Blog: mortgage rates
Thumb on the scale
It appears that someone still has their thumb on the scale as we begin 2018. With housing, stocks and bonds…
Let’s wait and see
Let’s wait and see how a variety of factors shape the real estate market as we finish 2017 and move…
What to watch in 2017
There are a few areas to watch as we begin 2017 and we will highlight them with new charts. After…
Let’s make real estate markets fun again!
Let’s face it, real estate markets have been boring since the financial crisis. Once the government intervened by dropping rates…
What happens when the training wheels come off?
For the past seven years, abnormally low interest rates have served as “training wheels” for the U.S. economy. They have…
When real estate market sentiment shifts
When real estate market sentiment shifts, you won’t hear a bell ring or sounding of an alarm. Today we will point…
Why is real estate transaction volume dropping when mortgage rates are still so low?
How is transaction volume dropping when mortgage rates are so low? We have been charting the transaction volume throughout South…
Fort Lauderdale area real estate market update with prices, inventory & foreclosure activity
Another month of housing activity is in the books, so now we drop the data into some charts to see…