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JAY BUTLER It's pretty clear that housing is slowing. Rising mortgage rates and the very fast rising homes pric...
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EDMOND CHAN The decline in starts shows that higher interest rates are impacting the housing market. That is a s...
JAMES CARON The cooling off of the regional housing market can be attributed to a combination of job losses rela...
JIM CUTTER We're all surprised by the persistence of the housing boom, and it actually is a boom in our state. ...
GREG WEEKS The story here in the data over the last couple of days is upward surprises. Just like we saw an upw...
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GREGORY GIEBER Despite uncertainties on interest rates and oil prices during 2005, about 70 companies would be list...
EDMOND CHAN Rising incomes combined with falling interest rates positively affected the domestic market.
ANFAVEA PRESIDENT ROGELIO GOLFARB On a year-on-year basis, before this number was released, housing starts are down 11 percent. So you...
KATHLEEN CAMILLI It's not really that overseas investors are negatively reacting to Japanese stocks overall but rathe...
MITSUSHIGE AKINO The latest data - including the improvement in manufacturing activity and current strength of the ho...
HOWARD ARCHER If the past is any guide, the effect of rising interest rates is likely to be felt most visibly in h...
DONALD KOHN This is coming in an environment where consumers are being challenged by higher interest rates and e...
CARL TANNENBAUM A good number will confirm the upward bias for interest rates and higher rates are a headwind for eq...
HANS OLSEN Somewhat slower (economic) growth, higher interest rates and volatile gas prices all add up to auto ...
MARK FIELDS Freddie Mac's own economic forecast calls for a mild and gradual increase in 30-year fixed-rate mort...
FRANK NOTHAFT A lot of the tech selling is over. And the considerable strength of the U.S. economy is intact, inte...
ARNIE OWEN We had higher oil prices, higher gold prices, higher copper prices and even a higher Dow (Jones inde...
ANGUS GEDDES The housing market has traditionally done very well in our economy, and continues to thrive. IHFA is...
BOB REED The stock market has been anticipating a slowdown because of pressures from interest rates and energ...
RON BARON The affordability of light vehicles has been quite stable over the past ten quarters. Family incomes...
DANA JOHNSON The consumer numbers look fairly strong, although at least some of that strength is likely to fade i...
MAURY HARRIS Acceleration in U.S. growth and rising energy costs will likely translate into higher long-term [int...
AMY CUTTS Acceleration in U.S. growth and rising energy costs will likely translate into higher long-term [int...
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LEONARD ZUMPANO The housing market continues to moderate -- and even January's fantastic weather was not able to inc...
PHILLIP NEUHART The housing market continues to moderate - and even January's fantastic weather was not able to incr...
PHILLIP NEUHART Rising long rates threaten the bellwether housing industry as well as consumer spending. The higher ...
LARRY WACHTEL This increased housing market activity has clearly led to some recent firming in house prices, and t...
HOWARD ARCHER The higher prices, along with any increase in mortgage rates, could make negotiations between buyers...
DAVE OTTO As CPIX (consumer price index less mortgage costs) continues to surprise on the downside and oil pri...
CHRIS HART Since the Reserve Bank of Australia raised rates in March, the housing market has just been going si...
MICHAEL EVERY Some technology stocks are being cut because of concern that high oil prices and rising interest rat...
SIMON CHAO Despite the gradual rise in mortgage rates over the last two months, housing starts were actually up...
FRANK NOTHAFT It's the kind of market now where (investors) have to get out -- to lighten up, ... Interest rates a...
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DENNIS JACOBE There is no denying that 2005 has been a tremendous year for the housing industry. Very favorable in...
DAVID PRESSLY It's the analogy of the straw and the camel's back. We keep loading the camel's back with straw and ...
RICHARD CRIPPS Consumers will be squeezed with higher interest rates, which is not good news for the market general...
EDMUND SHING The market is definitely a lot more sluggish than at the end of last year. However how much of that ...
HOWARD MORLEY Card rates are rising faster than the rise in general interest rates.
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VINCENT BOBERSKI This market is on a roll. As long as we have an environment of slow growth, low inflation, low inter...
MARSHALL ACUFF Clearly the cycle of rising global interest rates has only just started, and this is likely to make ...
GEOFF LANGHAM To date, the increasing affordability of our key product categories and the strength of our retail t...
BRAD ANDERSON But if this continues (fuel prices keep rising), you might start to see that effect.
ANTHONY CURTIS The continued rise of our three-month average since October 2005 still shows strength in the market ...
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LUZ LORENZO There's no sign that investor demand has softened at all. The things that would have caused a slower...
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