Month: August 2011

Seattle Real Estate Mortgage Rates Today 8/31/11:  Investors continue to lean towards the stock market.  The anticipation of a third economic stimulus is creating the push of funds into the stocks but Bernanke has not mentioned a stimulus.  This has continued to weaken the bonds creating an increase in mortgage rates.  The daily increase to […]

Seattle / Bellevue Mortgage Rate Watch August 30th, 2011:  Today’s opening showed bonds a bit higher.  After stating he was concerned about the economy and strong accommodation is necessary, Charles “Chuck Wagon” Evans gave a boost to bonds.  With the Euro debt crisis still a looming threat, we should be concerned about the fragility of […]

Seattle Real Estate Mortgage Rates Today 8/23/11: Mortgage Bonds continue to drift lower after witnessing a bearish Double Top Reversal Pattern last week.  With the Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke’s speech this coming Friday, stocks are rallying higher.  What’s the Fed got to do?  Stock prices continue to drop along with a slumping economy, some anticipate […]

Seattle Real Estate Mortgage Rates Today 8/22/11: News on Qaddafi impacting Seattle Real Estate Mortgage Rates: Safe Haven trade of the U.S. Bonds & Equities took a hit today as the global market translated good news coming from the Middle East as the reign of Muammar Qaddafi may be coming to an end.  As mentioned […]

Seattle Real Estate Mortgage Rates Today 8/18/11 Where do Seattle Real Estate Mortgage Rates go from here? This is the #1 asked question we are receiving daily in each and every conversation.  Here is the most up to minute answer we have.  Please note we can only interpret what is happening at the current moment. […]

Germany remains the strongest financial country and will not get involved in a Euro Bond. If this remains true, the demand for the US bonds will not have any competition as of now.

Euro bond? Will the 17 European countries come together? Is it fair for a strong financial country such as Germany to support the financial crisis of Greece? If this does happen, the US bond market will face uncertainty leading to higher interest rates.

Seattle Real Estate Mortgage Rates Today 8/15/11: After the most historic week in U.S. history, breaking records in the stock market, Gold at unbelievable levels, oil falling and MEGA millions being lost around the world…….. Today the market seems to have normalized, at least to the point where radical swings are not taking place.  Being […]

Seattle Real Estate Mortgage Rates Today 8/12/11:  UP Down, UP Down, caution this may cause motion sickness. The illustration on the right about sums up the market this week.  After the biggest move in U.S. history facing the down grade, the market went through a turbulent ride.  Stocks were off one day by 600 then […]

The Fed announced that the Fed Funds Rate will remain at 0% until mid 2013.