The Fed Rate Decision, Without the Jargon
The Federal Reserve held rates steady at today's pre-election FOMC meeting. Now, all rate hike expectations shift to December.
Articles for tag: fed rate decision, fed rate hikes, FOMC, mortgage rates
October 27, 2026
Why Isn’t There Just One Mortgage Rate?
Published mortgage rates are confusing. Borrower profiles, best case scenarios and backward-looking data obscure the actual rate a buyer will receive.
September 24, 2026
The High-Level LLM DC Market Forecasting Shaggy Dog Story
I gave market data to one of OpenAI's highest-level reasoning models and asked it to build a 12-month probabilistic DC real estate market forecast.
September 21, 2026
The 5.9% Mortgage Rate Pipedream
A 5.9% 30-year mortgage rate is looking considerably more like a pipedream now than it did this spring. Fannie Mae now puts the average 30-year rate at 6.8%.
