Latest News Author: Jordan Reed

Last Week in Review: Summer Rates Return As it pertains to low rates, be careful what you ask for - it will likely take pain, chaos, fear and uncertainty to get them.  This past Thursday, thanks to uncertainty around the U.S. and China trade deal, fear of slowing global economic growth, a roughed-up Stock market and […]

Last Week in Review: Soothing Words Helps Rates Improve We heard doves cry this week, when Fed Chairman Jerome Powell spoke in NYC on Wednesday. Doves are people who offer peaceful polices, so upon Mr. Powell's soothing speech both Stocks and Bonds moved nicely higher, with home loan rates hitting their best levels in nearly […]

Last Week in Review: Stocks crumble, yet rates go unchanged.   The old adage of "Stocks go down, Rates go down" didn't work this past week. Stocks started the week with the Dow Jones Industrial Average falling nearly 1,000 points through Tuesday. Typically, as Stocks decline, we see home loan rates improve as the investment […]

Last Week in Review: Eurodrama drives "safe-haven" trade. The long-awaited Brexit agreement was dealt a big blow this past Thursday when two top Brexit officials and four Jr Ministers quit - citing the deal Prime Minister Theresa May reached with the EU was no good. What does it mean for housing? The U.S. Dollar, U.S. Bonds […]

The Carrington Mortgage Services, LLC - Wholesale Lending Division Offices and Lock Desk will be closed Thursday, November 22, 2018 and Friday, November 23, 2018 in observance of Thanksgiving, which is a federal holiday. Due to the holiday, the Lock Desk will be closing early on Wednesday, November 21, 2018 at 11:00 AM PST (early […]

Last Week in Review: Home loan rates modestly improve amidst rout in Stocks. Folks didn't receive that memo this past week as the threat of rising rates and some not-so-rosy outlooks from firms like Amazon definitely frightened investors, who fled from Stocks. All three major Stock indices - the Dow Jones, S&P 500 and Nasdaq […]

Last Week in Review:  Rates hit seven-year highs midweek on the heels of a confusing Fed message. Our Federal Reserve has a dual mandate - to maintain price stability (inflation) and maximum employment. They also have a 3rd "unstated" mandate, which is to maintain market calm. This past week, the Fed came up a bit […]

Last Week in Review: Rates were higher early in the week - but improved on the heels of a soft Consumer Inflation reading and rout in Stocks. When following the direction of interest rates, one only has to follow the direction of inflation. If inflation is moving higher, rates are going higher. The opposite is […]

Last Week in Review: August brought mixed results on new home construction and sales of existing homes. August Housing Starts rose 9.2 percent from July to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 1.282 million units, above the 1.229 million expected. Single-family starts, which make up the largest share of the residential housing market, were up […]

Last Week in Review: August Retail Sales rose at their smallest level in six months. Did inflation sizzle or fizzle? Retail Sales disappointed in August, up just 0.1 percent from July. However, July's figure was revised higher from 0.5 percent to 0.7 percent. Sales were led by non-store retailers and from receipts at gasoline stations, […]