The Federal Reserve announced after its March meeting that it will leave short-term interest rates unchanged for 2019 and will not raise rates for the remainder of the year. This marks the end of...
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How will the Spring Real Estate Market Perform? Economists Weigh in
As investors gear up for what’s typically the hottest season of the year for real estate, economists are offering optimistic outlooks for the housing market this spring. There is an array of reasons...
Mortgage Rates Hit 7-Year High
Last week, the Federal Reserve announced it would raise its benchmark interest rate by a quarter point. In response, the 30-year fixed mortgage rate jumped to 4.72 percent, the highest since 2011....
Increased Listings May Stabilize the Market Sooner Than Expected
As media headlines speculate about the possibility of a housing market correction in the next 24 months, buyers and sellers are adjusting their perspectives. Existing home sales are down slightly...
Fed Raises Interest Rates for the Second Time This Year
Citing information indicating “the labor market has continued to strengthen and that economic activity has been rising at a solid rate,” the Federal Open Market Committee of the Federal Reserve...
New Projections for Rise in Interest Rates in 2018
At the beginning of 2018, most experts agreed that the Federal Reserve would almost certainly raise interest rates four times over the course of the coming year, a move that could have taken...
BEWARE. Fed Rate Hike Could Burst Bubbles
The Federal Reserve followed through on its latest promise to raise interest rates. Fed Chief Janet Yellen announced a quarter point hike in the federal funds rate in March. But the increase has...
Will Fed Rate Hike Crash the Market Again?
The Federal Reserve finally raised rates for the first time this year at its December meeting and suggested there could be three more rate hikes next year. There are varied opinions about what this...
