With inventory low and high competition for homes in the lower price points we know it can be difficult going up against other buyers with more down payment right now.
This demand means buyers are going to great lengths to …
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- 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 …
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 …
I read this today and I am adopting as my new slogan!
The press seems consumed with the idea of a recession in 2023 or 2024… which would mean:
- We’ll hear about it for another year or two, and this
A slowdown seems to be the general consensus among many housing analysts, economists and industry watchers.
But a “slowdown” is not a reversal. While home prices might rise more slowly next year, it’s almost certain they will continue to climb …
This headline really caught my eye!
“If you like it then you shoulda got a loan on it. All the single ladies! Well, ok, MANY of the single ladies feel that buying a home is Beyoncé their means”.
Down payment
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Despite gains made after the signing of the Fair Housing Act in 1968, currently 71 percent of Asian Americans, 54 percent of Hispanic Americans, and 63 percent of White Americans can afford to buy the typical home compared to only …
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