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Economic Updates

Multifamily Housing Starts

Interesting analysis of national housing construction starts from Lawrence Yun at the National Association of Realtors. He foresees stabilizing rents leading to lower inflation and even lowered mortgage rates. Give it...
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Categories: Economic Updates

Mortgage Rates

Repeat after me: The Fed doesn’t directly hike or cut mortgage rates.  Some quick housekeeping before we dig into the headline: mortgage rates are slightly higher so far this week. The increases were in place on ...
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Categories: Economic Updates

October Economic Update

In the long term, employment and GDP reveal much about the economic climate and typically trend with housing prices. GDP, according to the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis, gained 1.6% quarter-over-quarter in 2nd Quar...
Posted by: Skeoch Group
Categories: Economic Updates