East Bay Real Estate, Doug Anderson, Tucker Associates Real Estate Services, 925.570.0611

Mortgage and Market Update Economic News: There was not much on the economic calendar for the week. The Housing Starts report was positive, although just slightly weaker than expected, with the Single Family Home segment leading the way. Existing Home Sales, on the other hand, handily beat estima...

Mortgage and Market Update Economic News: The big market moving news this week was the announcement from the Federal Open Market Committee that it will purchase 40 Billion Dollars a month of Agency Paper (Fannie & Freddie Mortgage Bonds) with no expiration date set. This is the much anticipated Q...

Mortgage and Market Update Economic News: Another week is coming to a close and fall is officially set to begin on Saturday the 22nd of September. One word you will be hearing about over the next several weeks are “G-Fees”. The Federal Housing Finance Agency announced last Friday that it has “dir...

Mortgage and Market Update Economic News: Housing led the way in last week’s economic news. The Case-Shiller Home Price Index reaffirmed the sentiment of housing sector improvement (which those of us in the Bay Area have known about for a while). Price increases were reported for the fifth month ...