Before their spring meeting, the Federal Open Market Committee moved to hold interest rates steady. Click through for commentary on the news.
Read More »Feds Announce Rate Hike With More on the Horizon
At the end of the Federal Open Market Committee’s November meeting, Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell indicated ongoing rate hikes will be necessary to tamp inflation down to the target rate of 2%.
Read More »Rising Rates Leave Fewer Affordable Home Options
Those looking to stretch their budget as far as possible are not seeing any relief as affordability continues to decline amid an environment of rising rates and high home prices.
Read More »Fed Raises Interest Rates by 75 Points
For the third time in a row, the Federal Reserve’s Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) raised the nominal interest rate by 75-basis points at the conclusion of their ...
Read More »Fed Announces 75 Basis Point Interest Rate Hike
On March 14-15, 2020, the Federal Reserve’s Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) held an emergency meeting in light of the then-blossoming pandemic to cut rates by a 100 ...
Read More »Fed Makes Historic Rate Hike to Combat Inflation
Three-quarters of a point. This is the amount the Federal Reserve chose to raise the nominal interest rate by citing the need to combat the highest rate of ...
Read More »Game of Homes
As the quest for the American Dream continues, homebuyer competition intensifies amidst rising rates, record high prices, and insufficient inventory.
Read More »Fed Rate Hike Pushes Mortgage Rates Toward 4.5% Mark
After the Fed decided to raise rates last week, mortgage rates followed suit and edged up to 4.42%, up 26 basis points over last week and forcing more prospective buyers to the sidelines.
Read More »Fed Rate Hike Drives Down Mortgage Application Volume
Driven by last week’s Fed rate hike, both purchase and refi apps tailed off week-over-week, as fixed-rate mortgages advanced beyond the 4% mark, pricing many first-time buyers out of the market.
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