market news: How Does the Fed Affect Mortgage Rates? - 03/16/17 12:57 PM
How Does the Fed Affect Mortgage Rates?
 
 
     What does the Fed do to mortgage rates?  In the words of the late Edwin Starr, "Absolutely Nothin'".  Yesterday. Janet Yellen announced a .25 increase in the Fed funds rate, and those in the real estate industry seemed quick to scare the pants off of potential home buyers by telling them the Fed is eating into their buying power.

 
     The reality is, the Fed's rate moves have little to no actual or immediate impact on the mortgage market.  Like so many other areas of the global economy and geopolitical environment (commodity trading, … (27 comments)

market news: Monday Market Forecast - November 3-7, 2014 - 11/03/14 02:03 PM
Monday Market Forecast - November 3-7, 2014
 
 
      It was a tough week last week to determine the real state of the market or what direction things would head in long term.  It'll be tough to gauge this week too, at least until Wednesday.  You know, the day after elections, when the people in charge have a little less to lose.  Last week we saw rates get slightly worse thanks to (another) rally in the stock market.  We've seen similar rallies over the past few months, and all of them have been brought back down to earth.  Mortgage bonds … (9 comments)

market news: Weekly Wrap - Mortgage Market Update 10/13-10/17, 2014 - 10/18/14 03:08 AM
Weekly Wrap - Your Mortgage Market Update
 
 
October 13-17, 2014
 
 
     Go home traders, you're drunk.  Columbus Day is NOT that kind of holiday.  I feel like I've used "volatile" to the point where it doesn't get the point across.  Pardon the language, but to really express this week, I feel "batshit crazy" is about the only phrase that does it justice.  We saw some historically wild swings in the stock & bond markets, some of which made sense, some of which didn't, and some of which were probably a long time coming.          In … (9 comments)

 
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