Auto Insurance Rate Crisis in 2025 The Zebra Insurance company has published their 2025 insurance rate report and predictions. It seems auto insurance rates jumped substantially in 2023 and 2024. Their 2025 auto insurance rate projections are reduced which is wonderful for today’s cash strapped vehicle owners. Affordable auto insurance is an increasing problem for…
Rate Forecast: Are Lower Mortgage Rates Ahead? Will the FED lower rates in Mid September? And by how much? The next FOMC meeting will take place on September 17-18, 2024. If you’re a mortgage agent, these promise to be some lucrative times ahead as the refinancing wave begins. Actually, it’s already started and the banks…
5 Year Forecast for the Housing Market What does the market crystal ball indicate about the 5 year outlook for US residential real estate markets? As the information below points out, the market is at its worst in 2024, mirroring 1992 numbers. Now it’s in waiting for a release from the shackles of high interest…
2024 Weather Forecast: Warmth on the Way What an interesting time it is for weather across North America, with some changes taking place that will take many people off guard — challenging popular beliefs about our climate. It looks like a great summer is in store for us across the US and Canada with some…
Gasoline Price Predictions As inflation persists and oil prices rise, the forecast for gasoline prices is as well. You might be very happy to own an EV. Gasoline prices are up 2.65% in the past 5 days, yet are down yet again 2% today. Can anyone possibly forecast gasoline prices? It seems they’re struggling which…
Unemployment Rate in the United States The Covid 19 pandemic interrupted a very positive reduction in the unemployment rate in the United states. 8 years of strong growth during the bull market stock market was crippled by the shutdowns. Now in late 2021, the economic recovery is beginning to deliver stronger job growth (4.8% unemployment…
US Jobs Outlook The bungling of the recent jobs report is a sign of trouble with the current government and a sign the job market is troubled. The current report showed only 266,000 jobs created when almost 1 million were expected. This is a disaster. There are some job market and economic hurdles to deal…
Google Trends Keyword Search Reports Showing Sparks It’s normal to see search activity pick up as spring approaches, yet this year’s activity seems to be a little stronger. Kind of harkens back to the pre crash era where real estate was huge and people actually believed they could buy a home. Why do they search for…