Selling a house is hard business, especially when the property isn't selling itself. A handful of Bay Area brokers and agents provided the Business Times with insight into what can turn a sale on its head. https://t.co/Xl6LDhUjN1
Good timing or a real proposal? I saw this article about the current administration floating the idea of cutting the capital gains tax exemption, and I couldn’t help but think about the timing.
Right before the midterms?
Coincidence? Maybe.
@realEstateTrent@stylishcurvygrl With trading… the EDGE is in the daily practice. You can’t really do that with real estate investing the same way.
I’ve done both and I love real estate.
Trading can be a whole other level though.
Unfortunately reality is real estate is out of reach for so many now.
The delinquency rate on single-family residential mortgages was less than 2% in the second quarter of 2025—a far cry from the more than 11% rate peak reached in 2010.
That was a crux of the Great Recession: many defaulted on their mortgage and lost their houses to foreclosure.
The delinquency rate on single-family residential mortgages was less than 2% in the second quarter of 2025—a far cry from the more than 11% rate peak reached in 2010.
That was a crux of the Great Recession: many defaulted on their mortgage and lost their houses to foreclosure.
Foreclosure, crisis looming?
The search term help with mortgage payments has skyrocketed above the interest level levels from 2008
Is the precursor of something to come or…
… no big deal?
BOND MARKET AND MORTGAGE RATES:
The bond market is shaking out near recent lows. Just ahead of the @federalreserve decision tomorrow on lowering the federal funds rate.
Last year in September when the FED lowered rates bond market steadily rose for the rest of the year.
FED cuts and Mortgage Rates surge… will it continue?
Back-to-back big one-day jumps
The average 30-year fixed mortgage rate today: 6.37%
Same day last year: 6.15%
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10 Year Treasury yield: 4.11%
Spread today: 226 bps