Interest Rates Bouncing off of 4% Floor

Interest rates fell approximately a half a point in the weeks following Ben Bernanke’s announcement in late September that the Fed would continue their pace of bond purchases. This purchasing of bonds has acted as a stimulus package for the housing industry as it has kept mortgage interest rates at historic lows. Rates have been bouncing around the 4% mark over the last few weeks.

Let’s make sure we are giving great counsel to all of our buyers whether they are first time or move-up buyers. There currently is a window of opportunity for your buyers to still get a sub-5% interest rate. This opportunity is expected to disappear in the very near future as most experts expect the Fed to taper the bond purchasers in December.

Even Ben Bernanke, Chairman of the Fed, suggested that the Fed could still scale back the stimulus this year. He stated: “If the data confirms our basic outlook, then we could move later this year.”

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