Mortgage

Omicron impact on inflation and real estate

What a week it has been a new Covid variant has emerged while at the same time, the federal reserve announced they are retiring the word “transitory”.  The stock market dropped and treasury yields increased.  What does all the recent…

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Rents

Rents accelerate 13%, is this a warning sign?

Would-be home buyers priced out of the sales market are finding little consolation when they turn instead to the single-family rental market. Prices are soaring there as well.  What is causing the large surge in rents?  How is this related…

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Wage

Will the fed stop buying your mortgage?

The Federal Reserve has bought $982 billion of the mortgage bonds since March 5, 2020.  As Federal Reserve officials discuss how to eventually scale back their easy-money policies, they are debating whether to start by reducing purchases of mortgage-backed securities…

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