Archive for April, 2008

Feds This Week “click for full story”

Looking Ahead to the Fed
With little scheduled economic news and a couple of major events on the horizon, there was little change in mortgage markets during the week. The daily volatility remained high, however. Mortgage rates ended a little higher than the prior week, and the stock market was almost flat. Investors were mostly preparing […]

City of Austin Ordinance “Full Story”

The City of Austin is introducing an ordinance to mandate energy efficiency retrofits for all types of properties in Austin, including single family owner-occupied homes. They intend to enforce it at the point of sale. In other words, prior to the sale of any single family owner-occupied home, a certificate of compliance proving the required […]