by | May 22, 2025 | Agents, Brokers, Economy, Industry News, Latest News, National, News, Premier |
Fannie Mae updated its housing market and economic predictions yesterday, tweaking nearly all the numbers positively in the wake of some encouraging data and federal policy shifts. In its latest assessment of the market, the mortgage giant predicted 6.1% rates by the...
by | May 19, 2025 | Economy, Industry News, Latest News, National, News, Premier |
Above, New York Fed President John C. Williams, left, at the MBA conference. Photo by Clarissa Garza. NEW YORK CITY—Providing an overall economic outlook at the Mortgage Banker Association’s (MBA) Secondary and Capital Markets Conference, New York Fed President John...
by | May 19, 2025 | Economy, Industry News, Latest News, National, News, Premier |
Pressure continues to build amidst wavering factors—trade wars and flip-flopping tariffs, inflation and a lack of change in interest rates—pushing economic data to significantly lower levels, according to recent reports. The latest Leading Economic Index (LEI) from...
by | May 16, 2025 | Agents, Brokers, Economy, Industry News, Latest News, Lead Story, National, News, Premier |
As nearly everyone has weighed in on the commission issue, with no real consensus on exactly how recent policy changes will affect real estate agent pay, the Federal Reserve (Fed) this week put out its own analysis—concluding like so many others have, that it is too...
by | May 15, 2025 | Economy, Industry News, Latest News, National, News, Premier |
Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell signaled today that the central bank is considering key changes to its monetary policy framework. “A framework should be robust to a broad range of conditions, but also needs to be updated periodically as the economy and our...
by | May 13, 2025 | Economy, Industry News, Latest News, National, News, Premier |
Economic observers’ eyes remain on the rate of inflation, as the latest Consumer Price Index (CPI) from the Bureau of Labor Statistics shows mixed changes. The CPI, one of the main measures of inflation, rose monthly at a seasonally adjusted basis of 0.2% during...