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...Last week the US Federal Housing Finance Agency presented its report on the future of the Federal Home Loan Banks....
...Trump appointed Mark Calabria as the head of the Federal Housing Finance Agency [the Fannie and Freddie umbrella organisation]....
...To see the range of buyers open up more substantially, you’re going to need to see the first [base] rate cut and then a more meaningful improvement in mortgage rates.”...
...Keith Adey, Bellway’s chief finance director, said there has been positive early interest from clients in the scheme, which in effect allows buyers to “borrow at the interest rates of a few years ago”....
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...And future interest rate cuts by the Bank of England would probably result in further mortgage rate falls, spurring the housing market further....
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...Why are housing costs such a big problem? Soaring global borrowing costs have led to sharp falls in housing prices from New Zealand to Sweden....
...“You might be addressing the deposit affordability issue, but you’re still left with the mortgage affordability issue,” Cook said....
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...The Federal Reserve is expected to cut interest rates this year, but the speed and timing of those cuts will depend on the outlook for inflation....
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...“The reason that I’ve decided to transition from this job is not because we’re finished,” he said. “But as US envoy, I’m presently responsible for the US position, for what we’re doing here....
...“We’re not overreacting, but we are reacting,” he said in response to a question following the speech. “We take [the recent news on inflation] very seriously.”...
...In short, the housing market has been stuck, and it’s still stuck. How much does this matter?...
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