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by Athena Paquette | November 17, 2022 | Blog | 0 Comments

A mortgage is a loan or debt that is secured by real estate. In some states it is also the word used for the lien that is put on the property to secure the debt. Normally this loan is paid back over a specific time , like 30 years or 15 years, until the entire...

How raising the prime rate makes mortgage rates go down

by Athena Paquette | September 26, 2022 | Blog | 0 Comments

I have talked about this before but I think it is worth revisiting after our talk last week about the prime rate. The Federal Reserve raised the Fed Funds rate (often confused with the prime rate) by 0.75% this week.to 1.75% it was 0.25% a year ago. The highest 1-day...

Mortgage Minute – ARMS and HYBRIDS

by Athena Paquette | September 19, 2022 | Blog | 0 Comments

What do you do when mortgage interest rates jump up 2% in 4 months? Don’t go LONG, go SHORT use a HYBRID ARM loan ARM means adjustable-rate mortgage. But some people are not comfortable with the idea that their mortgage payment and that the interest rate will start...

Mortgage Minute – Adjustable rate mortgages or ARMS

by Athena Paquette | September 12, 2022 | Blog | 0 Comments

When rates go up, we usually see a switch over from the 30 year fixed to ARM loans. Why go LONG at a high rate when you can go short at a lower interest rate and get the upfront savings? People do this to help ease the payment shock of rates going up and to help them...

Busy Week and it Shows

by Athena Paquette | Dec 3, 2016 | Blog, Home Owners, Investors, Realtors

It was a busy week in economic news, and the rates show it. Tuesday we got a revised GDP for October up to 5.3% from 2.9% – wow did the US start producing or what? Such a big jump was not “mortgage interest rate friendly”. Wednesday the ADP payroll number came...

Stock Market News

by Athena Paquette | Sep 25, 2015 | Blog, Home Owners, Investors, Realtors

This week was a doozy in the stock market! Normally that helps the bond market, but it had little effect. In the end, it was a seesaw week. We got a final GDP revised number and it now was determined that the GDP grew at 3.9% in the 2nd quarter which was much better...

How Does the GDP Affect Interest Rates or the Price of Real Estate?

by Athena Paquette | Jun 27, 2014 | Investors, Realtors

Economic news: People often ask me what the economic news has to do with real estate. How does the GDP affect interest rates or the price of real estate? Or what do I mean that the Consumer Price Index could affect the price of a home in Torrance? On some economic...

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