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5 Major COVID Effects After One Year; Way Hotter Housing Market – WHY?

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It was one year ago this month that the World Health Organization declared that the “Coronavirus” (old-fashioned name for COVID) was a “pandemic.” And holy smokes has the world changed (understatement of the year). Here are some of COVID’s major effects on the Real Estate and Mortgage Industries: 1. INTEREST RATES Even though rates have […]Read More

Forbearances Explained; ≠ Free Lunch; Mortgage Industry In Panic Mode

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The entire Mortgage Industry is in a state of panic right now. This is b/c so many potential borrowers could skip or miss payments, and b/c the Fed is pushing mortgage rates down too quickly and putting enormous financial pressure on mortgage lenders. Mortgage lenders and servicers are both facing enormous losses for a variety […]Read More

Mortgage Rates Barely Move; Hell Actually Breaks Loose; Fed Cuts Rates to Zero

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FED CUTS FED FUNDS RATE TO ZERO; $700 BILLION IN QUANTITATIVE EASING In a shocking and surprise weekend move, the Fed cut the Fed Funds Rate to 0% yesterday – which may or may not have moved mortgage rates for reasons I explain often (cuts in short-term interbank borrowing rates don’t often translate to cuts […]Read More

What Happens When Entire World Wants to Refi? RATES WAY UP; Turmoil; Service Way Down

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In January and February, interest rates dropped as much as 1/2 percent over the course of a few weeks and the mortgage industry experienced a refinance boom like it has never seen before. The result is now higher rates, confusion, turmoil and utterly inadequate capacity. Lenders are not even close to being able to handle […]Read More

Why Does Coronavirus Affect Rates So Much? Will It Last?

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Rates remain near all-time record lows and Coronavirus concerns are the primary reason why. REASONS FOR CONCERN Spanish Flu: The Spanish Flu epidemic from 1918 – 1920 infected 27% of the world’s population (or 500 million people). It ended up killing between 50 million and 100 million people, making it the deadliest epidemic of the […]Read More