Blog entries tagged with "
ppi":
ppi: 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)
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ppi: 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)
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ppi: 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)
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ppi: WHY TODAYS BAD PPI NUMBERS MAY NOT BE SO BAD FOR HOUSING - 02/26/08 03:26 PM
Hello to all my colleagues
I 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)
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ppi: Fed Cuts Rates, but Mortgage Rates Go Up? - 02/25/08 10:59 AM
CNN this morning reported on a new "conundrum" faced by the Federal Reserve. Industry veterans will recall 2-3 years ago when then Fed Chief Alan Greenspan noted the unfathomable disconnect between bond yields and Fed rate moves. Now Ben Bernanke is faced with the prospect of his moves having a similar, … (2 comments)
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ppi: 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 clients
WOW! 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)
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ppi: 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 Estate
One 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)
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ppi: INTEREST RATE ALERT! RATES HEADED DOWN AS BONDS RALLY! - 12/19/07 08:17 AM
Hi, again
Well...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)
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ppi: Sacramento Mortgage Rate Update: Today’s Fed Meeting and PPI - 09/18/07 10:56 AM
While we wait for the Fed’s final decision on rates this morning (announcement at 11:15 Pacific time), we can chew on the Producer Price Index (PPI) report that preceded it.
This is a good example for anyone confused by these numbers. The “headline” PPI figure showed a drop of 1.2% … (1 comments)
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