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Margin loans, medium-term rentals, and potential mortgage rate mistakes summarize what Carl and Mindy have been up to over the past couple of months. It’s been a minute since we’ve checked in on the ever-frugal Jensen family. But they’ve been gone for a good reason. Back at the start of the summer, Carl and Mindy […]

ShareShare Article via FacebookShare Article via TwitterShare Article via LinkedInShare Article via Email Nick Jones, equity research analyst at JMP securities, joins ‘Power Lunch’ to discuss Opendoor’s warning, the cash needed to navigate near term headwinds and forces needed to normalize the housing market. Source link

Landlords got used to rent prices growing every month. As home prices rose and affordability shrank, more landlords took steps to secure their cash flow by increasing rents by sometimes ten, fifteen, or even twenty percent. And, with inflation stronger than ever, most renters would be willing to pay for it. But, a reversal is happening […]

The Federal Reserve raised the target federal funds rate by 0.75 percentage point for the fourth time in a row on Wednesday, marking an unprecedented pace of rate hikes. The U.S. central bank has raised the benchmark short-term borrowing rate a total of six times this year, including 75 basis point increases in June, July and […]

Record-high mortgage rates have frozen the housing market, forcing loan officers to find business outside their wheelhouses. Despite new language in the Federal Open Market Committee statement that suggested a potential slowdown in curbing inflation, Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell maintained a hawkish tone on raising the federal funds rates during Wednesday’s press conference. And […]

Liberty McCoy was out Saturday urging voters to pass a Nov. 8 ballot measure to limit rent increases in Pasadena, California, because she’s afraid she’ll be priced out of the city where she grew up and where her aging parents live. The librarian and her husband, a freelance consultant, received notice of a $100 monthly […]

In this article A recession is a normal (some might argue), inevitable part of the economic cycle. Many factors influence the dynamics of one, such as decreased consumer spending, a rise in unemployment rates, lower wages, and declining GDP.   With the economic instability and uncertainty that comes with a recession, one may question whether or not investing […]

CNBC's Diana Olick joins 'Squawk Box' to break down the latest mortgage demand data from the Mortgage Bankers Association. Source link

In this article There is no doubt that the real estate market has been a wild ride since the pandemic changed the normal course of our lives over two years ago. Lending did not escape the effects of Covid-19, and many active investors have learned more about the loan process than they ever did before […]