by Glen | Mar 1, 2018 | Hard Money Lending, Housing Price Trends / Information
Pretty crazy to think of a small task like using an iPhone or a Windows computer is increasing your mortgage rates. How can a computer or phone have any impact on rates? Apple, Microsoft, and Google are the largest holders of offshore cash piles. Under the new law...
by Glen | Nov 11, 2017 | Real Estate Trends
Last week Trump announced Jerome Powell as his pick to lead the federal reserve bank replacing Janet Yellen. What does this mean for the trajectory of interest rates? How is Powell working with Shake Shack to keep rates low? Will there be any radical changes going...
by Glen | Dec 14, 2016 | Hard Money Commercial Lending, Housing Price Trends / Information, Real Estate Trends
The fed raised rates today? Is this the real news? As many have noticed, rates have taken off over the last 30 days driving up mortgage rates substantially. What is really driving the rapid movement and what will happen in 2017. There is one wild card that could...
by Glen | Oct 14, 2016 | Commercial Lending valuation, Hard Money in the News, Housing Price Trends / Information
Let it float! I’m talking about rates that is. Why would anyone not lock in a mortgage at these historically low rates. It is a foregone conclusion that rates will increase in December (more than 80% of economists feel a hike will occur: WSJ). With such strong...
by Glen | Mar 16, 2016 | Atlanta Hard Money, Colorado Hard Money, Commercial Lending valuation, Denver Hard Money
Will mortgage rates rise significantly this year? Anyone associated with real estate saw that the federal reserve did not raise rates at their meeting 3/16/16. How is this possible that rates will not increase substantially? At their recent meeting on Wednesday they...
