by Susanne Dwyer | Mar 24, 2018 | Buying/Selling, Latest News, National, News |
The average 30-year, fixed mortgage rate stayed still this week, inching up to 4.45 percent from 4.44 percent the week prior, according to Freddie Mac’s Primary Mortgage Market Survey® (PMMS®). The average 30-year, fixed rate has been rapidly rising since the...
by Susanne Dwyer | Mar 21, 2018 | Latest News, National, News |
The Federal Reserve carried out its first hike of 2018 on Wednesday, increasing interest rates one-quarter percentage point and leaving open the possibility of more raises this year. The action was anticipated by the market, which has been on a robust—and, at times,...
by Susanne Dwyer | Mar 20, 2018 | Latest News, National, News |
The economy is expected to grow at a full-bodied pace for the year, and boosted further by the stimulus, according to Fannie Mae’s Economic & Strategic Research (ESR) Group’s recently released Economic and Housing Outlook for March 2018. Analysts at...
by Susanne Dwyer | Mar 13, 2018 | Advice, Buying/Selling, For Your Clients, Latest News, Trending |
There are many economic variables to consider when selling your home when interest rates are rising. If that’s the only changing economic variable, you’re generally going to see a negative impact on both home sales and home prices. This means as interest rates rise,...
by Susanne Dwyer | Mar 11, 2018 | Latest News, National, News |
Fed Has Green Light February brought the economy an impressive 313,000 jobs and 4.1 percent unemployment, with average hourly wages up four cents to $26.75. Construction jobs, notably, rose by 61,000. “[These] employment numbers strengthen the view that the U.S....