Fed Chair Jerome Powell Plays Coy About Rate Cuts in Senate Hearing
Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell testified before the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs, mostly dodging questions about ...
Tag: Real Estate Economics
Fed in No Rush to Cut Rates Until ‘Greater Confidence’ in Taming Inflation
At their June meeting, Federal Reserve members acknowledged there’s been notable progress in lowering inflation, but it’s not going as ...
Consumer Sentiment Continues to Waver in June
Consumer sentiment continued to waver in June, as economic signs gave little hope for inflation relief in the near future. ...
Rate Cuts Possible as Inflation Numbers Show Progress
Finally, inflation numbers open up the door for the Federal Reserve to potentially cut rates this September. The personal consumption ...
Mortgage Mix: United Mortgage Faces Backlash; AI Use in the Industry Grows
Editor’s Note: The Mortgage Mix is RISMedia’s weekly highlight reel of need-to-know mortgage-industry happenings. Watch for it each Friday afternoon. ...
Mortgage Rates Dip for Fourth Week Straight, Hit Lowest Level in 3 Months
The averaged 30-year-fixed-mortgage rate stepped down for the fourth-straight week, dipping to 6.68% from 6.87% last week and marking its ...
Mortgage Applications Rise for Third Straight Week
Mortgage applications rose for the third straight week as mortgage rates continue to drop, increasing 0.8% from one week earlier, ...
Consumer Confidence Reverses Course and Decreases in June
As consumers continue to see little relief from inflation—with the Consumer Price Index registering no change in May and the ...
Harvard Report Shines Light on Affordability Crisis and ‘Alarming’ Rates of Housing Cost Burden
The Joint Center for Housing Studies (JCHS) of Harvard University recently released its annual “State of the Nation’s Housing,” and ...
Economic Index Fell Again in May; Year-Over-Year Growth Looking Up
The Conference Board Leading Economic Index (LEI) for the U.S., which provides an early indication of significant turning points in ...
5 Key Reasons FSBOs Regret Not Using a Real Estate Agent
Some homeowners think selling their properties with no agent will save gobs of money on commissions. Almost always they come to regret it, settling on a price that could have been better, not to mention spending way more time on the process than they envisioned Read more.
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