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First Signs that Surging Mortgage Rates Are Dialling Down the Heat under the Housing Market
First Signs that Surging Mortgage Rates Are Dialling Down the Heat under the Housing Market The Fed smiles upon rising long-term Treasury yields as sign of economic growth and rising inflation expectations. Long-term US Treasury yields have continued to march higher despite the Fed’s purchases of about $120 billion a month in Treasury securities and […]
Competing Mortgage Headlines: Rates Barely Move vs Rates Surge Lower on Powell
Competing Mortgage Headlines: Rates Barely Move vs Rates Surge Lower on Powell Freddie Mac says “mortgage rates barely move” but Mortgage News Daily says “rates surge lower” Mortgage News Daily and Freddie Mac offer conflicting reports on the bond market reaction Jerome Powell’s speech yesterday. Mortgage News Daily says Mortgage Rates Surge Lower Mortgage rates […]
We Witnessed The 3rd Largest Point Crash In Stock Market History On The Same Day That The 3rd Most Powerful Hurricane To Ever Hit The U.S. Made Landfall
We Witnessed The 3rd Largest Point Crash In Stock Market History On The Same Day That The 3rd Most Powerful Hurricane To Ever Hit The U.S. Made Landfall If you don’t believe in “coincidences”, what are we supposed to make of this? On Wednesday, the 3rd most powerful hurricane to ever hit the United States […]
Ron Paul Is Warning That A 50% Stock Market Decline Is Coming – And That There Is No Way To Stop It
Ron Paul Is Warning That A 50% Stock Market Decline Is Coming – And That There Is No Way To Stop It Is Ron Paul about to be proven right once again? For a very long time, Ron Paul has been one of my political heroes. His willingness to stand up for true constitutional values […]
Mortgage Rates Head to 6%, 10-Year Yield to 4%, Yield Curve Fails to “Invert,” and Fed Keeps Hiking
Mortgage Rates Head to 6%, 10-Year Yield to 4%, Yield Curve Fails to “Invert,” and Fed Keeps Hiking Nightmare scenario for the markets? They just shrugged. But homebuyers haven’t done the math yet. There’s an interesting thing that just happened, which shows that the US Treasury 10-year yield is ready for the next leg up, […]
Australia’s Big Banks Raise Mortgage Rates, Sparking Housing Market Fears
Australia’s Big Banks Raise Mortgage Rates, Sparking Housing Market Fears For decades, the housing market in Australia – which has not seen a recession in 27 years – appeared immune to any external or internal shocks, as prices kept rising gingerly year after year. That all changed in the past year, when according to Core […]
If You Read Between The Lines, Global Economic Leaders Are Telling Us Exactly What Is Coming
If You Read Between The Lines, Global Economic Leaders Are Telling Us Exactly What Is Coming Sometimes, a strongly-worded denial is the most damning evidence of all that something is seriously wrong. And when things start to really get crazy, “the spin” is often the exact opposite of the truth. In recent days we have […]
Toxic Mix in Canada: Spiking Inflation, Variable-Rate Mortgages, and a Housing Bubble
Toxic Mix in Canada: Spiking Inflation, Variable-Rate Mortgages, and a Housing Bubble What will the Bank of Canada do? The Bank of Canada has nudged up its target rate four times, starting July a year ago, from 0.5% to 1.5%. It last hiked on July 11. But now it is facing inflation that suddenly and […]
Ron Paul Warns That When The “Biggest Bubble In The History Of Mankind” Bursts It Could “Cut The Stock Market In Half”
Ron Paul Warns That When The “Biggest Bubble In The History Of Mankind” Bursts It Could “Cut The Stock Market In Half” When this bubble finally bursts, will we witness the biggest stock market crash in U.S. history? “The bigger they come, the harder they fall” is a well used phrase, but I think that […]
Canadian Banks See Mortgage Growth Stall As Interest Rates Rise
Canadian Banks See Mortgage Growth Stall As Interest Rates Rise As anybody who was around for the housing collapse will remember, nothing bursts a bubble in home prices faster than rising mortgage rates. And while US home prices have surpassed their pre-crisis peak, Canadian home prices have risen much more quickly than home prices in […]
Housing Collapse Coming Right Up
Housing Collapse Coming Right Up Mortgage rates are high and rising. Refinancing opportunities are nonexistent; home affordability has collapsed. The latest Black Knight Mortgage Monitor is worth a very close look. Here’s what the report says about the feature chart. Recent rate jumps coupled with climbing home prices have increased the cost to purchase the […]
Housing Collapse Coming Right Up
Housing Collapse Coming Right Up Mortgage rates are high and rising. Refinancing opportunities are nonexistent; home affordability has collapsed. The latest Black Knight Mortgage Monitor is worth a very close look. Here’s what the report says about the feature chart. Recent rate jumps coupled with climbing home prices have increased the cost to purchase the […]
Four Rate Hikes in 2018 as US National Debt Will Spike
Four Rate Hikes in 2018 as US National Debt Will Spike Chorus gets louder. But no one will be ready for those mortgage rates. It didn’t take long for rate-hike expectations to be jostled further by last week’s “monster” two-year budget bill that Congress passed with its usual gyrations, including a government mini-shutdown, and that […]
“This Won’t End Well” – Mortgage Rates Spike To 4-Year Highs
“This Won’t End Well” – Mortgage Rates Spike To 4-Year Highs Growth? Inflation? Be careful what you wish for, as the surge in Treasury yields has sent mortgage interest rates to their highest in four years, flashing a big red warning light for affordability and home sales in 2018… The U.S. weekly average 30-year fixed […]
