Interest rates
By Ryan Casey Stephens, FPQP®Special Contributor The phrase ‘doubling down’ is a Blackjack term that means placing twice your bet on a promising hand. To inexperienced players, it might seem too risky, but experienced gamblers know that betting more when you’re beating the house can increase your odds of winning by as much as 15…
It’s no secret that Americans are grappling with grave economic implications across myriad of industries. As inflation and energy prices hit new highs, many of our biggest business sectors experience slowed growth and stagnant sales. Sectors hit hardest often include discretionary categories like electronics, clothes, or furniture. Therefore, it’s not surprising that the market for…
The housing market is like a Las Vegas card game these days. Should you tell the dealer to hit? Should you hold? Surely, with home prices where they are in the Dallas-Fort Worth region, it feels like a gamble to purchase real estate right now. And that might not be far from the truth. A…
Why does Texas have the largest number of home buyers priced out of the new home market? What are the Fed’s plans for the interest rate? We look at this and more in this week’s roundup of real estate news. $1,000 INCREASE ELIMINATES MANY FROM NEW HOME OWNERSHIP Texas has the largest number of homebuyers…
There was a lot of downward trending for the stock market last week, but overall, that’s positive for the bond market and interest rates, says Bob Johnson (AKA Bob Mortgage) the senior mortgage adviser at the nation’s oldest private lender, Wallick & Volk. Our most-trusted mortgage adviser explains that, as people react to the plummeting…
