by Jason Boone | Apr 27, 2016 | Bend Oregon Real Estate, Mortgage Interest Rates, Mortgages, Real Estate News
By Jason Boone Not that it was altogether unexpected, but the Federal Reserve voted on Wednesday to stand pat with its key federal funds rate. Still, such a move (or lack thereof) probably will be cause for relief for anyone worried that they might have missed their...
by Jason Boone | Feb 3, 2016 | Bend Oregon Real Estate, Mortgage Interest Rates, Mortgage Loan
By Jason Boone The Federal Reserve’s plan for its federal funds rate has been making plenty of news as of late. The Federal Reserve’s Open Market Committee decided last week to keep the range for the federal funds rate — the rate at which banks charge other banks on...
by Jason Boone | Dec 28, 2015 | Bend Oregon Real Estate, Mortgage Interest Rates, Real Estate News
By Jason Boone Predicting the future is a fool’s errand. As the last 15 years of peaks and valleys in real estate has taught us, it can be particularly foolhardy to say with any certainty what the year ahead will bring. Yet we all still look ahead to 2016 with a sense...
by Jason Boone | Dec 21, 2015 | Bend Oregon Real Estate, Home Buying Tips, Mortgage Interest Rates, Mortgage Loan, Real Estate News
By Jason Boone The news was hardly surprising last week when the announcement came that the Federal Open Market Committee would be hiking the target range of the federal funds rate a quarter point. After seven years of a zero-interest policy, such a move from the...
by Jason Boone | Oct 29, 2015 | Bend Oregon Real Estate, Home Buying Tips, Mortgage Interest Rates, Mortgage Loan, Mortgages
By Jason Boone To rent or buy a home is an age-old question. It also happens to be among the most important financial decisions anyone can make. The real estate market in Bend, Oregon, has continued to show strength since the Great Recession has relented. Meanwhile,...
