Heavy Truck Sales Mostly Unchanged YoY in April

found 2025 › May › 02 (Fri) @ 19:02 UTC

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This graph shows heavy truck sales since 1967 using data from the BEA. The dashed line is the April 2025 seasonally adjusted annual sales rate (SAAR) of 505 thousand.

Heavy truck sales really collap…

Freddie Mac House Price Index Mostly Unchanged in March; Up 3.0% Year-over-year

found 2025 › Apr › 30 (Wed) @ 17:40 UTC

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Today, in the Calculated Risk Real Estate Newsletter: Freddie Mac House Price Index Mostly Unchanged in March; Up 3.0% Year-over-year

A brief excerpt:

Freddie Mac reported that its “National” Home Pr…

NAR: Pending Home Sales Increase 6.1% in March; Down 0.6% YoY

found 2025 › Apr › 30 (Wed) @ 15:10 UTC

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From the NAR: Pending Home Sales Jumped 6.1% in March

Pending home sales increased 6.1% in March – the greatest month-to-month increase since December 2023 (+7.0%) – according to the National Associa…

Personal Income increased 0.5% in March; Spending increased 0.7%

found 2025 › Apr › 30 (Wed) @ 15:10 UTC

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The BEA released the Personal Income and Outlays report for March:

Personal income increased $116.8 billion (0.5 percent at a monthly rate) in March, according to estimates released today by the U.S…

Wednesday: GDP, Personal Income and Outlays, Pending Home Sales

found 2025 › Apr › 30 (Wed) @ 00:35 UTC

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Note: Mortgage rates are from MortgageNewsDaily.com and are for top tier scenarios.

Wednesday:
• At 7:00 AM ET, The Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) will release the results for the mortgage purc…

Las Vegas in March: Visitor Traffic Down 7.8% YoY; Convention Traffic Up 10.2% YoY

found 2025 › Apr › 29 (Tue) @ 21:20 UTC

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From the Las Vegas Visitor Authority: March 2025 Las Vegas Visitor Statistics

With a slightly less‐packed event calendar and as‐yet unclear impacts of evolving federal policies rippling thru intern…

Tuesday: Case-Shiller House Prices, Job Openings

found 2025 › Apr › 29 (Tue) @ 00:55 UTC

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From Matthew Graham at Mortgage News Daily: Mortgage Rates Start New Week Slightly Lower

Mortgage rates ended last week at the lowest levels since April 7th. The average lender remained at those sam…

Final Look at Local Housing Markets in March and a Look Ahead to April Sales

found 2025 › Apr › 28 (Mon) @ 16:25 UTC

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Today, in the Calculated Risk Real Estate Newsletter: Final Look at Local Housing Markets in March and a Look Ahead to April Sales

A brief excerpt:

After the National Association of Realtors® (NAR) r…

Update: Lumber Prices Up 11% YoY

found 2025 › Apr › 27 (Sun) @ 13:35 UTC

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This is something to watch again. Here is another monthly update on lumber prices.<div>
SPECIAL NOTE: The CME group discontinued the Random Length Lumber Futures contract on May 16, 2023. I switched …

Real Estate Newsletter Articles this Week: Existing-Home Sales Decreased to 4.02 million SAAR in March; Down 2.4% YoY

found 2025 › Apr › 26 (Sat) @ 19:50 UTC

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At the Calculated Risk Real Estate Newsletter this week:

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• NAR: Existing-Home Sales Decreased to 4.02 million SAAR in March; Do…