This week turned out to be volatile for mortgage rates and here’s why. UK issues are still having a big impact.  Last week’s rate spike was most readily attributable to market panic over a budgetary decision in The UK.  Panic remained on Monday and intensified on Tuesday.   Why should the US care? Global financial markets […]

The talk of a housing bubble in the coming year seems to be at a fever pitch as rising mortgage rates continue to slow down an overheated real estate market. Over the past two years, home prices have appreciated at an unsustainable pace causing many to ask: are things just slowing down, or is a crash coming?

In the sea of opinions, you have probably heard everything from, the economy is in a little slump and on its way back to, we are on the eve of destruction and it’s going to be a blood bath.   Just for review, we are experiencing the federal step in with the FED raising the

The Federal Reserve has to keep an eye on a lot of things, but one of the most important is inflation. When inflation is too high, it can lead to recession. With Fed funds rates raising and inflation at stubbornly high levels, the question becomes will the Fed need to take us into a recession?

Many housing insiders warn buyers against trying to time the market as the economy wades through this period of uncertainty. “Deciding to buy now or wait is going to depend on the individual buyer’s motivation and situation. Waiting may not be a viable option,” this comes from a successful agent  a real estate agent in