by Jim Crowder | Dec 22, 2015 | GENERAL
There are many reasons to think that the housing market is still in great shape; that it can easily withstand the next year’s worth of rate hikes. And the next few months are still likely a great time to buy, seasonally, even if the weather isn’t...
by Jim Crowder | Dec 21, 2015 | GENERAL
There is a very long list of things that one must consider when buying or building a house. Now, there’s one more to add to the list: man-made hazard risk. This is only the second year it’s been conducted, but RealtyTrac just released it’s...
by Jim Crowder | Dec 18, 2015 | GENERAL
It seems that for the entire year, all the data on building permits have been good, but people have been slow to actually break ground. That’s perhaps changing, finally. A Reuters journalist reporting on the general economy agrees with everyone else...
by Jim Crowder | Dec 18, 2015 | GENERAL
The Fed just announced the first increase in the “benchmark target rate” for the first time since 2006. The problem for most of us mortals is, not only do we not know what the Fed is, nor what the target rate is, but we really don’t know what this...
by Jim Crowder | Dec 16, 2015 | GENERAL
Monday, USA Today carried an interesting piece, touching on the likely impacts of a Fed rate increase. The article focused on the auto and home industries in particular, and for their housing analysis, they came to the same conclusion that everyone else has for...
