For the Week Ending October 19, 2018 Please enjoy this quick update on what happened this week in the housing and financial markets. Minutes from last month's Fed FOMC meeting showed officials broadly agreed on raising interest rates further. The next anticipated rate hike is in December. Ret
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10/19/2018
For the Week Ending October 11, 2018 Please enjoy this quick update on what happened this week in the housing and financial markets. The weekly rate change was small, yet mortgage rates continued to creep up as 10-year Treasury bond yields hit a 7-year high. Rising bond yields pressure mortgag
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10/11/2018
For the Week Ending October 5, 2018 Please enjoy this quick update on what happened this week in the housing and financial markets. The non-manufacturing services sector expanded last month at the fastest pace on record. The news helped trigger this week's rise in mortgage rates. Jobless claim
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10/04/2018
For the Week Ending September 28, 2018 Please enjoy this quick update on what happened this week in the housing and financial markets. The Fed met this week and raised policy rates 0.25%. This rate increase did not cause mortgage rates to rise though, as they are not tied directly together. T
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09/27/2018
For the Week Ending September 20, 2018 Please enjoy this quick update on what happened this week in the housing and financial markets. Mortgage rates crept up this week to the highest levels since May. Market indicators and analysis suggest they will not fall any time soon. Consumer sentiment
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09/20/2018
For the Week Ending September 13, 2018 Please enjoy this quick update on what happened this week in the housing and financial markets. Trade tensions with China continue to help keep mortgage rates low. Although more talks are expected, new tariffs could be imposed any time. Overseas cen
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09/13/2018
For the Week Ending September 6, 2018 Please enjoy this quick update on what happened this week in the housing and financial markets. Trade issues continue to help keep mortgage rates low. Talks continue between the U.S. and Canada, but tensions are escalating between the U.S. and China. The W
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09/06/2018
For the Week Ending August 31, 2018 Please enjoy this quick update on what happened this week in the housing and financial markets. Consumer confidence was expected to slip in August. However, it was at its highest level since October 2000 as it built on July's solid measure. Consumer spendin
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08/30/2018
For the Week Ending August 23, 2018 Please enjoy this quick update on what happened this week in the housing and financial markets. The minutes released from the Fed's meeting last month reflected a belief that the economy was growing and a rate hike will be appropriate "soon." Economists ant
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08/23/2018
For the Week Ending August 16, 2018 Please enjoy this quick update on what happened this week in the housing and financial markets. Instability in the Turkish economy has concerned investors in markets globally. A flight to safety in U.S. bonds has helped mortgage rates this week. Bolstered b
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08/16/2018
