Markets In A Minute for week ending September 14, 2018: More Purchase applications
This week on The Markets In a Minute: Purchase applications are up, Feds meet soon, faster home sales
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- Trade tensions with China continue to help keep mortgage rates low. Although more talks are expected, new tariffs could be imposed any time.
- Overseas central banks kept rates unchanged this week. Since many overseas investors buy U.S. Treasuries and bonds, this helps keep rates low.
- The Fed meets next week for their Federal Open Market Committee meeting. They are expected to raise policy rates, but mortgage rates should be unaffected.
- Homes for sale are not lingering on the market for long. Properties typically sold in 27 days, shorter than the 30-day median from a year ago.
- Although mortgage rates have moved up a bit, mortgage purchase applications were actually up 1% over the previous week and were up 4% over last year.
- Younger Americans are waiting longer to get married, according to CNBC. However, marrying later means they could have more money for home buying.
Police have arrested the World Tongue-Twister Champion. I imagine he’ll be given a tough sentence.
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