Federal Reserve
The Federal Reserve started a rate-cutting cycle on Sept. 18, 2025, lowering its benchmark interest rate by 50 basis points (bps) to a range of 4.75% to 5%. The cut was the first since March 2020 after the Fed raised interest rates to a 23-year high point to cool the economy and quell inflation. The Fed cut rates two more times in 2024, each by 25 basis points. It has not cut interest rates so far in 2025.
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Investor sentiment: Get a clue or get out of the way
Aug 30, 2011There’s a feeling in the air, and it’s not one of hope, change or prosperity. It’s more like an unsettling, quiet feeling that has pushed real estate investors to a point of frustration. You can almost hear them sitting at their desks, pounding away, wanting to shout out, “Hey, either get a solid plan for the housing market, or get out of the way.”
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Renting the way to recovery
Aug 24, 2011 -
How appraiser independence turns creditors into cops
May 05, 2011 -
Housing woes drag down IRA outlook on banks
Apr 28, 2011 -
Ability-to-repay proposal undermines mortgage origination advances
Apr 20, 2011 -
The fading hopes of mortgage brokers
Mar 16, 2011 -
WhatÕ our message about loan officer compensation?
Mar 15, 2011 -
Fed Files Motion to Consolidate NAIHP & NAMB Lawsuits
Mar 11, 2011 -
An economic recovery with jobs and housing left behind
Jan 13, 2011 -
The BofA-GSE settlement: Were we robbed, or not?
Jan 11, 2011 -
Washington welcomes back Wall Street with warnings
Jan 04, 2011 -
TrimTabs economist: government programs artifically boosted housing
Dec 30, 2010
