The FOMC (Federal Open Market Committee) or sometimes referred to as the “Fed”, concluded its two day meeting today. In a press release,  the FOMC announced it’s thoughts on the state of the economy today and moving forward in addition to its plans for future monetary policy. The equities and bond markets pay close attention to [...]

Last week mortgage rates again hit all time historic lows. There were also signs of an improvement in housing and the economy as a whole based on some of the Economic data that was released. The markets have opened up this week with mortgage rates close to the all time historic lows of last week. [...]

The Commerce Department released December’s Housing Starts data this week. A housing start is the beginning of a new home build (breaking ground). The data showed that new construction starts for single family homes increased 4.4% over November starts. The chart below also provides clarity in the upward trend in housing starts, a good sign [...]

Once again we’re seeing mortgage rates close near all time historical lows. Again? We may sound like a broken record, but Eurozone debt issues continue to weigh on the markets, pushing mortgage rates lower. This means that there is still an opportunity to refinance or purchase a home with a mortgage that will cost you [...]

This week mortgage rates have yet again, made all time historical lows. Factors in this historic mortgage rate movement include the realization that the European debt crisis is going to take a long time to fix and slower than expected improvement in the US economy. The Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) Meets The Federal Open [...]

Mortgage rates continue a push downward early this week, challenging the all time historic lows set a few months ago. This week mortgage rate movement will be based on a few key pieces of data being released, any worthy news coming out of the FOMC meeting that begins tomorrow and any new news coming out [...]

Mortgage rates opened the week lower as European concerns continue with Spain and Italy becoming new areas of focus. The market is also concerned over the progress of the Congressional Super Committee or lack thereof. Since this is a shortened week for the Thanksgiving Holiday, it’s hard to know what is in store for mortgage [...]

The FED (Federal Open Market Committee) released its minutes for the September meeting today. The market has noted that several FED members considered future bond purchases and suggested the market might require it, a signal of the weakness they may be seeing in the US Economy. There were also signs of disagreement among members about [...]

Mortgage rates continued lower last week fueled by concerns regarding employment and statements made in the June Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) minutes regarding market weakness. The consensus among the majority of the recently released market data and the FOMC minutes is that the overall recovery is still a work in progress and the levels [...]