Jason M. Keith's (jkeith) Blog

I missed my Memorial Day post. It's true, I had some technical difficulties transferring my files from my camera to my computer.  I'm not saying it's my fault!!!   I've posted before about Red Day with Keller Williams and all the wonderful things they have going on, and wanted to end this bloggin...

Market Comment - Week of May 30th, 2011 Mortgage bond prices rose last week pushing mortgage interest rates slightly lower. Rates were helped by some flight to quality buying of US debt instruments tied to Euro debt uncertainty. Italy's credit outlook was downgraded and Greece's debt situation r...

Mortgage News   THE NEW NORMAL is what this week is all about.  The economic data shows that the pace of the recovery has slowed.  While new home sales came in above last month's numbers, the level is still low by comparison to prior years.  Businesses  are ordering less durable goods (big stuff)...

Supporting our Troops Yesterday I posted a blog about Keller Williams Red Day and all of the amazing things this company does for their local neighborhoods.    At the Keller Williams Action Realty office in Parker they had a fantastic idea!  We all got together and folded 600 flags to send to the...

Giving back and Reminiscing  A couple weeks ago (May 12th) Keller  Williams has a nation wide Red Day event.  This is an amazing event that involved most of the Keller Williams offices all across the US.  They all volunteer in their local neighborhoods for one charity event or another.  All fanta...

Market Comment - Week of May 23rd, 2011 Mortgage bond prices rose last week pushing mortgage interest rates slightly lower. We started the week positive while stocks struggled. Housing starts, industrial production, and capacity use data all were weaker than expected which helped rates improve T...

There was some good news on jobless claims this week showing that the economy continues to add jobs.  But the housing data came out weak, overshadowing the jobs numbers and confirming that our recovery has its ups and downs.  Building permits, housing starts and existing home sales all came in l...

Market Comment - Week of May 16th, 2011 Mortgage bond prices rose last week pushing mortgage interest rates slightly lower. We started the week positive when it was announced Greek's debt rating was downgraded. Retails sales were slightly lower than expected. Inflation readings on the producer s...

Man in the Mirror I read this in an email I received this morning from my Regional Coordinator.  "The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy." This morning I started off on the wrong foot, I was a bit overw...

Market Comment - Week of May 9th, 2011 Mortgage bond prices rose last week pushing mortgage interest rates lower. We were positive throughout most of the week as stocks struggled and oil prices fell. The ADP employment figure was lower than expected and weekly jobless claims were higher than exp...