Fed says it will shrink its balance sheet, which is good and bad news for real estate
The Federal Reserve on Tuesday announced it would raise short-term interest rates again, but the real news was its...
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Fed could look to sell off MBS holdings
Federal Reserve officials over the past few months have indicated they may be willing to reduce the $1.75 trillion worth of mortgage-backed securities it acquired as part of its experiment in quantitative easing amid...
A bull’s (and bear’s) eye view of the 2014 housing market
Whether 2014 will be another banner year for real estate or wind up strangled by skyrocketing interest rates largely...
Health of US housing market hangs on Fed’s Janet Yellen
The question of whether mortgage rates will surge in 2014, and consequently how healthy the U.S. housing market will...
Fed’s stimulus decision is temporary tonic for real estate
Despite sending ominous signals that it would wind down an $85 billion per month bond-buying stimulus program, the Federal...
Fed steers largest home lenders toward recovery
The Federal Reserve’s housing policies have helped steer the four largest home loan lenders back to recovery, Bloomberg News...
Banks keeping mortgage rates artificially high, economists say
The Federal Reserve’s efforts to continue pushing mortgage rates lower have been stymied in part by banks, some of...
QE3 could galvanize commercial RE investing
The Federal Reserve’s third round of quantitative easing – its plan to buy $40 billion of mortgage-backed securities from Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac per month – may push real estate investors out of...
QE3 unlikely to have major effect on housing market
Now that the markets have had a full 24 hours to digest news that the Federal Reserve would purchase...
Fed to purchase $40B in mortgages a month: VIDEO
The Federal Reserve said it would initiate a third round of quantitative easing by buying $40 billion worth of...