Mortgage Applications Increased 11.2 Percent From Last Week (Purchase Index Increased 8 Percent)

The US economy is gradually recovering from Bidenomics (government/donor dictated spending). Mortgage applications increased 11.2 percent from one week earlier, according to data from the Mortgage Bankers Association’s (MBA) Weekly Mortgage Applications Survey for the week ending March 7, 2025.

The Market Composite Index, a measure of mortgage loan application volume, increased 11.2 percent on a seasonally adjusted basis from one week earlier. On an unadjusted basis, the Index increased 12 percent compared with the previous week.  The seasonally adjusted Purchase Index increased 7 percent from one week earlier. The unadjusted Purchase Index increased 8 percent compared with the previous week and was 4 percent higher than the same week one year ago.

The Refinance Index increased 16 percent from the previous week and was 90 percent higher than the same week one year ago.

Mortgage rates declined for the sixth consecutive week, with the 30-year fixed rate dropping to 6.67 percent, the lowest level since October 2024. As a result, applications increased over the week and were up 31 percent from a year ago.

Turnover speeds are arisin’!

Subprime Crisis 2? Subprime Auto Delinquencies Soar Under Biden/Harris To 6.6%

Thank God President Auto Pen is out of office!

Inflation? Lower real wage growth? Excessive personal loan growth?? All resulting in historic subprime auto loan delinquency rate of 6.6%.

Auto Loan 60+ Day Delinquency Index

FHA Delinquencies Hit 14.98% (Biden’s Lingering Hangover)

The US housing market is still suffering a hangover from Biden’s Presidency (high housing prices, high food prices, high inflation, high oil/gas prices, etc.) Housing prices are the highest in history, now we have FHA delinquencies at almost 15%.

Way to go, Joe!

Cabbage Rolls And Coffee! Mortgage Applications Increased 20.4 Percent From One Week Earlier

The mortgage market is back! Time to polka!!

Mortgage applications increased 20.4 percent from one week earlier, according to data from the Mortgage Bankers Association’s (MBA) Weekly Mortgage Applications Survey for the week ending February 28, 2025.

The Market Composite Index, a measure of mortgage loan application volume, increased 20.4 percent on a seasonally adjusted basis from one week earlier. On an unadjusted basis, the Index increased 22 percent compared with the previous week.  The seasonally adjusted Purchase Index increased 9 percent from one week earlier. The unadjusted Purchase Index increased 12 percent compared with the previous week and was 2 percent higher than the same week one year ago.

The Refinance Index increased 37 percent from the previous week and was 83 percent higher than the same week one year ago.

Thank God the adults are in charge in DC instead of the children we saw at Trump’s speech last night.

The Fool? US Dollar Soars As Probability Of Default Reaches 42%

Trump inherited a brittle economy from “The Fool” Joe Biden. And it is shown up.

The Trump Administration is fighting the remnants of Biden’s policies by cutting spending (DOGE) and deregulation.

All this has resulted in a soaring US Dollar.

Tarot cards have officially renamed “The Fool” card as “The Biden.” Although in Washington DC, there is no shortage of fools (see Maxine Waters (D-CA) and Rashida Talib (D-MI).

DOGE Donkeys? Initial Jobless Claims SOAR In Washington DC, Over 2 Million, As “The Borg King” (Elon Musk) Takes Control (DOGE Has Saved Taxpayers Over $143 BILLION So Far)

Elon Musk, who Democrats consider to be The Borg King, and DOGE have laid-off many Federal workers. Today’s jobless claims report revealed that over 2 million Federal workers filed for unemployment benefits.

DOGE has saved taxpayers over $143 BILLION thus far.

How Democrats view Elon Musk.

Biden Took Us Higher … Prices! New Home Sales Decrease to 657,000 Annual Rate in January

High housing prices, high commodity prices, high interest rates. All thanks to Biden’s horrible top-down economic policies. Its as is Biden was humming “I’m going to take prices higher” while he was President.

Sales of new single-family houses in January 2025 were at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 657,000, according to estimates released jointly today by the U.S. Census Bureau and the Department of Housing and Urban Development. This is 10.5 percent below the revised December rate of 734,000 and is 1.1 percent below the January 2024 estimate of 664,000.

Consumer Confidence In Housing Remains Grim At 30 (100 Is Breaking Point)

The US got hit with 2 deadly viruses in 2020. First, Covid-19 struck then another deadly virus struck in late 2020 with the election of DEI-obsessed Joe Biden, the worst President in history.

With rising interest rates and housing prices under “Clueless Joe,” buying conditions for housing plunged from around 160 under Trump to an abysmal 30 under Biden. And now Trump.

Keep On Printin’! US Home Prices Accelerated To New Record High In December As Fed Kept On Printing Money (But 14 Of Top 20 Metro Areas Fell In Price From November To December 2024)

To keep house prices soaring to new highs, The Fed need to keep on printing!

For the second straight month, US home prices accelerated YoY in December (according to the latest data from S&P Global’s Case-Shiller Index). The 20-City Composite saw prices jump 0.5% MoM (faster than expected and the biggest jump since June) and accelerating MoM for the 3rd straight month.

Only Tampa FLA of the top 20 metro areas had a negative YoY price change, but 14 of the top 20 metro areas experienced price declines from November to December: Atlanta, Charlotte, Cleveland, Dallas, Detroit, Los Angeles, Minneapolis, New York, Phoenix, Portland, San Francisco, Seattle, Tampa and Washington DC.

Keep on printin’!

Doesn’t the lead singer for The Gentrys sorty of look like Matt Damon??

Surprise … NOT! Biden’s Failed Policies Resulted In Citi’s Economic Surprise Index Falling To -7.80 In February

In appreciation of German conservatives winning in their recent election,

Citi’s economic surprise index fell to -7.80 in February. This is the remnant of Biden/Democrats horrible economic policies and fear of Trump’s tariff policies.

Gold, Bitcoin and the S&P 500 are doing quite well on the prospects for growth in the US under Trump.

The US economy like an aircraft carrier, doesn’t turn on a dime. Think of the Japanese carriers at Midway in WWII. Thanks Admiral Biden! And Rear Admiral Harris!