Housing Market Update, KB Home Earnings, Mortgages and Home Sales

Viewing 6 posts - 1 through 6 (of 6 total)
  • Author
    Posts
  • #15631
    Helmholtz Watson
    Participant

    [article]649[/article]

    #15694
    ThePitBoss
    Participant

    US MBA mortgage applications w/e 16 March -1.1% vs 0.9% prev

    mortgage market index 383.0
    mortgage purchase index +1.4% at 249.9
    Ave 30yr mortgage rate down 1bps at 4.68%
    refinancing index -4.5% at 1107.7

    #15695
    ThePitBoss
    Participant

    US February existing home sales 5.54m vs 5.40m expected, Prior 5.38m

    Sales up 3.0% m/m vs +0.4% exp
    Sales up 1.1% y/y
    Single family +4.2%
    Condos -6.5%
    Median price +5.9% y/y at $241.7K

    #15717
    TradersCom
    Keymaster

    U.S. House Price Index Report – January 2018
    Published: 3/22/2018

    The FHFA House Price Index (HPI) reported a 0.8 percent increase in U.S. house prices in January from the previous month. From January 2017 to January 2018, house prices were up 7.3 percent. For the nine census divisions, seasonally adjusted monthly price changes from December 2017 to January 2018 ranged from -0.7 percent in the West South Central division to +1.2 percent in the New England and Pacific divisions. The 12-month changes were all positive, ranging from +5.1 percent in the West South Central division to +10.0 percent in the Mountain division.

    #15718
    TradersCom
    Keymaster

    KB Home Earnings Beat

    Fiscal first-quarter earnings up 167% to 40 cents, crushing views for 30 cents.
    Net orders rose 8% to $1.17 billion on an 8% gain in net orders to 2,784. Analysts had expected a 6.3% gain in orders.
    Revenue was up 6.5% to $871.6 million, below Zacks Investment Research consensus for $887 million.
    Deliveries were flat at 2,223 homes. The average selling price rose 7% to $389,800.

    KB Home NYSE: KBH · March 23, 10:35 AM EDT
    30.04 ▲ 1.20 (4.16%)

    Was At 31.39 before weak home sales

    #15719
    TradersCom
    Keymaster

    US February new home sales 618K vs 620K expected, Prior 593K (revised to 622K) A BIG REVISION Here
    Sales -0.6% m/m Prior sales revised to -4.7%
    Median price $326.8K, up 9.7% y/y

Viewing 6 posts - 1 through 6 (of 6 total)
  • You must be logged in to reply to this topic.