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And the FED…does nothing.
The markets anticipated the FOMC to leave the Fed Funds rate alone at 2% and that’s just what they did. The markets are reacting accordingly by not swinging drastically either way. The DOW is enjoying triple digit gains while oil has been under $120. What does this mean to mortgage interest rates?
As you know, the FOMC does not [...]
Posted: August 5th, 2008 under General Real Estate, News.
Tags: Fed-Funds, fomc, inflation, prime-rate
Comments: 27
Friday’s Mortgage Interest Rates
Earlier this week I told you about how Fannie and Freddie are increasing the cost of mortgages for anyone with credit scores under 680 using less than 30% down. This impacts A LOT of people. Since I posted that article, I have received many memos from some lenders saying that they are implementing [...]
Posted: December 14th, 2007 under General Real Estate, Mortgage and Lending.
Tags: ARM, conforming, cpi, fannie, FHA, freddie, inflation, interest-only, interests-rates, jumbo, mortgage-rates, non-conforming, va
Comments: none
Fed Funds Rate now at 4.25%
The FOMC announced that the Fed Funds Rate and Fed Discount Rate are both being reduced by 0.25%. Remember (I can never say this enough) this has no direct impact on your mortgage interest rate EXCEPT for home equity lines of credit which are based on Prime Rate. If you have a HELOC, your rate [...]
Posted: December 11th, 2007 under General Real Estate, Mortgage and Lending.
Tags: fed, inflation, Mortgage and Lending, prime-rate, rate-cut
Comments: 21
Cocktail Party Primer
I’d like to open this thread up to a conversation on the health of the Seattle market…
but there is a catch. I will not allow it to dissolve into a conversation about racism, liberals, RCG, or faith. If you’d like to have a reasonable intellectual conversation, you are more than welcome to participate. If [...]
Posted: October 13th, 2006 under General Real Estate.
Tags: appreciation, Bubble, capital, Condos, demand, financing, flipping, fundamentals, health, inflation, Investment, labor, loans, market, Mortgage and Lending, new-homes, party, real-estate, rentals, risk, Seattle, speculation, studies, supply
Comments: 76
