Jackson Mississippi Real Estate Market Predictions 2019 The best markets for real estate investment aren’t today’s hot markets. Instead, the best markets to invest in are those with the right market fundamentals and strong potential. And we’ve found such a market in Jackson. Jackson is the capital city of Mississippi and it is home...
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The key report this week is the November employment report on Friday. Other key indicators include the November ISM manufacturing and non-manufacturing indexes, November auto sales, and the October trade deficit. Fed Chair Jerome Powell testifies on the Economic Outlook on Wednesday. —– Monday, Dec 3rd —–10:00 AM: ISM Manufacturing Index for November. The...
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Freddie Mac reported that the Single-Family serious delinquency rate in October was 0.71%, down from 0.73% in September. Freddie’s rate is down from 0.86% in October 2017. Freddie’s serious delinquency rate peaked in February 2010 at 4.20%. This is the lowest serious delinquency rate for Freddie Mac since January 2008. These are mortgage loans...
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Boise Real Estate Market Predictions 2019 If you want to find investment opportunities, you need to find the sleeper opportunities. These are places where demand is growing but it isn’t so hot that you risk being burned by buying at the top of the market. And we found such a “sleeper” investment opportunity in...
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Wednesday:• At 7:00 AM ET, The Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) will release the results for the mortgage purchase applications index. • At 8:30 AM, Gross Domestic Product, 3nd quarter 2018 (Second estimate). The consensus is that real GDP increased 3.5% annualized in Q3, unchanged from the advance estimate of GDP. • At 10:00 AM,...
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Weekend:• Schedule for Week of November 25, 2018 • “Is a Recession Coming?” • Oil Prices Down Year-over-year Monday:• At 8:30 AM ET, Chicago Fed National Activity Index for October. This is a composite index of other data. • At 10:30 AM, Dallas Fed Survey of Manufacturing Activity for November. From CNBC: Pre-Market Data...
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Derek Thompson at The Atlantic asked me about my views on an imminent recession in this excellent overview: Is a Recession Coming? Thompson concluded: If you’re going to worry, you should worry about three things: exports, China, and maybe the looming shadow of corporate debt. But nothing in the economy seems to predict an...
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From the Philly Fed: The Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia has released the coincident indexes for the 50 states for October 2018. Over the past three months, the indexes increased in 43 states, decreased in four states, and remained stable in three, for a three-month diffusion index of 78. In the past month, the...
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Here are some Bay Area stats from Pacific Union chief economist Selma Hepp: • Bay Area home sales dipped by 8 percent year over year in October; however, the 19 percent increase from September was the highest monthly increase between September and October going back to 1990. • Santa Clara County and East Bay...
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