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11 2025 October
Rates are Steady without Major Economic News
Rates Steady Amid Government Shutdown Rates were relatively flat this week and ended slightly improved by Friday. The government shutdown continued the delay in the...
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04 2025 October
We Miss You BLS
Federal Shutdown Begins and Impacts Loom What an odd week: The Federal Government shut down Wednesday morning at midnight after Congress failed to pass legislation that would...
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01 2025 October
What the Government Shutdown Means for the Real Estate Industry
Today, on October 1, 2025, the federal government shut down after lawmakers failed to pass a funding bill. Many essential services are still running, but...
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27 2025 September
Rates Tread Water but a Shutdown Looms Ahead
Rates Hold Steady Despite Key Data This week ended with mortgage rates slightly higher than they were at the end of last week. Despite an important...
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20 2025 September
Fed Cuts Rates but Mortgage Rates Go Up – Why?
This week’s Federal Reserve (Fed) meeting saw the results that markets expected with a .25% Fed Funds Rate cut. Since the BLS jobs report came out...
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13 2025 September
All Eyes on the Fed Meeting
The interest rate markets were relatively flat this week as the markets digest the recent rate-friendly labor reports and tame inflation reports.Rates are remaining at...
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11 2025 September
How to Buy a Home with Student Loan Debt
For many Americans, student loan debt can feel like one of the most significant barriers to buying a home. According to the Education Data Initiative,...
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08 2025 September
What the Homebuyers Privacy Protection Act Means for You
On September 5, 2025, President Trump signed the Homebuyers Privacy Protection Act (H.R. 2808), also known as the Trigger Leads Bill, into law. This new...
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06 2025 September
Interest Rates Love Jobs Data
This was a holiday-shortened week with the Labor Day holiday closing markets on Monday. Despite the loss of a day, there wasn’t a loss of...
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