Daily market update: Oct. 1, 2015
Our daily summary of market news, updated regularly with new tidbits
Inman 
Oct 1, 2015
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- Home prices in the first quarter of the year hit their most affordable level in two years.
- The average interest rate on a 30-year fixed rate mortgage dropped 57 basis points, or 13 percent from the first quarter of 2014 to the first quarter of 2015.
- The drop in interest rates — along with wage growth outpacing home price appreciation in 32 percent of counties — meant buying a home in the first quarter required a smaller share of the average wage compared to a year ago.
- Construction spending during August was estimated at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of $1.09 trillion.
- This is a 13.7 percent increase over August 2014’s estimate of $955 billion.
- From January 2015 to August 2015, construction spending comprised $683.4 billion.
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