Real estate blog entries tagged with jeff shatswell

Blog entries tagged with "jeff shatswell":

jeff shatswell: Interest Rates - Crazy Week! - 05/01/08 08:55 PM

This has been a BIG week of economic news and events! Yesterday we saw the Fed reduce the Fed Funds and Discount rates by a .25% each down to 2.00% and 2.25% respectively. Remember, these rate drops directly affect HELOCs, auto loans, credit cards and short term rates...mortgage rates are determined … (0 comments)

jeff shatswell: Arizona = Field Of Dreams: "We've Built It...They Will Come!" - 04/22/08 03:31 PM

The Office of Federal Housing Enterprise Oversight released the new U.S. monthly House Price Index (HPI) estimates for time period between January and February today! While the report didn't creep up and surprise anybody, other economic indicators for our state show that it is just a matter of time before the … (1 comments)

jeff shatswell: Rates, Rates, Rates...Where Art Thou Going??? - 04/15/08 03:09 PM

My hope is to shed a little light on why mortgage rates go up/down and to better equip you to see through all of the smoke and form your own opinion as to "how mortgage rates are doing."
Inflation (rising prices) is ARCH-ENEMY #1 to mortgage rates:
Inflation UP = Mortgage Rates UP
Inflation DOWN = Mortgage … (3 comments)

jeff shatswell: The Ultimate Gift - Learning As I Go... - 04/08/08 02:22 AM

If you haven't seen The Ultimate Gift yet, then rent it right away, and shame on you as a hard-working entrepreneur for not seeing it yet! It reminded me that today's financial struggles with the elevated life style I brought on from the "good times" will NEVER, EVER impede my true happiness...and only adds a hard lesson learned to … (7 comments)

jeff shatswell: Realtors - We need you! - 04/04/08 12:16 PM

The recent mass exodus from our industry has cleaned out a lot of the ineptness and left the rest of us with major opportunity. With home prices falling back to earth, people continuing to move to our area, and the outlook for mortgage rates terrific...the near future is brighter!
Economic indicators are … (4 comments)