Tag Archive for: election years

Lower Rates = More Competition For Buyers – Which Is Something Buyers Don’t Understand; Fannie Mae’s Confusing Buyers Survey

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83% of consumers do NOT think now is a good to buy a house! But, at the same time, Fannie Mae’s Home Purchase Sentiment Index just hit its highest level since March of 2022! Fannie’s Home Purchase Index simply reflects consumers’ current and forward-looking views of overall housing market conditions.Read More

Rates Do Not Fall In Election Years – It’s A Myth – Until Now?

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Whenever we are in or near an election year, I hear everyone, including my dogs Steve and Mike, say that “rates will fall because it is an election year...” Steve and Mike can be forgiven of course because they are Bernedoodles and they’re not very smart AND they have great difficulty googling (furry paws make typing really difficult).Read More

Rates Do NOT Always Go Down In Election Years

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We have a great client who was holding off on a “no cost” refinance because he was convinced rates were going to fall further this year “because it’s an election […]Read More

“Rising Bond Yields Ease Recession Fears” Does It Matter?

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The title of today’s blog is from this recent WSJ article (as always, we can send key excerpts to non-subscribers). The article quotes Fed Chairman Jerome Powell, as he pointed […]Read More