Five Minute Maturity – 10/04/2021

Good morning and happy Monday! We’re spending the next couple of days without any scheduled housing news, but luckily something is always going on. Tying up loose ends from Friday: Auto sales took a second tumble when Ward’s Total Vehicle Sales for September,...

Five Minute Maturity – 10/01/2021

Good morning gang and welcome to the weekend! We’re supposed to get our last number of the week today after the close of the stock market: Ward’s Total Vehicle Sales for September. I’m not sure why we look at street projections on autos because they’re so bad, but...

Five Minute Maturity – 09/29/2021

Good morning and happy hump day! Mortgage Applications for the week ending Sept. 24 and Pending Home Sales for Aug. Mortgage Applications came in down slightly at -1.1%. Pending Home Sales was the big number however! The street was looking for +1.30% after a -1.80%...

Five Minute Maturity – 09/27/2021

Good morning, everyone, and happy Monday! We’ll publish some scheduled housing releases tomorrow, but there are a couple of interesting stories out there today. First, the lack of affordable housing has pushed first-time buyers away from the table. The number of...

Five Minute Maturity – 09/22/2021

Good morning and happy hump day! Today we had a duet of scheduled housing news, starting with Mortgage Applications for the week ending Sept. 17th at 6:00 a.m. central and Existing Home Sales for Aug. due out at 9:00 central. Last week on Mortgage Applications we had...