Mortgage Rates See Little Change, Economists See Some Market Stability
Mortgage rates saw very little change this week—similar to recent weeks—as some market stability starts to form, according to Freddie ...
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As Mortgage Rates Climb, Buyers Should ‘Stress-Test Their Budgets’ as Competing Economic Forces Leave Rate Future Unknown
Following the sharp sell-off in government bonds last week that pushed the 10-year treasury yield up to 4.5%, as is ...
Fed Boss: Unemployment, Inflation Likely to Rise; Trump Erupts
In a speech delivered at the Economic Club in Chicago April 16, Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell cautioned that while ...
Mortgage Rates Remain Steady Amid ‘Back-and-Forth’ Over Tariffs, Economic Uncertainty
As markets respond to tariff uncertainty and a surprise surge earlier this week in the 10-year U.S. Treasury yield, a ...
Economists Say Steady Mortgage Rates Are Spurring Sales but They Remain Cautious Over Tariffs Fallout
Real estate economists are pointing to this week’s mortgage rate activity as a possible bellwether for the remainder of the ...
How Are First-Time Buyers Faring as Mortgage Rates Hold Steady?
Mortgage rates ticked down a little this week as experts point to ongoing stability in rates being a plus for ...
Mortgage Rates Remain Steady
Mortgage rates remained steady this week, in a holding pattern in the mid-sixes now for several weeks. The latest Primary ...
Awaiting Potential Tariffs Effect, Fed Chooses Not to Make Rate Change
As had been widely speculated, the Fed on March 19 decided to leave its benchmark interest rate unchanged at 4.50%, ...
Mortgage Rates Saw a Slight Uptick This Week, but Essentially Remained Flat
The latest Primary Mortgage Market Survey® (PMMS®) released by Freddie Mac Thursday shows the 30-year fixed-rate mortgage (FRM) averaging 6.65%, ...
Inflation Cools Slightly, but Economic Worries Remain
Inflation continued its persistent rise in February—for the fifth straight month—according to a report released today by the Bureau of ...
10 Key Strategies From Experienced Agents to KO the Competition
It’s an intense competition to not only land clients and listings, but to decisively defeat competing agents by closing sales and collecting commissions. Read more.
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