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…

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

BREAKING NEWS – FHFA eliminates the 50bps Adverse Market Refinance Fee which will SAVE homeowners when they refinance.  Fee elimination will go into effect for…