I hope you all had a wonderful, restful Thanksgiving holiday! I’m back with an important market update, and for those of you hoping for better financing options, this is a positive one. We’re seeing some really encouraging movement in the bond and mortgage markets thanks to some clarity from the Federal Reserve. The Big News:
Hope your week is off to a great start! I want to give you a quick update on the housing market, interest rates and what that might mean for your home financing goals. Overall, it’s a pretty quiet week in terms of major economic data, so in large part markets will likely be pretty quiet
The nation’s housing market continues to cool down and shift as mortgage rates seem to be trending around an average of 7.0 percent for a 30-year fixed, according to Freddie Mac’s weekly survey. The Federal Reserve continues to attempt to combat inflation and raised the Fed Funds rate once again last week at its meeting.
This should be an interesting week in markets as we have an important Fed Meeting coming up, adjourning mid-week, among a slew of high-impact economic and housing reports. Yes, we’re hearing much drama in the media about housing and whether bubbles are bursting or not. Although none of us knows the future, what I do
