2023: What California Home Buyers and Home Sellers Need to Think About
The pandemic has caused a lot of changes in the housing market, and over the past few years we’ve seen sub-three percent mortgage rates, fast-paced bidding wars, and record-low inventory. However, more recently we’ve seen a correction in the market, with...Wells Fargo fined for Wells Fargo-ing. Again.
On Tuesday, federal regulators fined Wells Fargo $1.7 billion for “widespread mismanagement” over multiple years that harmed over 16 million consumer accounts. The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) described the bank’s “illegal...Mortgage Rates Fall for 5th Week in a Row
Hot on the heels of the Fed announcing another interest rate increase, data has come in showing that mortgage rates have decreased for the fifth week in a row. This is a timely reminder that the Fed does not set mortgage rates, individual banks and lenders do, and...Fed’s Latest Rate Increase: What You Need to Know
The Federal Reserve took a historic step Wednesday, raising its benchmark interest rate by 50 basis points, putting the key benchmark federal funds rate at a range of 4.25% to 4.5%. This marks the fourth rate increase this year and the ninth since 2015. With this...Have we turned the corner on inflation? Mortgage rates down.
Recent economic data shows that food inflation is rising at a faster rate than overall inflation, with grocery prices rising by 12%, menu prices increasing by 8.5%, and eggs becoming 49.1% more expensive through November. Inflation cooled more than expected in...
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