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Mortgage Rates Weekly Update Dec 21 2015

John Thomas December 20, 2015 Tags: , , , , , , ,
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Mortgage Rates Weekly Update Dec 21 2015

Mortgage Rates weekly market update for the Week of December 21, 2015 by John R. Thomas with Primary Residential Mortgage, Inc. in Newark, Delaware. John Thomas is the Branch Manager, a Loan Officer and the author of the best selling book, Your Guide to Buying Your First Home in Delaware.  Call 302-703-0727 for a Rate Quote or Apply Online for Rate Quote

Mortgage Rates were able to move lower after several weeks of moving up.  If you look at the mortgage bond chart below you can see bonds were finally able to bounce off a floor of support and move higher after several weeks of trending lower.  The short term trend is for bonds to move higher and interest rates lower but bonds are up against a tough over head ceiling of resistance so in order to continue to move higher will need to break through and close above ceiling of resistance.  With the short term trend of bonds to move higher, we are recommending FLOATING your mortgage interest rate to start the week.  But if bonds get turned lower at overhead resistance, we will quickly recommend switching to a locking stance. Keep Reading...

Financial News – December 2006

John Thomas December 12, 2006 Tags: ,
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Financial News December 2006

On December 12, 2006 the Federal Reserve held interest rates steady by keeping the Federal Funds Rate at 5.25% for a fourth straight meeting, a move widely anticipated by industry experts. This comes on the coat tails of the Fed calling the recent cooling in the housing market “substantial.”

Even so, retail sales jumped 1% in November, their largest rise since July 2006, the Commerce Department reported December 14. Excluding autos and gasoline, which gives a more reliable core measure of household spending, retail sales increased 0.9%. Analysts had forecast a 0.2% rise in retail sales in November. November’s sharp rise supports the Fed’s view that there is little evidence that a cooling housing market will have a negative effect on the wider economy. Keep Reading...