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Is the market pivoting ahead of the Fed?

Housing Wire

The entire economic landscape, including mortgage rates, has changed this week, starting with the Fed’s talking points on Wednesday. We now have a better idea of what the Federal Reserve wants to do with their Fed rate hikes, and we have a lot of data that shows that the economy will look different 12 months from now.

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What happens after the Fed’s rate hike?

Housing Wire

The Federal Reserve will hold another meeting this week, where everyone assumes we will get another 75 bps rate hike. The question is: how many more rate hikes are left? And, once they’re done hiking rates, will the Fed need to keep rates high because the consumer balance sheet looks so good?

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What the Fed rate hike means for the economy

Housing Wire

On Wednesday the Federal Reserve hiked interest rates 0.25%, which has forced me to raise my second recession red flag on this historic economic recovery and expansion. From the Federal Reserve : Indicators of economic activity and employment have continued to strengthen. The implications for the U.S.

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Wage growth downtrend kills 1970s inflation fear

Housing Wire

Given Friday’s job report , those who have been concerned with entrenched 1970s inflation — which would lead to double-digit mortgage rates — can put their disco shoes back in the closet. And even with sub-4% unemployment rates for some time, the annualized three-month wage growth average is 3.2%. percent, the U.S.

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Housing Market Tracker: Banking crisis is a new variable

Housing Wire

Mortgage rates fell as the banking crisis got worse and purchase application data grew for the second week in a row, but the big question is: Did we hit the seasonal bottom in housing inventory? As I write this article, I see news that even Warren Buffet has been asked to chime in on how to deal with this crisis.

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Too Hot, Too Cold or Just “Tight”

Housing Wire

This article is part of our Housing 2022-23 forecast series. It is of little surprise to housing market prognosticators and participants alike that the biggest housing trend in 2022 was the market’s response to the record-breaking increase in mortgage rates, as the Federal Reserve tightened monetary policy to tame inflation.

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What do economic trends mean for housing in 2023?

Housing Wire

This article is part of our ongoing 2023 Housing Market Forecast series. The Federal Reserve ’s ongoing war against inflation remains a source of uncertainty for interest rates and for broader financial markets. Although rates have ebbed from over 7% earlier this year to below 6.5%