Source: Next Advisor — Nearly two years have gone by with record-low mortgage rates. Now, 2022 has started off with rates rising higher than pre-pandemic levels. Don’t cancel your home purchase plans just yet. Even though rates are higher than they were last...
Source: Advisor Perspectives — As the Federal Reserve raises rates in an effort to stifle inflation, what are the implications for US mortgage holders? Thanks to the quantitative easing (QE) programs employed by the Fed after the global financial crisis (GFC),...
Source: Washington Business Journals — Inventory has been a closely-watched metric of the U.S. housing market during, and leading up to, the Covid-19 pandemic. Read...
Source: Yahoo Finance — BEIJING (Reuters) – Two months since many Chinese homebuyers stopped repaying mortgages to protest stalled construction on their properties, a lack of progress at more sites now threatens to intensify the boycott, despite...
Source: Richmond Times Dispatch — Martha and the Vandellas probably were not singing about financial markets in their 1965 hit “Nowhere to run … nowhere to hide,” but the song describes the feeling in the market for just about everyone. The possible...
Source: The Motley Fool — If you’re buying a home, you’re making one of the biggest financial commitments of your life. You want to be sure you’re in the right place financially to do so — and that you make smart decisions during the...
Hits and Misses for the Real Estate Week of April 6-10
