Housing inventory has been plaguing most of the country in 2023. However the recent resurgence of Homebuilder confidence and the increase of housing starts led us to discuss is the “housing recession” over?…and did it even really happen?
Mortgage rates this week are most likely going to continue to trend sideways, having it’s ups and downs in relation to which way the wind blows and market reaction to economic news, especially anything that relates to inflation – good or bad. And here’s why, last week Jerome Powell spent 2 days on Capitol Hill. […]
The Fed paused Rate hikes, but revealed they think their terminal rate should be 0.50% higher by the end of the year. Why the pause now? Why not raise immediately? What are they waiting for? Will they raise rates at July’s meeting? Where will mortgage rates go? What EXACTLY are they going to be watching […]
Once again it’s Fed Week. Wednesday Jerome Powell and the Federal Reserve will conclude their 2 day meeting, issue their interest rate decision, give prepared comments and conduct a Q & A with the press. Since the last meeting, the MAIN topic everyone had their focus on was the Debt Ceiling, even though the Fed […]
Andy and Brian unpack where we’re at with rates half way through the year. How did we get here, where are we at currently, and where do we think the rates will head by the end of 2023?
Once again it’s Fed Week. Wednesday Jerome Powell and the Federal Reserve will conclude their 2 day meeting, issue their interest rate decision, give prepared comments and conduct a Q & A with the press. Since the last meeting, the MAIN topic everyone had their focus on was the Debt Ceiling, even though the Fed […]
Today we’re going to take a look back at some of the more memorable moments from the first half of our Show season. This year has definitely had a lot of ups and downs with the Fed, the economy, bank failures, buyers resurgence, among other things, so we hope that you enjoy this mid year […]
In the light of all the debt ceiling negotiations where no one is happy, but everyone seems to be patting themselves on the back for striking a deal nontheless, mortgage rates really went up dramatically two weeks ago, but then last week they eased back down to where they came from. Now we start off […]
PRODUCTION NOTE: This episode was recorded just days prior to the Debt Ceiling vote. Find out what aspects of lending and real estate are vital and reliant on Government remaining open. We have a follow up episode coming out right after the final vote is settled.
Well that was close… The debt ceiling problem has finally been resolved. Now, everyone will not be happy about the way it ended or what concessions had to be make in order to make it work, but that’s a different video. Today we have to go into this week acknowledging that its passed means which […]