by | Sep 17, 2025 | Economy, Industry News, Latest News, Lead Story, National, News, Premier |
The Federal Reserve has announced its first interest rate cut since December 2024, pointing toward a degrading job market as a strong reason for the shift in stance. The Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) announced at its September meeting today that it is cutting...
by | Sep 12, 2025 | Economy, Industry News, Latest News, National, News, Premier |
Editor’s Note: The Mortgage Mix is RISMedia’s biweekly highlight reel of need-to-know mortgage-industry happenings. Watch for it every other Friday afternoon. – The Homebuyers Privacy Protection Act (H.R. 2808), a bill aimed at curbing the controversial practice...
by | Sep 11, 2025 | Economy, Industry News, Latest News, Lead Story, National, News, Premier |
The Federal Reserve board of governors will meet next week at the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) to vote on how to adjust interest rates. When they meet, they will have a new measure of inflation data to consider. The consumer price index (CPI), an inflation...
by | Sep 2, 2025 | Economy, Industry News, Latest News, National, News, Premier |
Nearly half of Americans believe that the economy will worsen in the next 12 months, according to a recent survey from Realtor.com®. The August 7-8 survey, conducted with 1,000 adults in the United States, who expressed interest in buying or selling their home, or...
by | Aug 26, 2025 | Economy, Industry News, Latest News, National, News, Premier |
The Conference Board Consumer Confidence Index declined by 1.3 points this month to 97.4 from 98.7 in July, reflecting consumers’ rising concerns regarding stock prices, interest rates and the labor market overall. The Present Situation Index, which considers...
by | Aug 21, 2025 | Economy, Industry News, Latest News, National, News, Premier |
The economy is slowing overall, continuing a less than ideal market to become a homebuyer, per the latest findings from the nonprofit Conference Board on Leading Economic Indicators (LEI). In July, the LEI experienced a mere 0.1% drop from June, compared to June’s...