The Office of the Chief Economist of Freddie Mac issued its monthly economic outlook for July on Monday and, in the narrative provided a helpful analysis of the reasons for the confusing messages emerging from various reports on current house prices. The outlook states the obvious; the housing market...
Freddie Mac's Office of the Chief Economist has issued its monthly economic report for April and, except for some mild caveats about oil prices and resulting inflation, remains bullish on the near term future of real estate . While many figures for March are not included, the report summarized the first...
Frank E. Nothaft, Freddie Mac's chief economist, continues to paint an optimistic picture for housing sales and appreciation and for continued low interest rates in his monthly economic outlook for February. Mr. Nothaft noted that the Federal Reserve, in the last eight months, has raised the Federal...
Freddie Mac released its monthly Economic and Housing Outlook on Tuesday, with a relieved look backward and an optimistic view of the future. Frank Nothaft, Chief Economist for the mortgage giant, pointed to tentative year end figures showing that the nation's economy had produced 2.2 million new jobs...