The Fed Could Signal Rate Cuts This Week. Mortgage Rates Might Move First.
Key Takeaways Markets are watching to see if the Fed changes course on rates Mortgage rates are currently averaging 6.58% for a 30-year fixed Watch for changes in the Fed's […]
Fed Hits Pause Again, and Mortgage Rates Go Nowhere
Key Takeaways The Federal Reserve announced its latest rate decision Mortgage rates are near 6.78% for a 30-year fixed, according to Mortgage News Daily The Fed's statement provides clues about […]
How to handle the top producer comparison from sellers
At some point in nearly every listing appointment, a seller raises the comparison: Why hire you rather than the top producer in the market? Most agents experience the question as a threat. It is more useful to read it as a signal that the seller has not yet been given a real basis for the decision,
Congress didn’t create the private listings problem. We did.
On July 22, the House Judiciary Subcommittee on the Administrative State, Regulatory Reform, and Antitrust sent letters to Compass and to Midwest Real Estate Data. Both letters ask for a briefing on private listing networks and on the data partnership the two companies announced in April. The subcom