By The Tim on February 9, 2010
Yesterday a reader asked:
I was wondering if you could write a post sometime on the relationship between interest rates and home prices (or direct me to a previous post if you’ve already done this). My husband is feeling pressured to buy a home within the next couple of months b/c he thinks interest rates will [...]
Posted in Features | Tagged Interest Rates, long-term
By The Tim on August 27, 2009
Seattle Times business reporter Eric Pryne quoted me yesterday in his article about the affordability index, and as I was reading through the comments posted at the Seattle Times website, I noticed an awful lot of misconceptions about what the affordability index is, and what it tells us. So, I thought maybe it would [...]
Posted in Statistics | Tagged affordability, down payment, income, Interest Rates, NWMLS, Pryne, Seattle_Times
By The Tim on June 12, 2009
Here’s a brief quote from a post that appeared here in 2006 titled The Monthly Payment Buyer:
In my opinion, it’s no wonder that home prices have gotten so out of whack with true fundamentals, when the first question someone asks in the home buying process is not “Is this house worth $XXX,000?” but rather “Can [...]
Posted in Features | Tagged Financing, homebuying, Interest Rates, monthly-payment
By The Tim on May 28, 2009
There’s been a lot of chatter since yesterday afternoon about treasury rates, mortgage rates, the yield curve, and so forth—and for good reason. Here’s a good write-up from Mish’s Global Economic Trend Analysis on what’s going on: Mortgage Market Locks Up
Yesterday 10 year treasury yields went soaring and the mortgage market literally seized up. [...]
Posted in News | Tagged Economy, Financing, Interest Rates, Mortgatges, treasury, yield curve
By The Tim on March 29, 2009
Please vote in this poll using the sidebar.
This poll will be active and displayed on the sidebar through 04.04.2009.
Posted in Polls | Tagged Interest Rates, mortgages, Polls
By S-Crow on March 18, 2009
Opinion:
Today the Fed announced a significant plan to purchase an additional $750 Billion in mortgage backed securities from agencies Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae. The proposal is hopeful in that it will stimulate the housing market and refinance business by producing exceptional mortgage rates lower than where they are today.
Will this impact the [...]
Posted in News, Opinion | Tagged bottom of market, Home Sales, Interest Rates, refinancing
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