interest rates

“Politicians from both sides of the aisle, they want the economy to do great, and they want rates to come down. They're likely not going to get both.”

“As a general rule of thumb, bad economic news is pretty good for real estate, and really good economic news is generally bad for real estate because it affects the interest rates and what the Fed is willing to do with interest rates in the opposite direction.”

“Less inflation pressure means less reason for the fed to stay aggressive, which over time is friendly to mortgage rates. So It's, what's happening is that the inflationary pressure is not forcing the Fed to increase rates, but we're probably not at a point whe…”

“This week, the Federal Reserve meets, and for the first time in years, the live debate is not whether there's going to be a rate cut, but rather whether there's going to be a rate hike.”

“And if the deal works only at some future lower rate, you don't have a rate problem. You have a deal problem and waiting won't fix it.”

“That's a lot of people betting their plans on a number that nobody controls, and it's one that I don't see coming in the very near future.”

“That's the good thing, but you've got to underwrite this new purchase at today's rate, not as a hopeful rate. So a deal only works After a future rate cut, that is not a good deal.”

“Bad jobs report, by the way, can be good for the real estate market because as there are more and more jobs, that's an inflation pressure and also a pressure on the interest rate.”