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Welcome to the Team Alberto Soltero Dealing in Southern CA

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Buyers Should Shop Around for a Mortgage as Rates Rise

Borrowers stand to save thousands by gathering multiple quotes from lenders. As mortgage rates surge and remain volatile, it’s becoming increasingly necessary for home buyers to shop around for a loan to find savings. According to Freddie Mac, borrowers potentially could save an average of $1,500 over the life of a loan by gathering one additional rate quote from a lender. And borrowers could save even more by gathering five different quot

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Inflation Eased Slightly but Outlook Remains Weak

High inflation eases, but price pressures still intense The U.S. grew slightly through end the August, a Federal Reserve survey found, but the outlook for the economy over the next year “remained generally weak” because of rising interest rates and nagging labor and supply shortages.The regular Fed survey, known as the Beige Book, said the sharp increase in prices earlier in the year has begun to fade, but that inflation “remained elev

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Mortgage Demand Drops Further as Interest Rates Shoot Back to June High

In June the average rate on the 30-year fixed shot over 6% briefly, and that was enough to turn the once-hot housing market on its heels. Rates pulled back in July and August, but the damage was already done. Now rates are heading past 6% yet again, causing already beleaguered mortgage demand to fall even further.The average contract interest rate for 30-year fixed-rate mortgages with conforming loan balances ($647,200 or less) increased to 5.94%

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Why the Housing Market is Not in Recession

Housing sales are falling in response to rising interest rates, but the real estate market is not in a recession, according to Wharton’s Fernando Ferreira. He explains why the persistent lack of supply will continue to put pressure on homebuyers. Wharton real estate professor Fernando Ferreira doesn’t believe the U.S. housing market has entered a recession.Home sales are falling in response to rising interest rates, but th

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Data Suggests Economy may not Face Recession

The government’s main measures of US growth pointed in different directions in the first half of 2022, adding to the ongoing debate on the health of the economy.Inflation-adjusted gross domestic product, or the total value of all goods and services produced in the economy, decreased at a 0.6% annualized rate in the April to June period, Commerce Department data showed Thursday. That reflects an upward revision to consumer spending and compares

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Welcome to the Team Broker-Partner Markiesia Scott

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Mortgage Rates Rise Again, Nearing Affordability Threshold

If borrowing costs get just a little higher, the average household may be blocked from homeownership, warns an NAR economist. Mortgage rates continued inching up this week, nearing a threshold that would bring the average American household to a financial tipping point, warns Nadia Evangelou, senior economist and director of forecasting for the National Association of REALTORS®.The 30-year fixed-rate mortgage jumped to an average of 5.66%, Fredd

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Over 90% of US Adults Think Climate Change will Inevitably Impact the Real Estate Market

3 in 5 say climate risks have already impacted their decision on where to live; but housing prices and cost of living are still bigger factors. New survey data reveals that the vast majority (87 percent) of US adults believes climate change poses a risk to the world. The findings come as the effects of climate change are becoming ever more visible around the world — think recent catastrophic flooding from Australia to Kentucky&nb

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REALTORS: A Brokerage that Gives More for Less

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