July 31, 2018 Though August is usually a pretty slow month within the financial markets and the real estate sector, this August starts with a bang. Today the Federal Reserve’s Open Market Committee concludes their meeting and will issue their rate decision and analysis. Just two weeks ago, Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell told Congress […]
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July 24, 2018 We are now more than half-way through the year and the biggest problem within the real estate sector continues to haunt the markets. The shortage of inventory is not only a drag for the real estate markets, but the economy as a whole. For decades, owning a home has been associated with […]
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Queens Real Estate News The Queens NY Real Estate Market Continues to boom Below is a list of the top 10 biggest real estate sales deals in Queens, New York during the First quarter of 2018: 1. 29-21 41st Ave, Long Island City, NY 11101 Purchase Price: $60 Million Sale of 183 room hotel located in Long […]
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July 17, 2018 Each time the Federal Reserve Board raises short-term interest rates, everyone seems to be expecting rates on home loans to follow suit. And sometimes this does happen, but often times it does not. Thus, we always find it helpful to remind our readers why the relationship is not a “one-to-one” phenomenon. For […]
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July 10, 2018 With the release of the June employment report we have now seen six months of data for 2018. This gives us a pretty good indication of how the economy is doing this year. The economy has added approximately 1.25 million jobs in the first six months of the year. And though the […]
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June 26, 2018 We now have had some time to decipher the Federal Reserve Board’s statement after their meeting last week. The tone of the message can be described as hawkish. The Fed used words that were a bit stronger with regard to the economy and the future of interest rates. For example, economic growth […]
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June 12, 2018 This week the Federal Reserve Board’s Open Market Committee meets with analysts expecting another hike in rates. While the overwhelming sentiment is for a hike, the enthusiasm for such a move is slightly lower than it was a few weeks ago. Since then there has been a flurry of international news causing […]
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June 5, 2018 It is unusual for the monthly employment report to be released on the first day of the month. Friday, the first day of June, was an exception. Logically, you would think that data released this early would be subject to a higher level of revisions, but we have no statistics to support […]
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May 29, 2018 Interest rates have been rising this year. This is not surprising considering the fact that the economy continues to expand, we have added a tax cut into the equation and the Federal Reserve has been raising interest rates for the past two years. Most analysts are predicting rates to continue to increase. […]
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May 22, 2018 Foreign diplomacy has certainly hit the center stage during the past several weeks. The sabre rattling has stopped and now we are talking with North Korea. We are meeting with China in order to avert an all-out trade war. And we are pulling out of the Iran nuclear deal. We have seen […]
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