KEY POINTS The surprisingly weak jobs report for May, with just 75,000 jobs created, shows that the resilient job market is now being hit..
Mortgage rates are low. Here’s how to figure out the best plan for your budget
Low mortgage rates have many people thinking about buying a new home or refinancing their current mortgage. To take advantage, figure out your budget..
New financial tools offer a boost to credit ratings
Here’s some good news for anyone whose credit scores aren’t quite as high as they’d like them to be: Three new financial tools have..
Home prices are about to heat up again as interest rates fall
Corelogic, a real estate data and analytics company, predicts that annual gains in home prices could hit close to 5 percent by 2020, thanks..
Steady Fed sees no more hikes in 2019
NEW YORK (Reuters) – The Federal Reserve held interest rates steady on Wednesday and its policymakers abandoned projections for further rate hikes this year..
Wall Street Is Betting the Fed’s Rate-Raising Days Are Over, for Now
Money has finally started to chase this year’s stock market rally, which has been driven largely by the Fed’s sharp turn away from last..
Strong Equity Cushion Formed for U.S. Homeowners by 2019
The fourth quarter of 2018 Federal Reserve’s Flow of Funds report shows the market value of all owner-occupied residential real estate. A previous post referred to banks bracing..
Property valuations up for metro Phoenix homeowners. Will taxes climb, too?
“Property tax valuations are in the mail for metro Phoenix homeowners. Values have finally bounced back to pre-housing crash levels.But if your home valuation..
Mortgage rates hit a 12-month low as economic expansion looks increasingly vulnerable
“Rates for home loans fell to the lowest in a year as inflation cooled and investors braced for a slowing global economy.” Full Article
MBA: “Mortgage Delinquencies Dropped to 18-Year Low in the Fourth Quarter of 2018”
“The delinquency rate for mortgage loans on one-to-four-unit residential properties decreased to a seasonally adjusted rate of 4.06 percent of all loans outstanding at the..
