Improve your understanding of how broad economic factors impact the housing market with this Fed explainer from Jonathan Pressman. Source: Inman News
Posts published in “quantitative easing”
Recent Trump appointee Stephen Miran was the lone dissenter in Wednesday’s 11-1 vote, holding out for a bigger, 1/2 percentage point rate cut advocated by…
Federal Reserve policymakers say they’ll slow the pace of “quantitative tightening” to $40 billion a month, less than half the pace envisioned 2 years ago. …
The Federal Reserve’s moves to trim $35 billion in mortgages from its balance sheet each month could keep mortgage rates from falling dramatically this year. …
Mortgage rates are climbing back toward 2023 highs as more inflation data comes in hot, spurring fears of another Federal Reserve rate hike in November. …
Strong job numbers spark fears that the Fed will need to stick to its guns and continue to raise rates and keep them elevated for…
Without adjustment for seasonal factors, demand for both purchase loans and refinancing remains at their lowest levels since 2000, according to an MBA lender survey. …
High mortgage rates, challenging affordability and a gloomier economic outlook are keeping buyers on the sidelines, Mortgage Bankers Association forecaster Joel Kan said. Source: Inman…
Demand for mortgages at lowest level since December 2018 as bottom falls out of refinancing market. Source: Inman News