Your credit ‘report card’ and how it affects your home buying future

12/01/2023

Making buying a home a reality depends on several factors — many of them numbers. Home prices, mortgage rates, down payments, and time frames to name a few. But there is a lesser-known figure that can be the deal maker or breaker: your FICO score...

Markets will be focused on Fed Chair Powell today

12/01/2023

Find out what's going on in the mortgage and real estate market. The report includes both technical and fundamental analysis of markets and economies and the likely impact on mortgage rates and real estate trends.

The Fed’s favorite inflation indicator PCE matches expectations

11/30/2023

Headline October PCE was flat on a MOM basis, versus estimates of 0.1%. YOY it was up 3.0% versus estimates of 3.0%. Core (ex food and energy) PCE was...

Add some practical touches while elevating your holiday style

11/29/2023

As holiday lights are being festooned all over neighborhoods now that Turkey Day has passed, the next month will be filled with socializing and parties that take weeks to prep for—along with days of clean-up afterward...

Three things that could impact rates this week

11/27/2023

These are the three areas that have the greatest ability to impact rates this week. 1) Inflation, 2) The Fed and 3) Manufacturing...