I can’t decide what was more troublesome yesterday: the
comically uninformed questions put to Big Ben regarding
mortgage rates, or the comically inaccurate article
printed by CNBC on the same subject. Whatever the case, the media is
awash with analysts, experts, officials, and laypersons offering rather
strong opinions on a subject about which they have such a painfully
shallow understanding.
Bloomberg News reported on Wednesday that Fannie Mae
is proposing to ban the use of appraisals by a lender’s
employees or those arranged by mortgage brokers.
The Census Bureau and the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development jointly released their monthly report on new home sales early Wednesday morning. The report showed new home sales declined once again, this time to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 588,000 units. At the end of January there were an estimated 482,000 houses available for sale nationally. At the current rate of sales this represents… Read More Now