Tag Archive for: rate cut

Why You Don’t Want Appraisers To Push Values! Rate Cut Nazi: “No Cut For You!”

We had an appraisal sliced to ribbons yesterday by a review appraiser, and that was the impetus for this blog. The appraiser thought he was doing us a favor by coming in at contract price, but unfortunately that was not the case. If the appraiser had come in a bit low to begin with, given the lack of adequate comparable sales to support the contract price, there likely would have been no call for an appraisal review – and we’d now have a much higher value to work with.Read More

How We Know Mr. Powell Hates Trump; High Rates Won’t Stop Tariff “Inflation”

The Federal Reserve is supposed to be 100% independent from political pressure. Read More

Rates Up Again! Johnson: “This Is The New Normal, Unless…”

Brent Johnson says rates will remain relatively high…unless there is a major crisis that forces a massive “flight to safety” (when investors move from stocks to bonds en masse), or a Fed intervention (with massive rate cuts and/or quantitative easing).Read More

Rates Are Going Up In September

Yes, rates are expected to trend downward, and yes, the economy is finally showing clear recessionary signals (see the labor market), and yes, the stock market could likely correct again, but, rates never move in a straight line,Read More