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Texas Mortgage Market Update – For the week of November 26, 2012

Texas Mortgage Market Update - For the week of November 26, 2012 - We may not be standing in the middle of a fully recovered housing market, but we're clearly moving in that direction. Existing Home Sales were UP 2.1% in October, staying right near their highest level in over two years. Sales are up 10.9% from a year ago. The median price is now $178,600, up 11.1% over a year ago. And the supply of existing homes dropped from 5.6 to 5.4 months. The inventory of existing homes is down to 2.14 million, the lowest level since December 2002.

Texas Mortgage Market Update – For the week of November 5, 2012

Texas Mortgage Market Update - For the week of November 5, 2012 - We hope that in the face of the tragedy of superstorm Sandy, those affected will find joy: in neighbors coming together showing strength in community; in the armies of emergency workers, both professionals and volunteers, toiling around the clock; in the heartfelt support of people across the country, expressed on social networks, via emails, on radio and TV. Our thoughts and prayers go out to all those now struggling to recover. If you'd like to contribute to the relief effort, a good place to start is the American Red Cross at http://www.redcross.org/charitable-donations.

Texas Mortgage Market Update – For the week of October 29, 2012

Texas Mortgage Market Update - For the week of October 29, 2012 - The rest of the economy may be barely moving forward, but there's clearly some action in the housing market. New single-family home sales were up 5.7% for September and up 27.1% over a year ago. The seasonally adjusted annual rate of 389,000 units is the strongest sales pace since April 2010. The median sales price was $242,400, up almost 12% versus a year ago. 145,000 new homes were on the market, a 4.5 months' supply at the current sales rate, down from a record 12.1 months in January 2009.

Texas Mortgage Market Update – For the week of October 8, 2012

Texas Mortgage Market Update - For the week of October 8, 2012 - Many observers feel we should be totally prepared for the housing recovery to continue. A major real estate portal reports list prices UP 2.5% in September versus a year ago, the biggest year-over-year boost since the housing recession started. Excluding foreclosures, list prices were UP 3.5% from a year ago. From July to August, those prices were UP 0.5%, their eighth straight month of gains. These numbers are causing experts to predict that 2012 will likely record the first calendar year list price increase since 2006, as gains were seen in 74 of the top 100 U.S. metros.

Texas Mortgage Market Update – For the week of October 1, 2012

Texas Mortgage Market Update - For the week of October 1, 2012 - You could say New Home Sales fell on its face in August, as it was down 0.3% to a 373,000 annual rate. But confirming the sentiment of the above quote, New Home Sales are in fact moving forward--UP a nice 27.7% from a year ago and remaining near a two-year high, with every region up in the last year. Even better, the months' supply of new homes is at 4.5 and the median price of new homes sold hit $256,900, UP 11.2% for August, the largest monthly increase since 1963!

Texas Mortgage Market Update – For the week of September 24, 2012

Texas Mortgage Market Update - For the week of September 24, 2012 - People indeed are astonished at how the housing market has started to recover and last week's data just kept the ball rolling. Builders are busier as housing starts are up 2.3% from July to August. They're now at a 750,000 annual rate, UP 24.5% over August 2011. Housing starts have been rising on an annual basis for the last 11 months and they're now UP 57% from their April 2009 bottom. No wonder builder confidence in September was up for the fifth month in a row, hitting its highest level since 2006.

Texas Mortgage Rates Moved Higher This Week

US Inflation concerns hit bond markets this week. Despite soothing comments from Fed Reserve Chief Bernanke, stronger than expected economic growth and higher commodity prices raised investor fears that future inflation may increase. As a result, Texas mortgage rates moved higher during the week.