By ERIN FLYNN JAY As fall approaches real estate professionals are taking a pragmatic approach as they wait for buyers and sellers to gain more confidence. Gary Mintz, a realtor with Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices Fox & Roach in Philadelphia, said business was at best okay for the first half of 2024. “I am ‘hopeful’ that I…
By PATRICK LAVERY Saying “the risks to achieving our employment and inflation goals continue to move into better balance,” Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell on Wednesday touted the fall of inflation from a post-pandemic high of 7% to its current 2.5% but held firm on the Fed’s key interest rate, which the Federal Open Market…
Mortgage applications saw an upswing last week driven by a refi boost as rates fell to a multi-month low. The Mortgage Bankers Association’s weekly survey shows that the adjusted Market Composite Index — a measure of mortgage loan application volume — jumped by 3.9%. Adjusted purchase applications decreased by 3%, while the unadjusted index was…
Mortgage applications fell last week as rates hovered around 7%. The Mortgage Bankers Association’s weekly survey shows that the adjusted Market Composite Index — a measure of mortgage loan application volume — slipped by 0.2%. The results include an adjustment for the Fourth of July. Adjusted purchase applications increased by 1%, while the unadjusted index…
By KIMBERLEY HAAS The chair of the Federal Reserve acknowledges that their tightening policies to bring down inflation have affected the housing market, and he is offering a glimmer of hope for analysts who expect a rate cut within the next few months. Jerome Powell testified before the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee…
By PATRICK LAVERY For the seventh straight meeting, dating back to last September 20, the Federal Open Market Committee on Wednesday voted to maintain the target range for its federal funds rate at 5.25% to 5.5%. That officially means, as experts and prediction tools had almost unanimously agreed going into the week, that the earliest…
By PATRICK LAVERY Merriam-Webster says the phrase “kick the can down the road,” derived from an old children’s game, first entered the American political lexicon in the mid-1980s, about 40 years ago. It may have seemed like 40 years, but it will be just one, come July – at least – since the Federal Reserve Board will…
By PATRICK LAVERY Predicted by both the experts and projection tools alike, the Federal Open Market Committee on Wednesday decided to maintain its target range for the federal funds rate at 5.25% to 5.5%, the sixth consecutive meeting at which the key rate has gone unchanged following a year and a half’s worth of increases….
By PATRICK LAVERY After a swift acceleration of more than five percentage points in about a year and a half, starting in early 2022, could the Federal Reserve Board keep its policy interest rate in a holding pattern for close to a year? That appears likely, as with no change since last summer, most experts…
Mortgage rates are marching towards 7% again as inflationary pressures threaten their stability. Officials at Freddie Mac reported Thursday that the 30-year fixed-rate mortgage averaged 6.88%, up from the week prior’s 6.82%. A year ago at this time, the 30-year FRM averaged 6.27%. The 15-year fixed rate increased from 6.06% to 6.16%. A year ago,…
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