As you can see in the attached charts, the real estate market still remains strong going into the Spring 2022 buying season. The only tricky part is what's going to happen with consumer confidence and the interest rates because of Geopolitical issues, high inflation, the Federal Reserve increasing ... » Learn More about California, Los Angeles, San Fernando Valley Housing Statistics February 2022
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Latest Update on COVID-19 Affect on Real Estate Sales and Mortgages
Real estate transactions, mortgage underwriting and loan program availability has been affected substantially by a combination of the local health orders attempting to fight the populations exposure to COVID-19, and the economic fallout caused by the “Stay in Place” lockdown. This a moving target, ... » Learn More about Latest Update on COVID-19 Affect on Real Estate Sales and Mortgages
Mortgage System Issues Created by the COVID-19 Crisis and the Fed Response
The gov’t actions to force interest rates down to help the consumer, are having major unintended consequences in the mortgage origination and servicing systems. I’m attaching below an article from MBS Highway on how the mortgage system works (that 99% of the real estate professionals and ... » Learn More about Mortgage System Issues Created by the COVID-19 Crisis and the Fed Response
Fed Makes 1/2% Emergency Rate Drop
The Federal Reserve made a 50 basis point drop to the Fed Funds Rate to help try to stabilize the financial markets. The markets have been in a distressed mode since the Coronavirus has been expanding internationally. Interest rates have already been dropping as I've indicated on my prior blog Virus ... » Learn More about Fed Makes 1/2% Emergency Rate Drop
Mortgage Rates in Flux, They are News Driven, But Ignore the News
The interest rates are on the low end of the cycle, but there has been a lot fluctuation in rates over a week, or even in a single day. It can be news driven by economic numbers, the China trade issues, or even a tweet... One thing for sure, the Freddie Mac information released by the ... » Learn More about Mortgage Rates in Flux, They are News Driven, But Ignore the News