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The numbers: Sales of newly built homes occurred at a seasonally-adjusted annual rate of 923,000 in January, the U.S. Census Bureau reported Wednesday. That was 4.3% above the upwardly-revised pace of 885,000 in December. Analysts polled by MarketWatch had projected new-home sales to occur at a seasonally-adjusted annual rate of 850,000. Compared …

Advanced Micro Devices Inc. expects strong data-center and gaming sales to keep sales strong into 2021 after the chip maker topped $ 3 billion in quarterly revenue for the first time late Tuesday and its results and outlook both topped Wall Street estimates. AMD AMD, +0.62% reported fourth-quarter net income of …

Mortgage interest rates remain well below 3%, with Freddie Mac’s latest 30-year fixed-rate mortgage average coming in at 2.84%. While that’s an increase from a week ago, it’s still far below the 3.75% we saw last year at this time. Freddie Mac’s Chief Economist Sam Khater notes that rates increased …

2020 is expected to go down as one of the best years for the mortgage industry since 2003. This week the Mortgage Bankers Association released its forecast for the remainder of 2020 and into 2021. The group predicts mortgage originations will increase to $ 3.18 trillion in 2020. That’s the …

Tesla Inc. unveiled battery innovations and increased efficiencies that appeared to underwhelm investors late Tuesday at its much anticipated “Battery Day.” Tesla stock’s TSLA, -5.59%, which had gained more than 4% after an upbeat post-shareholder-meeting presentation, turned south as soon as Chief Executive Elon Musk said that some of the …

[embedded content] The housing industry was dealt a big change this week as the Federal Housing Finance Authority decided to raise prices on refinance loans sold to Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. The group announced the institution of an Adverse Market Refinance Fee. The fee is a 50 basis point …

The main headline in housing is yet another week of historically low mortgage rates. However, the extremely low rates are starting to have an adverse effect on purchasing power.  This week, and for the eighth time this year, Freddie Mac’s 30-year fixed-rate mortgage average hit an all-time low. The latest …

The fallout from the COVID-19 pandemic continues to be the main driver behind the American economy. Another 1.48 million Americans filed initial unemployment claims over the last week, according to the Labor Department. Dow Futures sank on the news but gained back a little ground due to continuing jobless claims …