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Category: Interest Rates
Behind the curtain of the Fed’s latest rate hike
Real estate professionals are preparing for the impact from the Fed’s most recent rate hike.
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Determining creditworthiness in seller financing
Creditworthiness in seller financing can be a moving target — here’s how to hit a bullseye.
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Why property investors need to demand higher cap rates now
The new era of rising interest rates is putting pressure on cap rates.
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Disclosures on carryback financing transactions
As interest rates rebound from their historic lows during the pandemic, buyer purchasing power is...
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Rising rates bring back seller financing
As credit availability tightens thanks to rising interest rates, loan approvals become more elusive. But seller financing presents a back-door to homeownership.
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Can the Fed cool inflation without implementing another recession?
The tipping point for another recession is nigh.
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Q1 2022 Buyer Purchasing Power Index falls further into negative territory
Rapidly rising interest rates caused the BPPI figure to slip to -12.7 in March 2022 – and falling.
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First-time homebuyers and households of color most impacted by interest rate hikes
Absent a decrease in demand (unlikely), first-time homebuyers, and particularly homebuyers of color, stand to lose the most from 2022’s rising interest rates.
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The Federal Reserve’s impact on mortgage rates
Learn how the Fed is using their benchmark rate as a monetary policy tool to restrain levels of borrowing in 2022.
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There is another way to fight inflation than raising interest rates
Even as supply shortages cause rising prices and define the housing market, the Trade War’s policies continue in 2022.
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Using the yield spread to forecast recessions and recoveries
The yield spread indicates the likelihood of a recession or recovery one year forward.
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Spill-over from rising interest rates impacts carryback arrangements
Beyond the immediate impact of rising interest rates on home prices, higher rates are also spilling over into other facets of real estate.
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2022’s rising rates slash homebuyer purchasing power
After years of stimulus injections and Federal Reserve (Fed) support, the government is taking off the training wheels in 2022.
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Fed announces a quicker increase to interest rates
The Fed’s announcement follows another month of record-setting consumer inflation.
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Refinances oppose interest rate movement
Refinances made up 79% of all mortgage originations in Q4 2020.
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Press Release: Q2 2021 Buyer Purchasing Power Index nears zero
The California Buyer Purchasing Power Index (BPPI) figure declined to +1.3 in June 2021.
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Downpayment Toward Equity Act proposes lifeline for disadvantaged homebuyers
Downpayment Toward Equity Act of 2021 One of President Joe Biden’s campaign promises was to help...
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No U-turn: liabilities to a seller in a breached purchase agreement
The 2020 recession and COVID-19 pandemic ushered in a wave of hasty home purchases from city...
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Are FHA-insured mortgages declining in popularity?
The dual crises of the COVID-19 pandemic and 2020 recession threatened a rise, if not surge, in...
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