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For Many U.S. Markets, the Return to Peak Home Prices Will Be a Long, Slow Road

added: 09-04-2010

Fiserv, Inc., the leading global provider of financial services technology solutions, today released an analysis of home price historical trend data and forecasts for more than 375 U.S. markets based on the Fiserv® Case-Shiller Indexes®, which is owned and generated by Fiserv, data from the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) and Moody's Economy.com.

American Optimism is on the Rise

added: 09-04-2010

The latest results collected from Northwestern Mutual’s Optimism Barometer – an online measurement tool– indicate a distinct upward trend in positive outlooks among Americans, despite the near-term challenges of the current economic climate. Most notably, recent data has revealed a 60% year-over-year jump in people who scored at the highest end of the optimism scale.

Gallup and Healthways Release March 2010 U.S. Well-Being Report

added: 09-04-2010

Please be advised that Gallup and Healthways, Inc. released the Gallup-Healthways Monthly U.S. Well-Being Report for March 2010. Well-being in America continues to rebound, after slides in all sub-indices in late 2008 through much of 2009.

Discover® U.S. Spending MonitorSM Falls 1.5 Points in March 2010

added: 08-04-2010

Consumer confidence slipped in March after back-to-back gains the previous two months, led by married couples with children at home expressing a significant decline in confidence, according to the Discover U.S. Spending Monitor for March 2010.

Most U.S. Retail Industry Sectors Continue a Trend of Positive Year-on-Year Gains

added: 08-04-2010

MasterCard Advisors’ SpendingPulse, a macro-economic report tracking national retail and service sales, provided summary results for performance of specific U.S. retail industries in March, 2010. Most retail sectors continued to demonstrate solid year-over-year gains in March as easy year-over-year comparisons helped produce positive growth rates, albeit sales levels in several sectors are still off from the highs of 24 months ago. From a geographic point of view spending was positive across most regions of the country, the Pacific Coast being the exception.

Most Small Businesses See Economic Conditions as Holding Steady

added: 08-04-2010

Capital One Small Business Banking released the results of a recent survey of small businesses across the nation gauging their current financial condition and business projections for the next six months. The results showed that while nearly half (47 percent) of the small businesses surveyed said that the economic conditions for their companies have stayed the same, one in four (26 percent) of the business owners reported improving conditions and nearly one third (28 percent) said that their firm’s financial position is better than it was at the same time last year.

National and State Mortgage Rates Rise Over Past Week

added: 08-04-2010

The 30-year fixed mortgage rate on Zillow Mortgage Marketplace is currently 5.08 percent, up fifteen basis points from 4.93 percent compared to this same time last week. The 30-year fixed mortgage rate rose last week, spiking Sunday at 5.14 percent before falling to 5.05 percent Monday.

Only Seven Percent of Americans to Use Tax Refunds on 'Fun' Activities

added: 07-04-2010

A new study released by Bankrate, Inc. shows that, with economic uncertainty still lingering, many Americans plan to use their tax refunds in a fiscally conservative fashion, with 84 percent intending to pay down debt, save or invest, or use it for everyday necessities.

Twenty-Seven Million People with Mortgages Believe They Owe More than Their Homes Are Worth

added: 07-04-2010

A new Harris Poll provides some unpleasant numbers about the housing crisis and the collapse of the house price bubble. Fully 24% of people with mortgages believe they owe more on their mortgages than their homes are worth. One in nine homeowners (11%) with mortgages report having “a great deal of difficulty” in paying off their mortgage. Another 18% are having “some difficulty.” This comes at a time when two-thirds of all adults (65%) are concerned that their families’ incomes “will not be enough to cover all their costs and expenses this year.”

The Conference Board Employment Trends Index™ (ETI) Continues to Rise in March 2010

added: 07-04-2010

The Conference Board Employment Trends Index™ (ETI) rose in March for the seventh consecutive month. The index now stands at 94.4, up from February's revised figure of 93.7. The index is up 5.5 percent from a year ago. Over the past three months, all of the index's eight components have been improving.

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