Archive for December, 2005

Mortgage Forecast

Thursday, December 15th, 2005

East Bay Business Times - 1:22 PM PST Tuesday
State mortgage group issues forecast
The California Association of Mortgage Brokers predicted that mortgage rates will hit 7 percent for 30-year fixed-rate mortgages in the coming year and that 40-year fixed-rate loans will become more common.
More than 80 percent of member brokers surveyed in an annual forecast […]

Hot Housing Market Still ‘Cruising’

Tuesday, December 13th, 2005

Hot Housing Market Still ‘Cruising’; Although there are signs of slowing in certain regions, a real estate-led recession in California is unlikely, a UCLA forecast now says.
Annette Haddad
Times Staff Writer
969 words
7 December 2005
Los Angeles Times
Home Edition
C-1
English
Copyright 2005 The Los Angeles Times
UCLA Anderson Forecast, among the first economic prognosticators to proclaim that California’s housing […]

Inventories Rise as Speculative Buying Slows In Once-Hot Markets

Tuesday, December 13th, 2005

Investors Retreat From Housing Market — Inventories Rise as Speculative Buying Slows In Once-Hot Markets Like Phoenix and San Diego
By Ruth Simon
1,353 words
7 December 2005
The Wall Street Journal
D1
English
(Copyright (c) 2005, Dow Jones & Company, Inc.)
INDIVIDUALS ARE pulling back from buying homes and condos as an investment, in a move that could accelerate the […]

State mortgage group issues forecast

Tuesday, December 13th, 2005

East Bay Business Times - 1:22 PM PST Tuesday, 12/6/05
State mortgage group issues forecast
The California Association of Mortgage Brokers predicted that mortgage rates will hit 7 percent for 30-year fixed-rate mortgages in the coming year and that 40-year fixed-rate loans will become more common.
More than 80 percent of member brokers surveyed in an annual […]