Tuesday, May 9, 2017

Housing Sentiment Springs Back; Rates Trending Higher; High Hopes for Homeownership; Delinquency Shift

After moving along a nearly flat track for several years, consumer sentiment regarding whether "now" is a good time to buy a home started to rise and fall like the tides in late 2016. April saw increasing positives sentiment; the net share of those saying it was a good time gain 5 percentage points to 35 percent after rising and then falling by ten points in February and March. The results of Fannie Mae's National Housing Survey (NHS) also included a shift in the " good time to sell " sentiment, which has always lagged well behind the "buy" responses. Its net percentage began to increase in November and hit a survey high of 31 percent in March but it dropped five points in April. These two questions are among the six from the survey that make up Fannie Mae's Home Purchase Sentiment Index (HPSI

from
http://www.mortgagenewsdaily.com/reports/newsletter/2017/5/9/2782

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