People's Home Equity - Ben McMahon - NMLS 422548

08/23/2025

12/28/2022

When you walk into someone’s kitchen whose countertops are devoid of clutter except for an occasional potted plant or a diminutive Nespresso machine, it’s easy to assume their kitchen is larger than yours...

12/27/2022

These are the three areas that have the greatest ability to impact rates this week. 1) Manufacturing, 2) Jobs and 3) EOY...

12/23/2022

November personal income expected +0.3% increased 0.4%, personal spending expected +0.2% increased 0.1%. The key PCE inflation m/m expected +0.2%...

12/22/2022

Initial Weekly Jobless Claims were lower (better) than expected, 216K vs. est. of 222K. The more closely watched 4 week moving average moved down to 222K...

12/21/2022

People used to complain (and still do) about seeing Christmas decorations too soon. Tradition dictated that nary a tree or a garland was touched until after the turkey had become leftovers...

12/20/2022

The People's Bank of China kept their key interest rate at 3.65%. The Bank of Japan also kept their interest rate unchanged at -0.1% but decided to

12/19/2022

While high interest rates and home prices are doing great jobs issuing put downs and smackdowns, how familiar are you with mortgage buydowns?

12/16/2022

Just because you are nestled all snug in your bed with visions of sugarplums dancing in your head doesn’t mean your house is using its heating system efficiently. Bah humbug? Nah...

12/16/2022

Since Wednesday when chairman Powell doused market beliefs the Fed would become more dovish toward fighting inflation...