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Interest Rate Predictions | Week of December 27, 2010

On December 28, 2010 By

Mortgage rates moved higher again last week in a volatile, holiday-shortened trading week. Although the Freddie Mac report said that rates dipped 0.2% from the week prior, their data misses the activity from Thursday and overweights the rates from Monday and Tuesday.

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Historical Low Mortgage Rates Aren't Permanently Low

On December 2, 2010 By

Mortgage rates are rising, up nearly 1 percent since mid-October. Tomorrow, rates could rise again.

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Case-Shiller Index September Results

On December 1, 2010 By

The September Case-Shiller Index was released Tuesday. This is Standard & Poors home-value tracker.

In general, prices were down 0.7% from August.

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Jobs Gain, Mortgage Rates Lose

On September 3, 2010 By

If the broader economic picture turns towards anything other than the worst-case projections, home values and mortgage rates should continue to rise.

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Jobs, Mortgage Rates & Home Affordability

On July 7, 2010 By

A major reason that interest rates dipped even lower last week was due to the rather disappointing jobs report.

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Jobs Report Crushes Interest Rate Predictions

On June 4, 2010 By

This week’s Interest Rate Predictions were watching today’s jobs report. First Friday of the month we get the Bureau of Labor Statistics’ “Non-Farm Payrolls” report from the prior month.

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Where does all the money go?

On August 4, 2009 By

Where does the money go?

For all the talk of recession and certain all but disappearing, it turns out that spending patterns are little changed from prior years.

A little over 50% of the money goes to Continue Reading →