New financial tools offer a boost to credit ratings
April 8, 2019
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 come
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Home prices are about to heat up again as interest rates fall
April 3, 2019
Corelogic, a real estate data and analytics company, predicts that annual gains in home prices could hit close to 5 percent by 2020, thanks to
Steady Fed sees no more hikes in 2019
March 20, 2019
NEW YORK (Reuters) – The Federal Reserve held interest rates steady on Wednesday and its policymakers abandoned projections for further rate hikes this year as
Wall Street Is Betting the Fed’s Rate-Raising Days Are Over, for Now
March 20, 2019
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 year’s
Strong Equity Cushion Formed for U.S. Homeowners by 2019
March 11, 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 for
Property valuations up for metro Phoenix homeowners. Will taxes climb, too?
February 27, 2019
“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 has
Mortgage rates hit a 12-month low as economic expansion looks increasingly vulnerable
February 15, 2019
“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”
February 15, 2019
“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 end
Case Shiller HPI 1-29-2019
January 29, 2019
The Case-Shiller Home Price Index was released, which gives us an important, yet slightly dated, read on appreciation. Case Shiller has a few indexes, two
The Fed Should Consider Lowering Rates
January 28, 2019
“Nobody is expecting any major news from this week’s policy-making meeting at the Federal Reserve. That’s unfortunate, because the Fed should be considering more stimulus
