Author name: Ricky Vasquez

The leaders seated earlier this year in the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) are reportedly planning new time limits and work requirements for recipients of the department’s existing rental assistance programs, according to an internal document viewed by NPR. The document reportedly reveals that HUD is planning on limiting the amount of […]

Will Friday’s jobs report compel Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell to cut rates by 1%, as President Trump suggested on social media today? The answer is no. While the labor market is showing signs of cooling and there are some indications of stress in certain sectors of the economy, today’s report, although it exceeded estimates,

Mortgage rates have enjoyed a nice run since May 21st, with the MND Index (average top tier 30yr fixed scenarios) falling from a recent peak of 7.08% to this week’s low of 6.87%. As recently as yesterday afternoon, rates were still much closer to those lows at 6.89%.  One day can make a big difference