To determine which cities feature the best real estate deals, we looked at three sets of data in the March 2009 RPX Monthly Housing Market Report, distributed by Radar Logic Incorporated, a New York-based derivatives firm.
Even so, car sales rose, and there was an improvement in the housing market, said the report, whose conclusions are used to set monetary policy.
First, while no one really expects anything in relation to the housing market to be anything but disappointing, the report on Existing Home Sales did come in well below the consensus estimates.
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The U.S. data includes the weekly MBA mortgage applications survey, the consumer price index, the Empire State manufacturing survey, real earnings, Treasury international capital data, industrial production and capacity utilization, the NAHB housing market index and the weekly DOE energy stocks report.
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U.S. economic data due for release Wednesday includes the weekly MBA mortgage applications survey, the consumer price index, real earnings, Treasury international capital flows, industrial production and capacity utilization, the NAHB housing market index and the weekly DOE energy stocks report.
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U.S. economic data due for release Wednesday includes the weekly MBA mortgage applications survey, the Empire State manufacturing survey, Treasury international capital flows, industrial production and capacity utilization, the NAHB housing market index, the weekly DOE energy stocks report, and the FOMC meeting minutes.
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We also get more information on the housing market, with the Case-Shiller Home Price Index report Tuesday, followed by pending home sales on Wednesday.
An estimated 28 percent of wealthy real estate investors faced substantial, double digit losses in the housing market last year, according to the latest annual Chinese wealth report from the Boston Consulting Group and China Construction Bank Corp.
U.S. economic data due for release Tuesday includes the weekly Goldman Sachs chain store sales index, the producer price index, the weekly Johnson Redbook retail sales report, Treasury international capital flows data, and the NAHB housing market index.
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The Obama Administration issued its plan for how to get out of the mortgage business Friday, delivering a report to Congress with a plan to restore private capital to the housing market and ultimately wind down government-backed Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.
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Dimon said the housing market "has turned, " echoing a statement he made in October after its third-quarter earnings report.
According to a Reuters report, interest has spiked this year from international buyers preparing to capitalize on housing values the market thinks could fall by another 20% as the economic and political turmoil continues.
Scotland's housing market remains "muted", with only a slight rise in prices over the last year, according to a report from Lloyds TSB Scotland.
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