Estimates by Standard & Poor’s Rating Services, based on first quarter 2012 data, show that it will take 46 months to clear the market’s supply of distressed homes, or the shadow inventory. The agency’s latest estimate came in one month shy of the liquidation timeline determined in the fourth quarter of 2011. While national residential ... [Read More]
Estimates by Standard & Poor’s Rating Services, based on first quarter 2012 data, show that it will take 46 months to clear the market’s supply of distressed homes, or the shadow inventory.
The agency’s latest estimate came in one month shy of the liquidation timeline determined in the fourth quarter of 2011.
While national residential mortgage liquidation rates appeared stable over the first three months of this year, these rates varied widely between local markets, which prevented any significant reduction in S&P’s months-to-clear estimate, the agency explained in its report.
Regional variations in how quickly servicers can clear the backlog of nonperforming loans are primarily due to differences in foreclosure procedures, judicial vs. non-judicial.
As of first-quarter 2012, S&P says its months-to-clear estimate in judicial states was almost two and half times as long as non-judicial states.
S&P includes in the shadow inventory all outstanding properties on which the mortgage payments are 90 or more days delinquent, properties in foreclosure, and properties that are REO. The agency also includes 70 percent of the loans that became current, or “cured,” from 90-day delinquency within the past 12 months because S&P says these loans are more likely to re-default.
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Housing affordability in California set a new record high in first quarter 2012 rising to 56 percent, according to C.A.R.’s first quarter Housing Affordability Index. The increase can be attributed to record-low interest rates and stabilization in home prices. The percentage of home buyers who could afford to purchase a median-priced, existing single-family home in ... [Read More]
Housing affordability in California set a new record high in first quarter 2012 rising to 56 percent, according to C.A.R.’s first quarter Housing Affordability Index. The increase can be attributed to record-low interest rates and stabilization in home prices.
The percentage of home buyers who could afford to purchase a median-priced, existing single-family home in California rose to 56 percent in the first quarter of 2012, up from 55 percent in fourth-quarter 2011 and from 53 percent in first quarter 2011, according to C.A.R.’s Traditional Housing Affordability Index (HAI). The index was the highest since C.A.R. began tracking this statistic in 1988.
Home buyers needed to earn a minimum annual income of $55,688* (based on fourth quarter 2011 income data) to qualify for the purchase of a $276,040 statewide median-priced, existing single-family home in the first quarter of 2012. The monthly payment, including taxes and insurance on a 30-year fixed-rate loan, would be $1,392, assuming a 20 percent down payment and an effective composite interest rate of 4.16 percent. The effective composite interest rate in fourth-quarter 2011 was 4.30 percent and 4.90 percent in the first quarter of 2011.
In the San Francisco Bay Area, housing affordability rose or remained stable in all counties except Contra Costa County, where affordability declined by one percentage point. At 78 percent, San Bernardino County was the most affordable, while San Francisco County was the least affordable, with only 29 percent of households able to purchase the county’s median-priced home.
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Housing affordability in California set a new record high in first quarter 2012 rising to 56 percent, according to C.A.R.’s first quarter Housing Affordability Index. The increase can be attributed to record-low interest rates and stabilization in home prices. The percentage of home buyers who could afford to purchase a median-priced, existing single-family home ... [Read More]
Housing affordability in California set a new record high in first quarter 2012 rising to 56 percent, according to C.A.R.’s first quarter Housing Affordability Index. The increase can be attributed to record-low interest rates and stabilization in home prices.
The percentage of home buyers who could afford to purchase a median-priced, existing single-family home in California rose to 56 percent in the first quarter of 2012, up from 55 percent in fourth-quarter 2011 and from 53 percent in first quarter 2011, according to C.A.R.’s Traditional Housing Affordability Index (HAI). The index was the highest since C.A.R. began tracking this statistic in 1988.
Home buyers needed to earn a minimum annual income of $55,688* (based on fourth quarter 2011 income data) to qualify for the purchase of a $276,040 statewide median-priced, existing single-family home in the first quarter of 2012. The monthly payment, including taxes and insurance on a 30-year fixed-rate loan, would be $1,392, assuming a 20 percent down payment and an effective composite interest rate of 4.16 percent. The effective composite interest rate in fourth-quarter 2011 was 4.30 percent and 4.90 percent in the first quarter of 2011.
In the San Francisco Bay Area, housing affordability rose or remained stable in all counties except Contra Costa County, where affordability declined by one percentage point. At 78 percent, San Bernardino County was the most affordable, while San Francisco County was the least affordable, with only 29 percent of households able to purchase the county’s median-priced home.
http://www2.realtoractioncenter.com/site/R?i=CE1ucBz9rmSAyYpEfNj4oQ
The Sacramento Bee Nearly five years after the housing bust began, government programs to help those who are underwater on their mortgages, unemployed, or unable to make their payments are kicking into gear. Read the full story http://www.sacbee.com/2012/04/22/4430747/aid-for-troubled-mortgages-has.html [Read More]
Los Angeles Times A year ago, 1 out of 10 REALTORS® surveyed said houses were receiving low-ball offers. In the latest survey, there were hardly any. Instead, the focus ha shifted to declining inventory levels. Read the full story http://www.latimes.com/business/realestate/la-fi-harney-20120422,0,7259627.story [Read More]
Calif. median home price: March 2012: $291,080 (Source: C.A.R.) Calif. highest median home price by region/county March 2012: San Mateo, $677,900 (Source: C.A.R.) Calif. lowest median home price by region/county March 2012: Tehama, $108,000 (Source: C.A.R.) Calif. Pending Home Sales Index: March 2012: 143.7, an increase from the revised 126.5 recorded in February. Calif. Traditional ... [Read More]
Calif. median home price: March 2012: $291,080 (Source: C.A.R.)
Calif. highest median home price by region/county March 2012: San Mateo, $677,900 (Source: C.A.R.)
Calif. lowest median home price by region/county March 2012: Tehama, $108,000 (Source: C.A.R.)
Calif. Pending Home Sales Index: March 2012: 143.7, an increase from the revised 126.5 recorded in February.
Calif. Traditional Housing Affordability Index: Fourth quarter 2011: 55 percent (Source: C.A.R.)
Mortgage rates: Week ending 5/3/2012 30-yr. fixed: 3.84% fees/points: 0.8% 15-yr. fixed: 3.07 fees/points: 0.7% 1-yr. adjustable: 2.70% Fees/points: 0.6% (Source: Freddie Mac)
Los Angeles Times A year ago, 1 out of 10 REALTORS® surveyed said houses were receiving low-ball offers. In the latest survey, there were hardly any. Instead, the focus ha shifted to declining inventory levels. Read the full story http://www.latimes.com/business/realestate/la-fi-harney-20120422,0,7259627.story [Read More]
Calif. median home price: March 2012: $291,080 (Source: C.A.R.) Calif. highest median home price by region/county March 2012: San Mateo, $677,900 (Source: C.A.R.) Calif. lowest median home price by region/county March 2012: Tehama, $108,000 (Source: C.A.R.) Calif. Pending Home Sales Index: March 2012: 143.7, an increase from the revised 126.5 recorded in February. Calif. Traditional ... [Read More]
Calif. median home price: March 2012: $291,080 (Source: C.A.R.)
Calif. highest median home price by region/county March 2012: San Mateo, $677,900 (Source: C.A.R.)
Calif. lowest median home price by region/county March 2012: Tehama, $108,000 (Source: C.A.R.)
Calif. Pending Home Sales Index: March 2012: 143.7, an increase from the revised 126.5 recorded in February.
Calif. Traditional Housing Affordability Index: Fourth quarter 2011: 55 percent (Source: C.A.R.)
Mortgage rates: Week ending 4/26/2012 30-yr. fixed: 3.88% fees/points: 0.7% 15-yr. fixed: 3.12 fees/points: 067% 1-yr. adjustable: 2.74% Fees/points: 0.6% (Source: Freddie Mac)
The Sacramento Bee Nearly five years after the housing bust began, government programs to help those who are underwater on their mortgages, unemployed, or unable to make their payments are kicking into gear. Read the full story http://www.sacbee.com/2012/04/22/4430747/aid-for-troubled-mortgages-has.html [Read More]
Orange County Register The median price for an existing, single-family home in California rose 1.6 percent in March compared with the year before, marking the first year-over-year increase in 16 months, the CALIFORNIA ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS® reported Monday. Making sense of the story The statewide median price of an existing, single-family detached home jumped 9.2 ... [Read More]
Orange County Register
The median price for an existing, single-family home in California rose 1.6 percent in March compared with the year before, marking the first year-over-year increase in 16 months, the CALIFORNIA ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS® reported Monday.
Making sense of the story
The statewide median price of an existing, single-family detached home jumped 9.2 percent to $291,080 in March from February’s $266,660 median price and was up 1.6 percent from a revised $286,550 recorded in March 2011. The month-to-month increase was the largest since March 2004.
Closed escrow sales of existing, single-family detached homes in California totaled a seasonally adjusted annualized rate of 505,360 units in March, according to information collected by C.A.R. from more than 90 local REALTOR® associations and MLSs statewide. Sales in March were down 4.5 percent month-over-month and 2.3 percent year-to-year.
The statewide sales figure represents what would be the total number of homes sold during 2012 if sales maintained the March pace throughout the year. It is adjusted to account for seasonal factors that typically influence home sales.
“Housing inventory remains extremely tight throughout the state and at levels severely under normal market conditions,” said C.A.R. Vice President and Chief Economist Leslie Appleton-Young. “In areas, such as Los Angeles and Riverside counties, where the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) wants to implement the REO bulk sale pilot program, inventory is running at levels well below the long-run average. These low inventory levels demonstrate that the pilot program is not necessary in California.”
The pilot program calls for the sale of more than 600 Fannie Mae-owned foreclosed homes in Los Angeles and Riverside counties to institutional investors.
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California home sales declined in March from February’s pace, while the median home price snapped a 16-month annual price decline and posted its first year-over-year gain, C.A.R. reported Monday. The statewide median price of an existing, single-family detached home jumped 9.2 percent to $291,080 in March from February’s $266,660 median price and was up 1.6 ... [Read More]
California home sales declined in March from February’s pace, while the median home price snapped a 16-month annual price decline and posted its first year-over-year gain, C.A.R. reported Monday.
The statewide median price of an existing, single-family detached home jumped 9.2 percent to $291,080 in March from February’s $266,660 median price and was up 1.6 percent from a revised $286,550 recorded in March 2011. The month-to-month increase was the largest since March 2004.
Closed escrow sales of existing, single-family detached homes in California totaled a seasonally adjusted annualized rate of 505,360 units in March, according to information collected by C.A.R. from more than 90 local REALTOR® associations and MLSs statewide. Sales in March were down 4.5 percent month-over-month and 2.3 percent year-to-year.
“Housing inventory remains extremely tight throughout the state and at levels severely under normal market conditions,” said C.A.R. Vice President and Chief Economist Leslie Appleton-Young. “In areas, such as Los Angeles and Riverside counties, where the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) wants to implement the REO bulk sale pilot program, inventory is running at levels well below the long-run average. These low inventory levels demonstrate that the pilot program is not necessary in California.”
The pilot program calls for the sale of more than 600 Fannie Mae-owned foreclosed homes in Los Angeles and Riverside counties to institutional investors.
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Builder confidence in the market for newly built, single-family homes declined to 25 in April, the first decline in seven months, according to the National Association of Home Builders/Wells Fargo Housing Market Index. The decline brings the index back to where it was in January, which was the highest level since 2007. The NAHB/Wells Fargo ... [Read More]
Builder confidence in the market for newly built, single-family homes declined to 25 in April, the first decline in seven months, according to the National Association of Home Builders/Wells Fargo Housing Market Index. The decline brings the index back to where it was in January, which was the highest level since 2007.
The NAHB/Wells Fargo Housing Market Index gauges builder perceptions of current single-family home sales and sales expectations for the next six months as “good,” “fair,” or “poor.” The survey also asks builders to rate traffic of prospective buyers as “high to very high,” “average,” or “low to very low.” Scores from each component are then used to calculate a seasonally adjusted index where any number over 50 indicates that more builders view conditions as good than poor.
Each of the index’s components registered declines in April. The component gauging current sales conditions and the component gauging sales expectations in the next six months each fell three points, to 26 and 32, respectively, while the component gauging traffic of prospective buyers fell four points to 18.
Regionally, the HMI results were somewhat mixed in April, with the West, which includes California, remaining steady at 32.
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San Diego Union-Tribune The regulator of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac is getting heat from California congressional memebers over a pilot plan to sell 600-plus foreclosed homes in Riverside and Los angeles counties to investors in bulk on condition they will convert them to rentals. Read the full story http://www.utsandiego.com/news/2012/apr/10/more-push-back-demarco/ [Read More]
San Diego Union-Tribune
The regulator of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac is getting heat from California congressional memebers over a pilot plan to sell 600-plus foreclosed homes in Riverside and Los angeles counties to investors in bulk on condition they will convert them to rentals.
Read the full story
http://www.utsandiego.com/news/2012/apr/10/more-push-back-demarco/
The Los Angeles Times The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is considering tough rules for home loan servicers, including more easily understood statements and warnings before interest rate changes. Read the full story http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-bank-rules-20120410,0,7307695.story [Read More]
San Diego Union-Tribune There are many myths associated with HUD-approved counselors. Here are some common ones busted to give homeowners an idea of the benefits and limits of their services. Read the full story http://www.utsandiego.com/news/2012/apr/06/hud-counseling-agencies/ [Read More]
