Tag Archives: Interest rates

The Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) released its latest Refinance Report, looking at data from the first quarter of 2014. The government agency reported that in Q1 2014, approximately 77,000 refinances were completed through the Home Affordable Refinance Program (HARP), bringing the total refinances through HARP to 3.1 million since the program's inception.

Consumer sentiment retreated last month to an index reading of 80.0, down 2 percent from February’s 81.6 but an improvement on last year’s 78.6, according to a report released by Thomson Reuters and the University of Michigan’s Survey Research Center.

Larry Baer joins the broadcast to discuss forecasting interest rates, high/low cycles and monetization of forecasts.

[ca_audio url_mp3='http://blogtalk.vo.llnwd.net/o23/show/5/714/show_5714081.mp3' css_class='codeart-google-mp3-player' autoplay='false' download='false' html5='false']Behind the Curtain – A look at the two simple engines that drive every change in the trend trajectory of mortgage interest rates. Larry Baer is the founder and president of Market Alert, Inc. – ...

[ca_audio url_mp3='http://blogtalk.vo.llnwd.net/o23/show/4/442/show_4442411.mp3' css_class='codeart-google-mp3-player' autoplay='false' download='false' html5='false']Thomas Showalter, the Chief Analytics Officer of Digital Risk, will discuss how to identify and manage two historically known forms of risk as well as a new type of risk that is prevalent and misunderstood ...

[ca_audio url_mp3='http://blogtalk.vo.llnwd.net/o23/show/4/257/show_4257903.mp3' css_class='codeart-google-mp3-player' autoplay='false' download='false' html5='false']Brent Nyitray, Director of Capital Markets at iServe Residential Lending discusses relevant events impacting interest rates, equity markets and housing. View on BlogTalkRadio.