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By Ryan Casey Stephens, FPQP®Special Contributor This is one of those funny weeks where nothing happens, then everything happens all at once. Data-packed holiday weeks can cause havoc in markets since traders don’t have much time to digest the readings and reports coming in. With any luck though, we’ll get some positive figures, and the…
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By Ryan Casey Stephens, FPQP®Special Contributor If we’re going to see a real estate recovery this year, we need to radically improve affordability. The good news is it’s only the second full week of the year, and things are already off to a solid start. Mortgage rates have fallen nearly half a percent since New…
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By Ryan Casey Stephens, FPQP®Special Contributor Welcome to the start of a new year, full of excitement and opportunity. The last 12 months were tough on all of us, but I’m feeling bullish about the season ahead. If you asked me one year ago, I’d never have predicted the events we just experienced, so take…
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By Ryan Casey Stephens, FPQP®Special Contributor Each week in December we’ll take a deep dive into one report that moves markets and impacts mortgage rates. With Christmas behind us, it’s all eyes on New Year’s Eve. I love this season because we focus on the year behind us, we party with those who mean the…
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By Ryan Casey Stephens, FPQP®Special Contributor Each week in December we’ll take a deep dive into one report that moves markets and impacts mortgage rates. Imagine a single economic report that possesses the power to rank the wealth of nations, influence tax and spending policies here at home, and point in real time to industries…
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