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interest rates: How Spiking Oil Prices Have Mortgage Rates In Tow - 05/29/08 12:37 PM

How Spiking Oil Prices Have Mortgage Rates In Tow

High oil prices are derailing the mortgage market this week, taking an almost-vertical path higher.
Since mid-February, prices are up by 50 percent.
Rising oil prices can be a threat the U.S. economy because with every extra dollar that Americans pay … (0 comments)

interest rates: Did You Ask: "Has There Been A Mortgage Rate Reprice In The Last Hour?" - 05/29/08 12:35 PM

Yesterday, several mortgage lenders issued three separate "rate sheets" in response to the changing mortgage market.
It was the fourth time in the last 6 trading days that mortgage lenders issued multiple rate sheets in a day, and continued the trend that started in mid-January.
The yo-yo nature of mortgage rates underscores … (1 comments)

interest rates: Did You Ask: "Has There Been A Mortgage Rate Reprice In The Last Hour?" - 05/21/08 01:31 PM

interest rates: How The 84,000 Parts Of Inflation Impact Mortgage Rates - 05/09/08 11:27 AM

When the everyday "Cost of Living" increases, our dollars don't go as far as they used to. Economists call this inflation.
One popular method of measuring inflation is to track prices for 84,000 individual items and lump them together into a "basket". If the overall price is higher, then the economy … (0 comments)

interest rates: You're Not Immune -- No Matter What Your Credit Profile Looks Like - 05/07/08 09:40 AM

Four times annually, the Federal Reserve surveys 84 different banks about general banking conditions.
One of the survey questions asks about current mortgage lending standards and whether they are loosening or tightening.
The chart at right is from the April 2008 survey and it illustrates what we already know: It's getting tougher and tougher … (0 comments)

interest rates: Why Mortgage Rates Aren't Falling Even Though The Economy Is Shedding Jobs - 05/06/08 10:19 AM

According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the U.S. economy shed 20,000 jobs in April 2008. The labor force now counts at 146 million people as employed. Normally, a loss of jobs would foretell economic weakness and would be a good thing for mortgage rate shoppers. Today, though, traders had been expecting … (0 comments)

interest rates: Making English Out Of Fed-Speak (April 2008 Edition) - 05/01/08 09:05 AM

The Fed lowered the Fed Funds Rate by a quarter-percent to 2.000% yesterday afternoon.
Because it is tied to the Fed Funds Rate, Prime Rate also fell by a quarter-percent. Prime Rate is now 5.000%.
Holders of home equity lines of credit and credit card debt benefited from the change and will see lower interest … (1 comments)

interest rates: Why It Doesn't Matter What The Federal Reserve Does Today - 04/30/08 10:59 AM

The Federal Open Market Committee adjourns from its two-day meeting at 2:15 P.M. ET today.
Markets expect the Fed to lower the Fed Funds Rate by 0.250 percent in its press release but it's not what the Fed does that matters to economy right now.
It's what the Fed says.
If the … (0 comments)

interest rates: What 98 Percent Of Traders Think About The Fed's Next Move - 04/12/08 06:17 PM

What 98 Percent Of Traders Think About The Fed's Next Move In three weeks, the Federal Open Market Committee will meet again and markets anticipate another cut to the Fed Funds Rate. Based on data compiled by the Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland at the close of business yesterday, traders put the probabilities of … (1 comments)

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