by Alterna Mortgage | May 11, 2022 | Financing, Housing Market, Inflation, Interest rates, Investment Properties, Refinancing
Jeremy Grantham, one of the economists that predicted the 2008 crash, says we’re in the fifth great bubble of the modern era—and warns the economy won’t ‘skate through’ a housing crisis. Grantham is convinced that we’re in the midst of a fifth great bubble of the...
by Alterna Mortgage | May 5, 2022 | Financing, Inflation, Interest rates, Refinancing
Yesterday the Fed increased the rate by .5%. This is the largest interest rate increase since 2000. They also are going to be shrinking its nearly $9 trillion balance sheet starting in June. These policies are likely to ricochet through markets and the economy as...
by Alterna Mortgage | Apr 12, 2022 | Financing, Inflation, Interest rates
“Given that the recovery has been considerably stronger and faster than in the previous cycle, I expect the balance sheet to shrink considerably more rapidly than in the previous recovery, with significantly larger caps and a much shorter period to phase in the...
by Alterna Mortgage | Apr 10, 2022 | Financing, Inflation, Interest rates
Last week, a member of the central bank who usually favors a gentler approach to raising interest rates spoke about the central bank’s need to fight rising prices. “It is of paramount importance to get inflation down,” Federal Reserve Governor Lael...
by Alterna Mortgage | Mar 18, 2022 | Financing, Inflation, Interest rates, Mortgage Programs, Real Estate
Thanks to a 40-year high in inflation, Americans are already facing higher prices at the gas pump and the grocery stores. And now the cost of borrowing will increase as well. With an increase of the benchmark rate a quarter of a point on Wednesday, the Federal Reserve...
by Alterna Mortgage | Mar 9, 2022 | Financing, Interest rates, Real Estate
Interest rates retreated from 2019 peaks as the Ukraine invasion by Russia escalates and grows more uncertain. No one knows if, when, and how this will end. When the world experiences tense geopolitical moments, it drives what is called a “safe-haven” trade into the...
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