OC Housing Report
Buyers Against the Ropes“When it rains it pours.” There are times in life when it seems impossible to catch a break. All the cards feel…
Author: Tim Morissette
OC Housing Report
Autumn MarketDuring the Autumn Market demand decreases slightly. With kids back in school, it is not the most advantageous time of the year to move a…
MORTGAGE WATCH
Mortgage Rates have stabilized this morning after moving higher at a moderately quick pace over the past 2 days. To be sure, today's rates are modestly higher than those…
MORTGAGE WATCH
Did you feel that?No, that wasn’t an earthquake, that was the Bond Market getting whacked! Yes, the market is shifting and rates are rising a…
Orange County Housing Report
Housing’s Strength The housing boom has everything to do with supply and demand, and those fundamental features are not going to change anytime soon.Doctors, dentists,…
MORTGAGE WATCH
Mortgage Rate remain the same today as they were last Friday (see chart below), In week-over-week terms, rates were still decidedly higher at the beginning of the…
MORTGAGE WATCH
Mortgage Rates are better this week due to Fed’s Jackson Hole announcement that the much anticipated tapering (buying less mortgage and treasury bonds) will be put…
MORTGAGE WATCH
Mortgage rates were slightly more today as the bond market is taking some profits. When bonds prices move higher, bond yields (or rates) move lower, all other things…
Orange County Housing Report
Lack of SellersFewer homeowners are opting to sell despite homes appreciating to record levels.This is the time of year when Southern Californians flock to the…
MORTGAGE WATCH
Mortgage Rates are slightly better when compared to last Friday. There are two simple reasons for this. The first is the recent removal of the adverse market fee…