mortgage rates

Both in his first term and since the November election, Donald Trump has pointed to a rising stock market as an endorsement of his policies. He would be wise to keep his eyes focused on another key economic indicator. As the Federal Reserve…

Americans hoping for an economic rebound in the waning months of 2024 under the Biden-Harris administration did not receive the news they were hoping for on Friday. According to a report by the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), the U.S.…

Kamala Harris is promising a massive payment to all first-time home buyers who complain they cannot afford to buy a home due to the economy under the Biden-Harris administration. Harris would also give the largest child tax credit ever to…

In the closing moments of the final presidential debate just days before the 1980 election, Republican candidate Ronald Reagan asked a question of the American people so pointed and so prescient that it has become the standard in every…

To this conservative, a recent New York Times column that encouraged the Federal Reserve to take actions focused on bringing down mortgage rates brought to mind the old Yogi Berra quip about “déjà vu all over again.” Have federal officials…

“Bidenomics” is taking its toll on the U.S. housing market, as mortgage rates hit their highest level in more than two decades. On Wednesday, the average rate on a 30-year fixed mortgage hit 8 percent, marking the highest level recorded…

Both Republicans and Democrats at the national level have put us down a path of slow growth, massive deficits, and high inflation. With a new Republican majority in the U.S. House and the daunting debt ceiling fight over the bloated $31.4…