by Susanne Dwyer | Feb 16, 2016 | Consumer, For Your Clients, News |
Data through January 2016, released recently by S&P Dow Jones Indices and Experian for the S&P/Experian Consumer Credit Default Indices, shows the composite rate at 0.96 percent in January, down one basis point from the previous month. The bank card default...
by Susanne Dwyer | Feb 15, 2016 | Consumer, News |
Remax.com recently ranked high among consumer preferences, with the most visits among real estate franchise websites in 2015, according to Experian Hitwise Marketing Services (Hitwise) data. With more than 60 million visits last year, the RE/MAX site had nearly 20...
by Susanne Dwyer | Feb 9, 2016 | Consumer, News |
The January 2016 Survey of Consumer Expectations (SCE) results indicate that median inflation expectations at both the one-year ahead and the three-year ahead horizons fell in January, with both reaching their lowest levels since the inception of the survey. Median...
by Susanne Dwyer | Feb 8, 2016 | Consumer, News |
Buying a home isn’t as easy as clicking a few buttons and magically getting the home of your dreams, as the current real estate advertising landscape leads many to believe. The reality is that real estate transactions can be stressful and there are often challenges...
by Suzanne De Vita | Jan 30, 2016 | Consumer, For Your Clients, News |
The Conference Board Consumer Confidence Index®, which had increased in December, improved moderately in January. The Index now stands at 98.1 (1985=100), up from 96.3 in December. The Present Situation Index was unchanged at 116.4, while the Expectations Index...
by Susanne Dwyer | Jan 12, 2016 | Consumer, News |
Delinquencies in closed-end loans rose slightly in last year’s third quarter amid slower economic growth, according to results from the American Bankers Association’s Consumer Credit Delinquency Bulletin. Delinquencies ticked up in six of the 11 individual loan...