• Mortgage spreads keeping housing demand intact for now ,Logan Mohtashami

    Mortgage spreads keeping housing demand intact for now 

    Mortgage spreads are once again playing our friendly neighborhood housing hero by keeping mortgage rates under 7% in a crazy, hectic year. This has allowed housing to stay intact, sales-wise. While sales in our weekly tracker data have slowed down, as they typically do once mortgage rates get above

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  • Will the negative jobs report hold off a September rate hike?,Logan Mohtashami

    Will the negative jobs report hold off a September rate hike?

    The Fed hawks must feel very awkward today. Before the July Fed meeting, Fed Governor Chris Waller said that if the July CPI report came in hot, a July rate hike would be on the table. Since that day, CPI inflation came in as a big miss, PPI inflation came in as a big miss, and today the jobs number

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  • Trump reportedly renews bid to oust Fed Gov. Lisa Cook,HousingWire Automation

    Trump reportedly renews bid to oust Fed Gov. Lisa Cook

    President Donald Trump is reportedly moving forward with a renewed attempt to remove Federal Reserve Gov. Lisa Cook over mortgage fraud allegations.  The White House this week sent Cook a letter stating the president is “considering” removing her and demanding she respond to the allegations within t

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