by Alterna Mortgage | Jul 17, 2022 | Home Buying, Inflation, Real Estate
Due to the current high cost of buying a home, demand among buyers has slowed. As a result, many sellers are seeing their homes sit longer on the market. Recent moves by the Federal Reserve are designed to combat inflation by reducing demand. While home prices had...
by Alterna Mortgage | Jun 25, 2022 | Home Buying, Housing Market, Inflation, Interest rates, Real Estate
This report from the Oregon Office of Economic Analysis said nearly 168,000 households in the Portland area have been priced out of the housing market this year. “30-year mortgage rates have risen from around 3% at the end of 2021 to just over 6% in recent days,” the...
by Alterna Mortgage | Jun 14, 2022 | Home Buying, Housing Market, Real Estate
Signs of a slowing real estate market are growing—existing-home sales and new-home sales are slipping. Many home sellers are worried that they could miss out on the typical buyer frenzy. The inventory of homes for sale went up by 9% last week compared to 2021. New...
by Alterna Mortgage | Jun 7, 2022 | Home Buying, Housing Market, Interest rates, Real Estate, Uncategorized
Despite the rise in home prices and rates, and in some cases a lack of inventory, it can still a good time to buy a home. Case in point: if you’re already ready to buy a home, you could lock in a favorable interest rate before things shift. Rates seem high at 5+%, but...
by Alterna Mortgage | May 17, 2022 | Financing, Housing Market, Interest rates, Real Estate, Refinancing, Uncategorized
The Fed may be over cooking the rate hikes. The result might lower the long-term rates. One week after the first .50% rate hike in 22 years, there were many Fed officials out using soothing rhetoric in an attempt to reassure financial markets they will be able to...
by Alterna Mortgage | Mar 18, 2022 | Financing, Inflation, Interest rates, Mortgage Programs, Real Estate
Thanks to a 40-year high in inflation, Americans are already facing higher prices at the gas pump and the grocery stores. And now the cost of borrowing will increase as well. With an increase of the benchmark rate a quarter of a point on Wednesday, the Federal Reserve...
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