Weekly Initial Unemployment Claims Increase to 223,000

found 2025 › Jan › 23 (Thu) @ 20:56 UTC

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In the week ending January 18, the advance figure for seasonally adjusted initial claims was 223,000, an increase of 6,000 from the previous week's unrevised level of 217,000. The…

ICE: Mortgage Delinquency Rate Increased 4% Year-over-year in December

found 2025 › Jan › 23 (Thu) @ 20:56 UTC

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From ICE: ICE First Look at Mortgage Performance: Delinquencies Ended 2024 on a Strong Note Despite Remaining Near a Three-Year High

• The national delinquency rate eased 2 basis points (bps) to 3.72…

MBA: Mortgage Applications Increased in Weekly Survey

found 2025 › Jan › 23 (Thu) @ 07:32 UTC

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From the MBA: Mortgage Applications Increase in Latest MBA Weekly Survey

Mortgage applications increased 0.1 percent from one week earlier, according to data from the Mortgage Bankers Association’s (…

AIA: Architecture Billings "End the year on a weak note"

found 2025 › Jan › 23 (Thu) @ 07:32 UTC

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Note: This index is a leading indicator primarily for new Commercial Real Estate (CRE) investment.

From the AIA: ABI December 2024: Business conditions end the year on a weak note

The AIA/Deltek Arch…

Benchmarking the U.S. economy

found 2025 › Jan › 21 (Tue) @ 21:27 UTC

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Presidents receive too much credit and blame for the economy!

But it worth looking at the current state of the economy. From economist Ernie Tedeschi: Benchmarking the U.S. economy that President D…

MBA Survey: Share of Mortgage Loans in Forbearance Decreases to 0.47% in December

found 2025 › Jan › 21 (Tue) @ 21:27 UTC

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From the MBA: Share of Mortgage Loans in Forbearance Decreases Slightly to 0.47% in December

The Mortgage Bankers Association’s (MBA) monthly Loan Monitoring Survey revealed that the total number of …

AAR: Rail Carloads Down YoY in 2024, Intermodal Up

found 2025 › Jan › 20 (Mon) @ 18:49 UTC

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From the Association of American Railroads (AAR) Rail Time Indicators. Graphs and excerpts reprinted with permission.

For the full year 2024, total U.S. carloads were 11.34 million, down 2.9% (343,…

Housing Jan 20th Weekly Update: Inventory Up 1.2% Week-over-week, Up 24.8% Year-over-year

found 2025 › Jan › 20 (Mon) @ 15:17 UTC

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<div>Altos reports that active single-family inventory was up 1.2% week-over-week.</div><div>
</div><div>Inventory always declines seasonally in the Winter and usually bottoms in late January or Febru…

Hotels: Occupancy Rate Decreased 7.7% Year-over-year

found 2025 › Jan › 19 (Sun) @ 16:50 UTC

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<div>From STR: U.S. hotel results for week ending 11 January</div>

The U.S. hotel industry reported negative year-over-year comparisons, according to CoStar’s latest data through 11 January. ...

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Real Estate Newsletter Articles this Week: Housing Starts Down 3.9% in 2024 compared to 2023

found 2025 › Jan › 19 (Sun) @ 09:55 UTC

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At the Calculated Risk Real Estate Newsletter this week:

Multi Housing Starts and Single Family Housing Starts

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• Housing Starts Increased to 1.499 million Annual Rate in December

•…