December 16, 2025 The Federal Reserve met for the last time in 2025 last week and the result was a decrease in their benchmark interest rate of 0.25%. Overall, the decision was not surprising despite the lack of recent data the Fed could rely upon. As expected, they relied upon secondary reports such as flagging […]
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December 9, 2025 For the past several weeks we have been touting the fact that the Federal Reserve will have an avalanche of data to consider when they meet in December. Well, the December meeting starts today and certainly there is a whole bunch of data to consider. However, the most important data indicating the […]
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December 2, 2025 The government shutdown caused a major back-up of government data, and we are in the midst of seeing the spigot of data being released. This is very timely because the Federal Reserve is scheduled to meet one week from today and, unlike their last meeting, they are likely to have some, but […]
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November 25, 2025 It certainly has been a very tumultuous year for the real estate sector. And as we approach the Thanksgiving holiday, it makes sense for us all to take a breather and give thanks for the good things in our lives. The first thing we would like to give thanks for is the […]
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October 27, 2025 The Federal Reserve’s Open Market Committee meets today and tomorrow, and a major topic of discussion will be the economy and whether to lower interest rates. As we discussed this week, the Fed is meeting with a substantial lack of data due to the government shutdown. There are a few reports still […]
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October 21, 2025 The government shutdown has now run for three straight weeks. The shutdown has caused a host of disruptions across America – from shortages of personnel at certain airports causing flight delays to the expiration of Federal Flood Insurance needed to close mortgages for real estate transactions. Of course, no sector is suffering […]
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October 14, 2025 The more they stay the same. New Administration. New Congress. But the deadline for a funding bill to keep the government open goes down to the last second. And for the first time in five years, they did not kick the can down the road. Instead, both sides walked away from the […]
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September 30, 2025 We started the year off with a strong, but slowing economy. In 2024 the Gross Domestic Product showed a growth rate of approximately 2.5%, which was a decent showing. Though with higher interest rates and the pandemic recovery behind us, it makes sense that the economy would slow a bit from here. […]
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September 23, 2025 Finally. After months of back and forth and speculation, the Federal Reserve has lowered its benchmark rate by 0.25%. While the August job numbers combined with the substantial downward revisions of jobs added during the past year pretty well clinched the fact that the Fed was likely to lower rates, there was […]
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