July 2024 - Starwest Mortgage Corporation

July 30, 2024 – Will It Take a Recession?

Economic Commentary For most of last year, it was apparent that the Federal Reserve wanted the economy to stop growing so fast. Though you would never hear them say that they were trying to force us into a recession, certainly forecasters were predicting a recession. But the recession never came as the economy and especially the American consumer provided some...” Read More

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July 23, 2024 – The Listings Are Here

Economic Commentary A few months ago, we delineated the reasons that listings would start to grow after several years of real estate purchase prospects not being able to find a house. These reasons included long-term demographic factors such as baby boomers wanting to age in place, but finally aging out of their homes. They also included short-term factors such as...” Read More

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July 16, 2024 – And Now For the Second Act

Economic Commentary In our desire to experience lower interest rates during the second half of the year, two weeks ago we had the release of the first part of our economic “one-two” punch. As we reported, the jobs report indicated progress towards our lower rate goal. Next up? Our monthly reports on inflation. Last week we experienced the second leg...” Read More

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July 9, 2024 – First Part of The “Two-Fer”

Economic Commentary In the previous commentary, we promised a chance at a “two-fer” which could help put pressure on interest rates to ease down in the second half of the year. We have already had a decent move downward in interest rates, but there is so much more work to be done in this regard. On Friday we had the...” Read More

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July 30, 2024 – Will It Take a Recession?

July 23, 2024 – The Listings Are Here

July 16, 2024 – And Now For the Second Act

July 9, 2024 – First Part of The “Two-Fer”

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