Federal Reserve
- Higher Mortgage Rates Keep Economy Afloat
- On a year on year basis, the current rate is lower compared to 3.68 percent at the same last year. The housing market remained steadfast while the rest of the economic factors had dipped in volume. For its part, residential construction spending, remodeling spending and other related transactions grew by 14.8 percent.
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- Federal Reserve Is Set to Increase Rates, Expert Warns of Sudden Reactions
- According to a report from NBC News, the Federal Reserve’s announcement about its rate increase had a big impact on sellers and potential homebuyers. Because of this, experts have four words for everyone: ”Don’t do anything rash!”
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- Federal Reserve Did Not Increase Rates by End of January
- A recent U.S. News article mentioned the Federal Reserve, which raised its federal funds rate for the first time in 10 years last December, didn't raise the rates by the end of January, and now it seems like the slow-moving world economy will help keep U.S. mortgage rates down for quite a while. As the Fed regulated the short term rates, the long-term rates that guides fixed-rate mortgages are controlled by investors' insights about the upcoming circumstances.
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- Fed's Latest Survey Shows Prime Mortgage Borrowers Are Getting Easy Mortgage Approval
- According to the latest published article of The Mortgage Reports, now is the best time to refinance a mortgage or buy a home as mortgage rates dropped and most U.S. lenders are making easy steps to get mortgages approved.
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- Stock Market Turmoil Unlikely to Slow Jumbo Mortgage Market
- The recent global turmoil in the stock market is likely to keep jumbo loan mortgage rates at below 4 percent, which could also indicate a good chance to avail of large sum home loans for potential homebuyers.
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- Home Builder Confidence Remains High in January
- U.S. home builders' confidence remains optimistic for newly-built family homes in January even though their expectations for future sales have decreased slightly.
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- Fed's Rate Hike Will Have Little Effect on Housing Market
- Analysts and market watchers predict that the Federal Reserve’s interest rate hike will have minimal effect on the housing market.
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- Pending Home Sales in November Decline
- As pending home sales once again declined in November, the affected stakeholders are facing challenging times in the midst of a cooling housing market.
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- Fed Reserve's Move Not a Bad One After All
- Now that the increase in interest rate by the Federal Reserve is no longer a myth, some industry stakeholders are channeling their frustration into finding some good in the measure.
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- Foreign Investors, Brighter Future Await U.S. Real Estate by 2016
- Despite the recent pronouncement by the Federal Reserve that it is raising the interest rate, industry analysts are betting that U.S. real estate assets will be more attractive to foreign investors in 2016.
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- Fed Rate Hike Expected to Cool Hong Kong Real Estate Prices
- The pace of home price increases in Hong Kong’s real estate market is expected to slow amidst the Federal Reserve’s rate hike.
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- Refinance Applications Increase while Mortgage Applications Drop Ahead of Fed Announcement
- The total number of mortgage applications dropped 1.1 percent while the volume of refinancing applications rose 1 percent last week, according to latest data from the Mortgage Bankers Association.
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- Housing Starts, Permits Jump in November
- Housing starts jumped 10.5 percent in November, coupled with a surge in building permits, according to the latest data from the Commerce Department.
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- There's More to Booming Real Estate than Higher Rates
- A booming real estate sector does not end with higher rates. Earlier this week, the Federal Reserve finally announced its higher interest rate after nearly ten years.
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- New York City Commercial Real Estate Market to Mark Historic Year in Property Sales
- Estimates from Cushman & Wakefield and CBRE indicate that around $70 billion worth of commercial real estate property deals will be completed this year.
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