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3 Questions to Ask Before Buying a Seattle Home

If you are thinking about purchasing a home right now, you are surely getting a lot of advice. Though your friends and family have your best interests at heart, they may not be fully aware of your needs and what is currently happening in real estate. Let’s look at whether or not now is actually […]
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Did It Make Sense to Wait?

There are many people out there who debated purchasing a home over the course of the last year, but ultimately did not. Whatever their reasons were for delaying, let’s look at whether the decision to wait to buy made sense. What happened in 2014? The 30 year fixed rate on January 2, 2014 was 4.53% […]
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Home Buyers: Window of Opportunity Still Open

The Fed recently announced they would continue their current pace of purchasing bonds until the economy was stronger. This bond purchasing program is the reason that mortgage interest rates are at historic lows. Rates began to increase over the last several months just on the anticipation that the Fed would announce that they would be […]
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Mortgage Rates after the Bernanke Announcement

Last week, Bernard Bernanke startled many by announcing that the Fed will not wind down their bond buying program right now. The program is part of an overall stimulus package geared at bringing back the national economy. The Fed’s purchase of these bonds over the last few years has driven mortgage rates to historic lows. The assumption that […]

Home Buying 3 Questions to Ask Before Buying a Seattle Home If you are thinking about purchasing a home right now, you are surely getting a lot of advice. Though your friends and family have your best interests at heart, they may not be fully aware of your needs and what is currently happening in real estate. Let’s look at whether or not now is actually […]

Home Buying Did It Make Sense to Wait? There are many people out there who debated purchasing a home over the course of the last year, but ultimately did not. Whatever their reasons were for delaying, let’s look at whether the decision to wait to buy made sense. What happened in 2014? The 30 year fixed rate on January 2, 2014 was 4.53% […]

Mortgage Rates Home Buyers: Window of Opportunity Still Open The Fed recently announced they would continue their current pace of purchasing bonds until the economy was stronger. This bond purchasing program is the reason that mortgage interest rates are at historic lows. Rates began to increase over the last several months just on the anticipation that the Fed would announce that they would be […]

Mortgage Rates Mortgage Rates after the Bernanke Announcement Last week, Bernard Bernanke startled many by announcing that the Fed will not wind down their bond buying program right now. The program is part of an overall stimulus package geared at bringing back the national economy. The Fed’s purchase of these bonds over the last few years has driven mortgage rates to historic lows. The assumption that […]

Mortgage Rates 30-year mortgage rate steady at 4.57% WASHINGTON (AP) — Average U.S. rates on fixed mortgages held steady this week, hovering near two-year highs. But rates could change quickly next week when the Federal Reserve addresses its bond purchase program. Mortgage buyer Freddie Mac said Thursday that the average rate on the 30-year loan was unchanged from last week at 4.57%, just […]

Mortgage Rates Mortgage Rates This Week's Mortgage Rates Forecast Risks Favor: FLOATING Now that we are seeing a new trend in MBS performance, and technical signs point to short term interest rate stability, we can advise to float and see if we may experience some improvement. Be careful though, there is a lot of economic data being released this […]

Mortgage Rates This Week’s Mortgage Rates Forecast Risks Favor: LOCKING With the rocketing performance in the MBS (Mortgage Backed Securities) market, and the resulting improvement to rates, how can we possibly suggest to lock? Simple, it's because of those exact reasons. We have seen a sudden improvement in rates driven by economic data that was a surprise, as well as global news […]

Mortgage Rates Don’t Obsess About Mortgage Rates Don't Obsess About Mortgage Rates By Kirk Haverkamp When most people start shopping for a mortgage, the first thing they do is look for the lowest interest rate they can find. And that can get them into trouble. A low interest rate can save you money, obviously. But it's only part of the story. If […]