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03/22/2023

The Fed announces another .25 rate hike. If you are needing Cash Out on your home equity I have a Fixed Rate HELOC. Please call me for more details at 760-809-9434.

The central bank continues its war on inflation despite recent economic turmoil

11/18/2022

A Slightly Less Gloomy Way to View Another Big Drop in Existing Home Sales. The state of the housing market in 2022 is well known by now. The sharpest rate spike in 40 years to the highest rates in 20 years combined with the overvaluation from 2 years of brutally fast appreciation to create a rapid cooling in demand and, more recently, prices. ... More here -

The state of the housing market in 2022 is well known by now.  The sharpest rate spike in 40 years to the highest rates in 20 years combined with the overvaluation from 2 years of brutally fast appreciation to create a rapid cooling in demand and, more recently, prices. Slightly less obviou...

11/14/2022

Election Day Adds To Uncertainty

This week, interest rates moved a bit sideways after Election Day and only added to the uncertainty as ballots continue to be counted. Let's discuss what happened and look into the week ahead.

11/10/2022

US Inflation Slows More Than Anticipated

The news could give the Fed space to ramp down their rate increases

11/03/2022

Federal Reserve Make Another Big Rate Hike

What does the increase mean for the interest-rate-sensitive housing market? Experts answer

10/03/2022

Bank of England Blinks, Interest Rates Sink

This past week, we watched the sharpest one-day decline in Treasury rates since 2008. The rate relief was relatively short-lived as uncertainty and volatility reign supreme in the financial markets. Let's recap what happened and investigate the big news in the week ahead.

09/26/2022

Three Things We Learned From Federal Reserve:

This past week, the Federal Reserve raised the Fed Funds Rate by .75% and issued its quarterly economic projections. In response, home loan rates ticked up to a new 2022 high. Let's discuss three things we learned from the Fed Meeting and what to watch in the weeks ahead.

09/21/2022

Fed Announced .75% Rate Hike

Find out how much rates have climbed by

09/13/2022

Interesting article about Inflation and a predicted .75% raise in rates next week.

Odds of a big rate increase are cemented

09/12/2022

Financial Markets Attempt To Stabilize

After several weeks of higher rates and lower stocks, the financial markets stabilized a bit. Let's walk through what happened and look into the week ahead.

08/25/2022

Last Week: "Housing Recession." This Week: "At Or Close To The Bottom". In last Thursday's Existing Home Sales press release, the NAR's chief economist said "we're witnessing a housing recession in terms of declining home sales and home building." Less than a week later, today's Pending Home Sales release contains quite a different remark: "in terms of the current housing cycle,... More here - https://www.mortgagenewsdaily.com/news/08242022-pending-home-sales

08/24/2022

We're Going to Jackson

For the past couple of weeks, interest rates remained within a range and haven't moved higher or lower, seemingly waiting for the next big market event. That event could be next week as Central Bankers around the globe and our Fed Chair Jerome Powell are set to speak at the Jackson Hole Symposium in...