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A Simple Explanation Of The Federal Reserve Statement (August 10, 2010 Edition)
Today, in its first meeting in 6 weeks, the Federal Open Market Committee voted 9-to-1 to leave the Fed Funds Rate unchanged. The Fed Fund Rate remains at a historical low, within a prescribed target range of 0.000-0.250 percent.
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Home Values Within 12.5 Percent Of April 2007 Peak, Nationwide
According the Federal Home Finance Agency’s Home Price Index, home values are now just 12.5 percent off their April 2007 peak nationwide. This after a half-percent monthly increase in prices in May,on average.
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Nervous About Mortgage Rates Rising? Lock Thursday — Ahead Of Friday’s Jobs Report
Analysts expect that a net 65,000 jobs were lost in July. Wall Street — and Main Street — have a big interest in those results.
Friday’s July Jobs Report Could Spur Mortgage Rates Higher
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As The Pending Home Sales Index Falls, Home Buyers See Dollar Signs
June’s Pending Home Sales Index is weak by most measures, but if you’re a home buyer, the headlines aren’t so bad. Fewer home sales can push negotiation leverage to the buy-side of a transaction.
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WEEKLY HOT RATES for the week of 7/28/2010 as provided by Guarantee Mortgage
WEEKLY HOT RATES for the week of 7/28/2010 as provided by Guarantee Mortgage Wow! I’ve never seen rates this low. It’s nice to see jumbo loan rates have come down as well. Did you think rates would ever go below 5%? 30 Yr Fixed Conforming to $417K 4.125% 1.000″ POINTS APR = 4.225% 30…
Read MoreCase-Shiller Shows Home Price Improvement In 95% Of Cities
Standard & Poors released its Case-Shiller Index Tuesday. On a seasonally-adjusted basis, between April and May 2010, home prices rose in 19 of Case-Shiller’s 20 tracked markets. It’s the second straight month of strong Case-Shiller findings.
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- Case-Shiller Shows Home Price Improvement In 90% Of Cities
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- Home Prices Show Improvement In 19 of the 20 Case-Shiller Markets
Summer 2010 Market Outlook for San Francisco’s Real Estate Market
Summer 2010 Market Outlook for San Francisco’s Real Estate Market July 23, 2010 Real Estate Report News and Updates for Homeowners In This Issue Summer Market Outlook Applications Now Being Accepted for GoSolarSF Tax Credit Extension is Welcome News Living With Nature in the City SFPL Now Offers Free Language Learning Tools How the…
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SOLD: Stoneyford Avenue, Excelsior District, San Francisco, CA
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