September Market Update and Newsletter From frenzy to balance: what today’s market means for you As summer comes to a close, we’re beginning to see the real estate market shift out of the unpredictable patterns we’ve experienced these past few months. The market in Northern Virginia has felt like a roller coaster ride [...]
The Fed dropped their rate and mortgage rates went.....up! What the heck!? If you are a regular reader, you've likely heard me say repeatedly that the Fed doesn't set mortgage rates in general, and not through their overnight rate, although their open market activities certainly impact the direction and scope of movement. Their [...]
The Bureau of Labor Statistics Dropped the Ball Again! This is a massive understatement. The BLS has done it again. They just discovered that, "oops", during the last reporting year from April 2024 to March 2025 (10 months of Biden, 2 months of Trump) that the economy actually produced a staggering 911,000 fewer jobs than [...]