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【CNBC】Hopes for more Fed rate cuts dim as Powell notes hot CPI means ‘we’re not quite there yet’

  • A Fed interest rate cut won’t be coming until at least September, if at all this year, following a troubling inflation report Wednesday.
  • Chair Jerome Powell, in an appearance before the House Financial Services Committee, insisted the Fed had made “great progress” on inflation from its cycle peak “but we’re not quite there yet.”

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【CNBC】Consumer prices rise 0.5% in January, higher than expected as annual rate rises to 3%

  • The CPI accelerated a seasonally adjusted 0.5% for the month, putting the annual inflation rate at 3%, both higher than expected. The core CPI ran at 0.4% and 3.3% respectively, also above forecast.
  • Shelter costs continued to be a problem for inflation, rising 0.4% on the month. Food prices jumped 0.4% and energy prices climbed 1.1% as gasoline prices increased 1.8%.

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【CNBC】Mortgage refinance demand jumps to highest level since October, but homebuyers pull back again

  • The average contract interest rate for 30-year fixed-rate mortgages with conforming loan balances ($766,550 or less) decreased to 6.95% last week from 6.97% the previous week.
  • Applications to refinance a home loan jumped 10% compared with the previous week and were 33% higher than the same week one year ago.

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【World Property Journal】U.S. Commercial Borrowing to Increase to $583 Billion in 2025, Up 16 Percent Annually

The Mortgage Bankers Association released an updated forecast this week projecting that U.S. commercial and multifamily mortgage borrowing and lending will reach $583 billion in 2025, marking a 16% increase from the estimated $503 billion in 2024.

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【信義不動產評論】2024年第四季

總計2024年全台移轉量35.05萬棟,較去年增加14.2%,創近11年來新高,可見在優惠房貸政策與產業投資題材的帶動下,房市受到實質的鼓舞。Q4全台房價指數月增0.57%,年增10.44%,各主要都會區增幅皆有趨緩,桃園Q4始出現負成長。全年建照量較去年增加7.3%,其中桃園地區推案最為積極,使照則增加16.8%,以台北市供給增幅最多。

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