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Market Perspective


Fed Holds Steady
Overview: Two of the biggest economic events of the month took place over the past week, but the outcome was somewhat anticlimactic. The...
Jun 14, 20232 min read


8 Ways to Make the Most of Your Social Media
Optimize your online presence with these tips! Over the past 20 years, social media has revolutionized how companies do business, but for...
Jun 8, 20233 min read


Inflation Is Taking a Toll on Americans’ Finances
Is a “soft landing” for the market still possible?
Jun 7, 20231 min read


Mixed Labor Market Data
Overview: Over the past week, the major economic data contained mixed news for mortgage markets, and none of it caused much reaction....
Jun 7, 20232 min read


Inflation Remains High
Overview: Over the past week, the economic news was mixed for mortgage markets, and none of it caused much reaction. The inflation data...
May 31, 20232 min read


Home Sales Mixed
Overview: Over the past week, the attention of investors was divided among the debt ceiling talks, bank industry troubles, and comments...
May 24, 20232 min read


Retail Sales Increase
Overview: Mortgage markets were in a bit of a holding pattern over the past week with relatively little daily movement. This is not...
May 17, 20232 min read


Strong Wage Growth
Overview: Two of the biggest economic reports of the month were released over the past week. While most of this labor market and...
May 10, 20232 min read


5 Ways to Stay Motivated in a Challenging Market
The market may be down, but you don’t have to be! Intellectually we all know that the market — and individual businesses — go through...
May 9, 20234 min read


Fed Hikes Rates
Overview: Over the past week, there were no significant surprises from the Federal Reserve meeting, and the major economic data caused...
May 3, 20232 min read


How High Will Rates Go? Depends Who You Ask.
Your customers may be too pessimistic.
May 2, 20231 min read


Home Sales Mixed
Overview: : It was a very light week for economic news and a relatively quiet one for mortgage markets. The reaction to the economic...
Apr 26, 20232 min read


Consumer Spending Falls
Overview: The bank troubles last month caused investors to shift to safer assets such as bonds, which pushed mortgage rates lower. As...
Apr 19, 20232 min read


Economic Data Matches Forecasts
Overview: Over the past week, the major economic data contained no significant surprises. Highly anticipated reports on the labor market...
Apr 12, 20232 min read


6 Ways to Find Your Market Niche
Don’t cast your net wider … go where the fish are. When you work in a saturated market, how do you set yourself apart from the...
Apr 7, 20233 min read
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