Whether it’s your first time buying a home or you’ve done it many times before, there are always unexpected hurdles and things we wish we’d known sooner. The experience of buying a home can vary greatly depending on market conditions, …
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Whether it’s your first time buying a home or you’ve done it many times before, there are always unexpected hurdles and things we wish we’d known sooner. The experience of buying a home can vary greatly
depending on market conditions, …
KEY POINTS
- Millennials — who are roughly ages 27 to 42 — are in their prime homebuying years.
- While the combination of high home prices and rising interest rates has caused affordability issues for many buyers, the situation is gradually
By: Matthew Graham
December 13, 2022
There aren’t many scheduled economic reports that are as hotly anticipated as was today’s Consumer Price Index (CPI). The market’s reaction more than validated the anticipation. What does all this mean for rates?
Inflation …
Is now a good time to buy?
It can’t be both a great time to sell and an awesome time to buy at the same time. It is a tough time to buy, but things are getting better.
Mortgage rates …
It’s amazing to us, but, right here in the 3-county area (King, Pierce and Snohomish), there are over 398,908 residents who are currently renting but can afford to purchase a home.
They are qualified to buy a home, so why …
The economics profession has long had a vigorous academic argument over “natural” interest rates. What would rates be if we could somehow remove all the
subjective actors—central banks, commercial lenders, government agencies—that conspire to set them? What would nature do …
By the time you reached elementary school, you probably already did some good-for-you things by habit, from brushing your teeth to tying your shoes and even saying “thank you” (from time to time).
Research backs up early habit making: A …