Housing construction increased in September to the highest level in seven months according to the Commerce Department's most recent data. Construction of new homes and apartments rose by 3.4 percent last month to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 2.11 million units, the fastest pace since last February. Analysts had been forecasting that housing construction would decline by 1.7 percent in September, believing that increases in mortgage rates would finally start to cool the red-hot housing market. We will soon find out if September was one last hurrah or if the party continues. New Residential Construction data for October 2005 will be released on Thursday, November 17, 2005, at 8:30 A. M. EST. Previously we reported The party is over in Boston but optimism still abounds in many market. City by city the party light will go out but the name of the game right now seems to be 'Build or Die'.Following is the Weekly Mortgage Applications Survey for the week ending October 21.
BEA 4th Quarter GDP 1st Estimate 0.7% Q&A: Why Did GDPNow Rise After Durable Goods? When are Construction Revisions Coming? Moody's Investors Service on Thursday placed Ambac Financial Inc (ABK), which insures more than $500 billion in bonds, on review for a possible ratings cut, an event that could trigger similar downgrades on billions of dollars of debt. A cut could mean the ratings on the bonds it insured -- which amount to $556 billion in value -- would also be lowered, forcing the owners of those bonds to mark down the value of their portfolios. Moody's announcement came after Ambac, hard hit by the turmoil in credit markets, said it was recording a $3.5 billion write-down, equivalent to nearly two-thirds of its net worth, and plans to raise $1 billion in new capital to maintain its ratings. MBIA Inc (MBI), the world's biggest bond insurer, sold $1 billion of surplus notes last week to shore up capital and preserve its crucial triple-A rating. 'The markets are...
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