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Fred Griffin Florida Real Estate
Fred Griffin Real Estate - Tallahassee, FL
Licensed Florida Real Estate Broker

The Federal Reserve Bank is not federal, it has no reserves, it is not a bank.  

To your question:  no significant effect on either.

Dec 19, 2018 12:39 PM
Rainer
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Caroline Gerardo
Licensed in 20 states - Newport Beach, CA
C. G. Barbeau the Loan Lady nmls 324982

In  historic 50 year overlook .25 to .5 raise means nothing. 

However; it is scaring buyers in the low end. Not that you

have any low end priced homes in San Jose Sam Shueh  I see prices

reducing 5% in 2019 to make deals close.

Dec 19, 2018 12:09 PM
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Bob "RealMan" Timm
Ward County Notary Services - Minot, ND
Owner of Ward Co Notary Services retired RE Broker

I'd rather guess at the weather Sam Shueh BUT it's as if the people in charge are doing their best to ruin a roaring economy.

Dec 19, 2018 11:49 AM
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Candice A. Donofrio
Next Wave RE Investments LLC Bullhead City AZ Commercial RE Broker - Fort Mohave, AZ
928-201-4BHC (4242) call/text

Saw this from one of my Facebook friends in the mortgage business:

Fed bumps short-term benchmark rate 25 basis points higher. Leaves door open for two more 25 basis point hikes in 2019. News is mortgage interest rate neutral.

Dec 19, 2018 12:03 PM
Rainmaker
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Richie Alan Naggar
people first...then business Ran Right Realty - Riverside, CA
agent & author

Physically it wont affect it much at all but psychologically & emotionally it will as it cannot escape the law of cause and effect...How much effect is the unknown but I predict it to be a morale type issue if anything

Dec 19, 2018 02:48 PM
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Michael Jacobs
Pasadena, CA
Pasadena And Southern California 818.516.4393

Real sellers will sell. Real buyers will continue to buy.  Anyone can predict.  Life goes on.

Dec 19, 2018 12:38 PM
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Diana Dahlberg
1 Month Realty - Pleasant Prairie, WI
Real Estate in Kenosha, WI since 1994 262-308-3563

Even with two more hikes ... we will still be below an interest rate that would cause buyers to stop. Our economy is rising ... interest rates will rise along with it. Personally I wish the FEDS would not do this so fast.

Dec 19, 2018 12:15 PM
Rainmaker
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Valeria Mola
SIB Realty - Miami, Sunny Isles Beach - Sunny Isles Beach, FL
305-607-0709 SIB Realty Condos for Sale and Rent

Yes, somehow it will affect the market. We will see it in 2019.

Dec 19, 2018 07:03 PM
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Evelina Tsigelnitskaya
SIB Realty - Sunny Isles Beach, FL

It will at some degree. 

Dec 19, 2018 06:43 PM
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Bob Crane
Woodland Management Service / Woodland Real Estate, KW Diversified - Stevens Point, WI
Forestland Experts! 715-204-9671

I doubt it will be noticed.

Dec 19, 2018 02:23 PM
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Kathleen Daniels, Probate & Trust Specialist
KD Realty - 408.972.1822 - San Jose, CA
Probate Real Estate Services

What Fred Griffin said. 

Dec 20, 2018 11:15 AM
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Ryan Huggins - Thousand Oaks, CA
https://HugginsHomes.com - Thousand Oaks, CA
Residential Real Estate and Investment Properties

I'm with Bob Timm and Fred on this one.

Dec 20, 2018 10:15 AM
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Scott Godzyk
Godzyk Real Estate Services - Manchester, NH
One of the Manchester NH's area Leading Agents

With mortgage starts down, rates may stay down on mortgages, but they are inching up and when they hit the 5 mark, im expecting a slow down

Dec 20, 2018 04:48 AM
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Gita Bantwal
RE/MAX Centre Realtors - Warwick, PA
REALTOR,ABR,CRS,SRES,GRI - Bucks County & Philadel

It will affect affordability for some buyers

Dec 19, 2018 04:40 PM
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Debe Maxwell, CRS
Savvy + Company (704) 491-3310 - Charlotte, NC
The RIGHT CHARLOTTE REALTOR!

Another reason to go with the devil you know (2019) than the one you don't (2020)! PLUS, 2020 is an election year!

Dec 19, 2018 04:12 PM
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Barbara Todaro
RE/MAX Executive Realty - Happily Retired - Franklin, MA
Previously Affiliated with The Todaro Team

those increases are nothing significant.... not enough to stop a sale....

Dec 19, 2018 03:41 PM
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Libby Cousins
Extraordinary Processing - Spokane, WA
Contract Mortgage Processor, licensed in WA

I don't think it will make much difference. It doesn't directly translate into mortgage rates. People will always be buying houses.

Dec 19, 2018 03:12 PM
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Nina Hollander, Broker
Coldwell Banker Realty - Charlotte, NC
Your Greater Charlotte Real Estate Broker

Rates are still at historic lows. 

Dec 19, 2018 02:45 PM
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Jeff Dowler, CRS
eXp Realty of California, Inc. - Carlsbad, CA
The Southern California Relocation Dude

Time will tell.

Dec 19, 2018 01:27 PM
Rainmaker
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Roy Kelley
Retired - Gaithersburg, MD

Every increase impacts affordability.

Smart consumers want to take advantage of the current very attractive mortgage interest rates. 

Dec 19, 2018 12:31 PM
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Joe Pryor
The Virtual Real Estate Team - Oklahoma City, OK
REALTOR® - Oklahoma Investment Properties

We have strong affordabikity so any mortgage rate hikes will be minimal in impact.

Dec 19, 2018 12:18 PM
Rainmaker
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Thomas J. Nelson, REALTOR ® CRS,ABR,PSA,RCS-D, ePRO
Big Block Realty 858.232.8722 - La Jolla, CA
Serving Coastal San Diego, Veteran's & Seniors

This was announced several weeks ago. As it is every Q4.

We've been correcting (SD Market) since 2/2018, so I imagine we'll be in-line with the rates by then as prices have leveled off here since July. San Diego's affordability is off the charts unaffordable by traditional standards, so that is in the eye of the borrower.

Dec 20, 2018 07:13 AM
Rainmaker
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Wayne Martin
Wayne M Martin - Oswego, IL
Real Estate Broker - Retired

In over 45 years in the business, those who have to buy or sell do so regardless of the morrtgage rates. Rates are at historic lows. Rates were around 7% with 3 points in 1972 when I entered the business. People were buying and selling at a record pace because rates were low!

Dec 20, 2018 03:57 AM
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Amy White
Daily Successful Living - Gilbert, AZ
Personal Financial Specialist

Rates are still really low. I don’t see it significantly impacting the real estate market significantly.

Dec 19, 2018 09:10 PM
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Joyce M. Marsh
Luxury Home Couture - Daytona Beach, FL
Joyce Marsh Homes & Design

Interest rates are still at historic lows. I don’t see it having too much of an impact in my Market area. 

Dec 19, 2018 08:22 PM
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Steve Higgins
RE/MAX Kelowna - Kelowna, BC

The Canadian government has raised our a few times in the last 1.5 years, we are seeing the market slow.

Dec 19, 2018 05:35 PM
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Ron and Alexandra Seigel
Napa Consultants - Carpinteria, CA
Luxury Real Estate Branding, Marketing & Strategy

What Candice A. Donofrio said.  A

Dec 19, 2018 03:37 PM
Rainmaker
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John Juarez
The Medford Real Estate Team - Fremont, CA
ePRO, SRES, GRI, PMN

Interest rates have risen and will continue to do so. Of course, the increased cost of financing will impact affordability. Home values would have to dip sharply in order to offset the increased cost of financing...something many buyers do not consider when they say that they are waiting for the supposed bubble to burst.

Dec 20, 2018 11:27 AM
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Joan Cox
House to Home, Inc. - Denver Real Estate - 720-231-6373 - Denver, CO
Denver Real Estate - Selling One Home at a Time

Our market has already slowed, so hope the proposed interest rate hikes won't affect it any more than it has.

Dec 24, 2018 07:26 AM
Rainmaker
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William Feela
WHISPERING PINES REALTY - North Branch, MN
Realtor, Whispering Pines Realty 651-674-5999 No.

Not much will happen.  It may help stableize the market some also

Dec 24, 2018 03:03 AM
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Will Hamm
Hamm Homes - Aurora, CO
"Where There's a Will, There's a Way!"

Hope we do not havea slow down of buyers.

 

Dec 23, 2018 09:48 AM
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