I hope you’re enjoying the busy holiday season.
Best wishes to you and your family, now and always!
A man came to the door and asked if I would donate to the local swimming pool. So I have him a glass of water.
Actions speak louder than text messages.
My body is a temple where junk food goes to worship.
Dear Diet, things just aren’t going to work out between us. It’s not me it’s you. You are tasteless and boring and I can’t stop cheating on you.
My password is ********* How many asterisks do you use for your password?
Now The Market Report . . .
The Fed raised policy rates this week, but lowered the number of expected rate increases for 2019. Mortgage rates were basically unaffected by this rate hike.
Stocks have been routed and fears over a slowing economy have taken over. As investors seek safety in bonds, this has helped mortgage rates improve.
The labor market remains strong though, as jobless claims were only up slightly from the previous week’s near 49-year low. Claims were at 214,000 for last week.
Home builder confidence was down slightly in December from November. But indications are still that more builders view sales conditions as good than poor.
New home starts rebounded in November, driven by a surge in multi-family housing. However, single-family housing starts were down to a 1-1/2 year low.
Existing home sales rose unexpectedly in November. Although sales are down 2.3% in the first 11 months over last year, they’ve increased for 2 months in a row.
“Life is 10% what happens to you and 90% how you react to it.”
Charles R. Swindoll
This week’s potential market moving reports are:
Monday, December 24th: Christmas Eve – No Major Economic Reports
Tuesday, December 25th: Christmas Day – All Markets Closed
Wednesday, December 26th: Case-Shiller Home Prices
Thursday, December 27th: First Time Jobless Claims, New Home Sales
Friday, December 28th: Pending Home Sales
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