Thomas Short is a personal finance writer based in Seattle. His work has appeared in Entrepreneur, Huffington Post, The Mortgage Reports, and more.
December 2, 2016
November’s job growth outpaced October, indicating that the economy is growing at a healthy pace and should continue to do so. There were 178,000 jobs added in November, a sharp […]
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November 18, 2016
Continuing a 2016 trend, mortgages in October closed at the highest clip in the past 16 months. Of all mortgages applications in October, exactly 73% of them closed, meaning the […]
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November 4, 2016
Jobs continued to be added at an encouraging pace in October, although the number of added jobs was slightly below what was expected. There were 161,000 jobs added to the […]
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November 2, 2016
After rising steadily for the past week, mortgage rates fell back to lower levels after the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) adjourned their meeting. Rates dropped after the Fed decided […]
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Home Buying · News · Refinance
October 19, 2016
Mortgage rates have been dropping steadily over the past few months, and refinancers have been taking advantage of them. Refinances continue to grow in popularity across the country. In September, […]
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October 7, 2016
While it wasn’t as strong as early forecasts predicted, job growth in September still showed signs of strength in the economy. The positive numbers could play a role in determining […]
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September 21, 2016
After their two-day meeting came to a close, the Fed announced their decision to maintain the current federal funds rate. The decision wasn’t largely a surprise, but based on votes […]
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September 21, 2016
Following weeks of lowering rates, the month of August had the lowest average mortgage rate in well over one year. The average closing rate for a 30-year fixed rate mortgage […]
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September 5, 2016
While there was a decent amount of job growth in the month of August, it may not be enough to push mortgage rates higher. On the contrary, mortgage rates could […]
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August 17, 2016
Mortgages were more likely to close in the month of July than they have been for the past 16 months. Almost 72 percent of all mortgage applications closed last month. […]
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