By Jann Swanson
Posted To: MND NewsWire
In its Economic and Housing Outlook for April Freddie Mac’s economists point out that the spring homebuying season has become familiar territory. And not in a good way. For the third year in a row the nation entered the New Year “with great expectations and optimism” but was almost immediately battered with brutal winter weather and an economic slowdown. Despite the threepeat in the first quarter of 2015, Freddie Mac’s chief economist Len Kiefer, says he believes the remainder of the year should bring economic growth solid enough for robust job gains and accelerating housing markets. While the jobs report in March was disappointing the acceleration in housing is already underway as evidenced by a 3 percentage point year-over-year uptick in purchase mortgage applications. Freddie Mac expects…(read more)
Via:: Freddie Remains Upbeat on Housing Market Despite Q1 Challenges
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