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bernanke: The FED Develops a BACKBONE! Why Rate Cuts are NOT the answer - 05/02/08 08:36 PM

Hello again to all my Real Estate Partners
I wanted to wait until the market reacted to the government job reports before I wrote this update. Wednesday marked a very different strategy for Ben Bernanke and the Federal Open Market Committee. After lowering the Federal Funds Rate (the rate banks lend to … (3 comments)

bernanke: THE FED FINALLY GETS IT! THEY ARE ON OUR SIDE! - 03/24/08 01:17 AM

Hello to all of my colleagues in Real Estate
WOW! Hold on for dear life! The actions of the last two weeks brings to mind the phrase that we are all familiar with..."Survive to Thrive!". We have to live through the tough times to get to the good ones. It could be … (3 comments)

bernanke: WHY TODAYS BAD PPI NUMBERS MAY NOT BE SO BAD FOR HOUSING - 02/26/08 03:26 PM

Hello to all my colleaguesI know that I am beginning to sound like a broken record when I use the word volatility. Unfortunately, there just is no better way to describe it. Let's get all the bad news out of the way. Last month I told you that my sources indicated … (2 comments)

bernanke: Bernanke Cuts 1.25% in 8 days with more to come. Now what? - 02/06/08 08:17 AM

Hello to all my valued colleagues So much has happened in the last two weeks and yet in some ways not much has changed. Late on Monday evening two weeks ago, I sent this note to 400 Real Estate agents in my area. "It looks like the perfect storm! Dow futures are down … (1 comments)

bernanke: Bernanke and Company Are Far from Finished! Federal Funds and Discount Rates fall another 1/2 point! - 01/30/08 07:47 PM

Hello to my colleagues and clientsWOW! After the Feds jumped in and lowered the Federal Funds Rate and Discount rate 3/4 point last Tuesday, I told you that this was the most volatile market I have seen in a very long time. That day we saw the DOW drop 500 points right after the … (5 comments)

bernanke: Conforming Loan Limits To Temporarly go to $625,000? The Feds get Aggressive! - 01/24/08 09:57 AM

Hi, Real Estate PartnersWell...the name of the game is volatility! Very early Tuesday morning (well before the Wall Street bell), I told you that unless Ben Bernanke and the Federal Reserve would cut the discount and federal funds rates BEFORE the opening bell, there would be a flight to safety as … (5 comments)

bernanke: MORTGAGE RATES IN A FREE FALL! 2008 WILL BE A YEAR OF RECOVERY - 01/06/08 11:01 AM

Happy New Year to all of my Real Estate Partners!2008 will be the best year in Real Estate in many years. I know...you wonder what I'm drinking! I am stone cold sober when I say that. Here is why.Since Spring of last year, I have been saying to you all that … (0 comments)

bernanke: Mortgage Rates Head Back Up As lending Standards Tighten - 12/26/07 03:05 PM

Hello and Happy Holidays to all of my friends in Real EstateOne week ago I wrote to alert you to a rally in the mortgage backed bond market that had mortgage rates headed down once again. This market is extremely volatile and very complicated. In the week since my last post, mortgage bonds … (1 comments)

bernanke: INTEREST RATE ALERT! RATES HEADED DOWN AS BONDS RALLY! - 12/19/07 08:17 AM

Hi, againWell...here we may be going again! We are in the middle of a three day Mortgage Bond rally with interest rates starting to head down. On Wall Street, the futures look negative with Morgan Stanley reporting their first quarterly loss ever in their 84 year history. Once again, elements of … (0 comments)

bernanke: One More Fed Meeting in 2007 What's ahead for the 2008 Real Estate market? - 11/24/07 07:22 PM

Hello, Friends!I hope all is well with you and your family and that this holiday season brings you health, happiness, and success.The Feds made their move on October 31st by dropping the discount rate ¼ point. Watching the market since then, very interesting things have happened. On the day of the … (0 comments)

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