Recent Articles
2024 Portland, OR Metro Housing Market Year in Review + 2025 Forecast
2024 Portland Metro, OR Housing Market Year in Review
Published on 01/07/2025
A Non-Party Affiliated review of Trump’s Return: A Market and Economic Overview for the Mortgage and Real Estate Industry
Trump’s Return: A Market and Economic Overview for the Mortgage and Real Estate Industry
Published on 11/06/2024
What if Jerome Powell Doesn't Lower the Federal Funds Rate in September?
September 2024 FOMC Meeting
Published on 09/02/2024
5 Reasons Buying a Home Now – Makes Mathematical sense, and yes, yes, I know that Rates are Expected to Come Down!
Mortgage Math
Published on 08/01/2024
Will the Election Affect Mortgage Rates?
Will the Election Affect Mortgage Rates
Published on 06/04/2024
How the Heck do Homebuilders Have Those New Lower Rates?
New Construction Mortgage Rates
Published on 03/01/2024
Why are Mortgage Credit Scores Different Than What I see when I Pull It?
Mortgage Credit Score Calculations
Published on 02/06/2024
2024 CalHFA Dreams for All Down Payment Assistance Program Update
Update on the 2024 CalHFA Dreams for All Down Payment Assistance
Published on 01/22/2024
Where are Mortgage Rates Going? It depends on how "soft" this landing is or isn't.
Recession is coming an the Federal Reserve is not looking at underemployment levels
Published on 01/10/2024
Have Mortgage Rates Peaked? Doves and Hawks will give you Different Answers
Doves and Hawks in the Federal Reserve FOMC
Published on 12/05/2023
How are Investors Getting a Rate of Return in This Uncertain Housing Market?
Investment Housing
Published on 08/30/2023
Ding Dong, is the Witch Dead? The Federal Reserve Predicts No Looming Recession. But Why isn’t There Celebration?
Powell's economic forecast
Published on 07/28/2023
Why Isn't the Housing Market Behaving the Way We Thought It Should?
Interest Rates and Home Prices
Published on 07/11/2023