| Mar 2, 2012 5:23PM The February edition of the Housing Scorecard was released by the Departments of Treasury and Housing and Urban Development (HUD) on Friday. In what has become a monthly litany, it said that "the housing market is strengthening although the recovery remains fragile." The Scorecard is essentially a summary of data on housing and housing finance released by public and private sources over the previous month and/or quarter. Most of the data such as new and existing home sales, permits and starts, mortgage... Mar 2, 2012 2:24PM Mortgages Rates were sharply higher yesterday, but have recovered a significant portion of those losses today. The most noticeable movement was actually over the two day period since Tuesday's fairly strong rate sheets. Things began to deteriorate moderately with Wednesday's rate sheets and worsened even more yesterday. Today's recovery gets rates back to Wednesday's levels in most cases while Tuesday remains noticeably better. Even so, it means that 4.0% did not get confirmation as taking over as...
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