By The Tim on October 24, 2012
There is one major political topic that has been mysteriously absent from both major presidential campaigns during this year’s presidential election season… housing. Nick Timiraos noted this in the Wall Street Journal in early September. Here we are in late October, four debates later, and nothing has really changed. Barely a peep about housing from [...]
Posted in National, News, Opinion | Tagged economics, Economy, Inman, interest, mortgages, NPR, Obama, politics, Romney, tax deduction
By The Tim on August 27, 2012
Last summer we ran a poll that asked the question “When will interest rates first rise back above 6%?” Here are the results of that poll: With the rate for a 30-year fixed currently averaging 3.69%, it’s rather startling that 36% of you believed that interest rates would rise above six percent before the end [...]
Posted in Features | Tagged interest, Interest Rates, predictions
By The Tim on April 19, 2012
Here’s a sampling of quotes from news articles about mortgage interest rates. “…a new reality: The economy has made the transition from tentative to robust recovery, and the period of historically low interest rates is ending.” “In the residential market, the belief that the period of historically low interest rates may end has begun to [...]
Posted in National, News | Tagged interest, Interest Rates, mortgages
By The Tim on October 23, 2011
This poll was active 10.23.2011 through 10.29.2011.
Posted in Polls | Tagged government_meddling, interest, Polls, tax deduction
By The Tim on May 10, 2010
This weekend Seattle Bubble favorite Steve Tytler fielded a question from a very confused homeowner in his real estate Q&A column in the Everett Herald. Couple’s dilemma: To rent out house or sell Here is a portion of the owner’s question. We were given a house valued at $250,000, which is paid for. We have [...]
Posted in Features | Tagged advice, Everett_Herald, interest, mortgages, tax deduction, Tytler
