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The Federal Open Market Committee at the end of January calmly resisted the urge to set into play an increase in key interest rates, saying for now that holding the federal funds rate at 0-1/4 percent is “appropriate.” The FOMC statement described U.S. economic expansion since December at “a solid pace”–optimistic language not seen in previous statements. “Labor market conditions have improved further, with strong job gains and a lower unemployment rate,” the statement said. “On balance, a range of labor market indicators suggests that underutilization of labor resources continues to diminish. Household spending is rising moderately; recent declines in energy prices have boosted household purchasing power. Business fixed investment is advancing, while the recovery in the housing sector remains slow. Inflation has declined further below the Committee’s longer-run objective, largely reflecting declines in energy prices. Market-based measures of inflation compensation have declined substantially in recent months; survey-based measures of longer-term inflation expectations have remained stable.” But the FOMC made no move to put a rate increase in place, saying in determining how long to maintain the target range of 0-1/4 percent, it would continue to assess progress toward its objectives of maximum employment and two percent inflation. Source:...Good News for Suburban Real Estate
Millennials deep down may be suburbanites after all. In recent years, economists and demographers have argued that members of Generation Y will have a longer love for city living in smaller living quarter than their predecessors. But a newly released survey by the National Association of Home Builders discounts that, suggesting that what millennials really want is a single-family home outside of the urban center – just like other generations. The survey of more than 1,500 people (born since 1977) found that 66 percent of millennials want to live in the suburbs; 24 percent want to live in rural areas; and only 10 percent prefer to live in a city center. “While you are more likely to attract this generation than other generations to buy a condo or a house downtown, that is a relative term,” says Rose Quint, NAHB’s assistant vice president of survey research. “The majority of them will still want to buy the house out there in the suburbs.” One of their main draws to suburbia? They “want to live in more space than they have now,” Quint says. Eighty-one percent said they want three or more bedrooms in their home. “The preference for the suburbs suggests that future demand will be in the form of single-family homes rather than condominiums more prevalent in cities,” David Berson, chief economist with Nationwide Insurance Co., told The Wall Street Journal. “That’s also good news for future suburban single-family sellers, many of whom are baby boomers.” Source: The Wall Street...My Community Mortgage
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