Mortgage Economic Summary September 2018

Key Mortgage Economic Data, Information, and Indicators for September 2018 It’s September and the summer of 2018 has come to a close. The summer went by fast. Speaking of fast, it was 10 years ago this month that Fannie / Freddie was placed into Conservatorship under the Federal Housing Finance Agency – FHFA. That happened on […]

Economic Data Review for Mortgage Professionals June 2018

  Review of Key Economic Data Released in June 2018 that affects the Mortgage Industry June was a busy month for Economic News – the US NOKO Summit, FOMC Meeting with an interest rate increase, strong gains in the labor market, mixed housing market data, lower GDP estimates, and new tariffs on Chinese goods.  Trade, […]

Review of Economic Data Released in May 2018 that Affects the Mortgage Industry

Economic Data and Indicators Every Mortgage Professional Should Follow – May 2018 I am always amazed at how events thousands of miles away can effect the Mortgage Business here at home. If you haven’t heard the term “Ita-leave” yet, you soon will. Just like “Brexit” means “Britain exiting” the EU, “Ita-leave” means “Italy leaving” the […]

Key Economic Data Mortgage Professionals Need to Know from April 2018

Key Economic Data Mortgage Professionals Need to Know from April 2018 To view or download the May 2018 Economic Calendar click here. This newsletter is geared to Mortgage Professionals, so the information is concentrated on the Key Economic Data that has the most impact on the Mortgage Business. However, the dynamics of oil in the […]

Mortgage Economic Indicators and Data for April 2018

  Economic Data, Indicators, and Events from March 2018 that Affect the Mortgage Business Beware the Ides of March – an Interest Rate Hike and a Trade War all in the same month? What implications does a Trade War have for the Mortgage Business? Higher prices on imported steel and aluminum will raise costs on […]

Key Economic Data Important to the Mortgage Industry Released in February 2018

Review of Key Economic Data released in February 2018 that is important to the Mortgage Industry. For being a cold dreary month, February had a lot happening: Stock Market volatility, the Olympics, a new Fed Chairman, the changing value of the American dollar. Mortgage People don’t typically watch currency fluctuation because our business is focused […]

Key Economic Date from January 2018 for Mortgage Professionals

Review of Key Economic Data from January 2018 for Mortgage Professionals. January usually gets off to a slow start as people recover from the Holidays, but there was a lot going on last month that affects the Mortgage Business. The Government shutdown lasted only a couple days because Congress was able to hammer out a […]

Economic Indicators Released in December 2017 that Affect the Mortgage Industry

Brief Review of Key Economic Indicators that Affect the Mortgage Industry released in December 2017   2018 starts off with healthy stock, labor, and housing markets….and a new tax bill. Speaking of the markets, let’s look at some rough numbers from 2017. Home prices increased slightly over 6.0% last year, but everything else only increased […]