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Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac Expecting Record Leap for Loan Limits in 2022!

Still not officially announced, the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) is expected to raise conforming loan limits for Fannie Mae and Fre…

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Inflation is Here

The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics released their Producer Price Index (PPI) for the month of September, and it showed that inflation on th…

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Home Prices and Rates Expected to Continue Higher in 2022!

We are at the beginning of the final quarter of 2021, which has brought a year filled with strong appreciation gains and record low interest…

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Is New Construction Improving?

The monthly New Residential Construction report was recently released for the month of August.  Within this report there are three categorie…

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The Fed and Interest Rates

The Federal Reserve, led by Fed Chair Jerome Powell meets eight times a year.  In their most recent meeting, last week, the Federal Reserve…

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Is Inflation Slowing Down?

The word “inflation” reared its head and was in the media spotlight last week again when the Consumer Price Index (CPI) was reported on.  Th…

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Housing Bubble?

The media of late has been pushing the idea of a “housing bubble” and when looking at the current dynamics of the market, it is hard to beli…

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Home Prices have Risen for 40 Consecutive Quarters!

According to the Federal Housing Finance Agency’s Quarterly Price Index, the US has seen 40 consecutive quarters of home price increases, wi…

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New and Existing Home Sales

The US Census Bureau and the US Department of Housing and Urban Development released July’s New Residential Sales report showing that new ho…

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Conventional Loans with ONLY 3% Down

As an alternative to Federal Housing Authority’s (FHA) 3.5% down payment minimum requirement program, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac have their…

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Higher Inflation and the Fed

The Consumer Price Index or CPI, which measures inflation on the consumer level, rose in the month of July by 0.5%. Year over year, the inde…

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Pending Home Sales Declined in June: Have Home Prices Reached their Peak?

According to the National Association of Realtors (NAR), pending sales of existing homes, as measured by signed contracts, decreased by 1.9%…

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