Mortgage Watch Report

Mortgage Rates are having their best winning streak since late July in terms of consecutive days spent moving lower. All that having been said, the length of…

Mortgage Watch Report

Mortgage Rates are flat to slightly worse since last week. Today the Non-Farm Payroll numbers came in about as expected. The number came in at 315k jobs…

Mortgage Watch Report

Mortgage Rates are surging this week.  Today’s upward pressure is being driven by HOT European Inflation Data which caused global bond yields to rise, which included…

Mortgage Watch Report

Mortgage Rates are flat to slightly lower from last Friday.  This is due to global central bank’s aggressively tightening money supply and raising rates to fight…

OC Housing Report

Summer Slowdown The shift in housing due to higher rates has already made a significant impact on the housing market, and it will slow further over the summer.Road…

Foothill Ranch Market Update ~ October 2022

The overview below shows real estate activity from January 2022 to September 2022. You will see data comparisons between September and the previous month, the…

Mortgage Watch Report

Mortgage Rates are under pressure again after Fed Chairman Powell’s Jackson Hole speech as they mirror comments from July 27th.  The bond market has so far…

OC Housing Report

Values Will NOT PlungeMany believe that the rapidly slowing housing market will lead to crashing home values, yet the facts do not support this theory.According to researchers…

Mortgage Watch Report

Mortgage Rates and bond market volatility has been extreme, this week made everything else look tame by comparison.  While it will never show up in weekly…

OC Housing Report

Affordability ChallengesWhen escalating home prices are matched with much higher mortgage rates, home affordability dramatically weakens and results in fewer buyers able to make a purchase.In May…