2009
Wednesday, January 27, 2010
Top FHA Lenders for 2009
Friday, January 15, 2010
Bailouts and Social Services
I didn't see AIG, Lehman Brothers and Bank America on the line, but I think that's because they have a VIP entrance with valet parking.
I want what AIG got. A TRILLION DOLLARS. Don't forget the food stamps, housecleaning, handicapped parking and special housing. I'm not asking for much. I'm a capitalist, so the government should send me free money just like they do with the other capitalists. Then I can give myself the bonus I deserve.
No wonder people want to come to America. This is truly the land of opportunity. You can earn a billion dollars here. Or, you can lose a billion dollars and the government will give you 2 billion to make up for it (plus housekeeping, food stamps and handicapped parking).
So tell the world that in America the streets are paved with food stamps and entitlement programs. Universities offer programs in giving other people's money away (and the coursework is very easy, too). But lets make sure that we let lots of illegal immigrants in, because someone has to work in order to pay for all this.
Whatever happened to welfare reform? Shouldn't all those executives at AIG be sweeping streets to pay for their welfare? For a trillion dollars we should make them clean up America with a toothbrush.
I have the ultimate idea to support capitalism. The US should insure stock trades. Stocks can go up, but they can never go down. Just imagine what that would do for the stock indexes.
A blog follower sent me the above viewpoint. The author requested that his/her name be withheld.
Friday, November 20, 2009
Chicago Metro Median Home Price Rising
Click on the image below for a larger view.
Is this a sign of improvement in sales coming next Spring? It is too early to tell. We will monitor this situation closely over the coming months and report back.
Friday, November 6, 2009
Times Are Tough in Miami
This market has probably not reached the bottom yet. Some estimates are suggesting that the median home price in Miami could drop another 30% by next June. Let us hope they are wrong. We will continue to monitor this market over the next six to eight months.
Tuesday, October 13, 2009
National FHA Purchase Mortgages Reaches New High
Wednesday, October 7, 2009
Union Bank Largest Mover in 2008
Take a look at the top ten movers in LA County from 2007 to 2008.