Rise & Thrive week is here! We also discuss the recent moves in interest rates and the Fed speakers who are starting to back pedal a bit on rate cuts promise.

The first inflation reports hit last week and they did little to sway the markets from changing their minds about the Fed rate cuts in 2024. Click to learn a little bit about CPI vs. PPI and what they tell us about prices in the economy. Also, demand for tickets for Rise & Thrive 2024 beat even our expectations. We are not even within a week of the event and we're 80% sold through tickets! Get your spot before they are gone.

Join us at Rise & Thrive January 23rd at Lower.com Field in Columbus, OH! Our team of experts is going to push you to be your best in 2024! Are you ready to RISE up?

Can you believe 2023 is over? The crazy part is that interest rates at the start of 2024 and eerily similar to the the start of 2023. Can you believe it? Let’s get the word out to our clients. Put 2023 behind us and let’s move forward with some confidence in 2024.

It's not spooky season, but Jerome Powell is definitely nervous about something. Dive in to read our thoughts around the market's expectation around rate cuts and an update on the Fed's Bank Term Funding Program that expires in March of 2024. Could that be the catalyst to push the Fed to cut rates?

November inflation metrics were released Tuesday hitting expectations. I think we're still too far from the Fed's target to feel super optimistic. But on Wednesday, Jerome Powell (aka Santa Claus) delivered a super optimistic message to the markets sending them into a state of euphoria.

Mortgage rates lost just a bit of ground last week as the November jobs report surprises on the upside. This week we'll get the latest inflation data AND there is an interesting bill on the House and Senate floor that could potentially help the affordability issues in the US.

Rates are showing strength in a pull-back. Feeling more like a reversal than a dip. New conforming loan limits were announced last week to accommodate these higher purchase prices. Additionally, new home prices pulled back in a big way this last year. Is it a sign of what needs to happen in the existing home market?

Highest interest rates appear to be in the rearview mirror and there are quite a few demand catalysts in 2024 that should bring more buyers into the market. Get pumped! Additionally, we rolled out an updated newsletter and announced a new value-add for our partners.

Happy Thanksgiving Week! Mortgage rates improved last week off news concerning a slowing US economy. CPI came in down to expectations. There was a flurry of data points from unemployment claims to Wal-Mart's Q4 guidance that suggested consumers may be finding it difficult to land a job and slowing down their spending.