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Bye Bye, Miss American Pie

This week’s “pop” hit is the 1972 song by Don McLean “Bye Bye Miss American Pie.” Part of the American Dream has always been about home ownership.  But it appears that this “dream” seems to be slowly going away based on recent…
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For What It’s Worth

This week’s “pop” hit, as it relates to our current economic news, is the 1967 Buffalo Springfield’s hit “For What It’s Worth." The song says, "There’s battle lines being drawn… Nobody’s right if everyone is wrong”.  This…
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The Heat Is On

This week’s “pop” hit, as it relates to our current economic news, is the 1984 Glenn Frey hit “The Heat Is On” and the HEAT is now really on the Federal Reserve since much of the economic data being released recently is not pointing…
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God Bless the USA

In honor of the 4th of July, my song pick this week is "God Bless The USA" by Lee Greenwood. This 1984 hit says a lot about our country and why we should be proud and thankful that we live here. While this section of my article is written mainly…
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Anticipation

As it relates to current-day economics, this week’s “Rock” pick is Carly Simons's 1971 hit “Anticipation.” After last week’s article about “Riding The Storm Out,” it appears that buyers may be re-entering the market as they have…
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Riding the Storm Out

This week’s “Rock” pick, as it relates to current-day economics, is “Riding the Storm Out” by REO Speedwagon from 1981. It seems that the American public is willing to wait for rates to come back down before they make a new home purchase,…
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What A Fool Believes

This week’s “Rock” pick, as it relates to current-day economics, is "What a Fool Believes" by the Doobie Brothers. This 1978 pop hit is about how there is no point in reasoning with a deluded fool, and neither you nor the facts will get…
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I Heard It Through the Grapevine

This week’s “Rock” pick, as it relates to current-day “rate shoppers,” is the 1968 chart-topper "I Heard It Through the Grape Vine" by Marvin Gaye. In my 40 years of being in the mortgage industry, I have now heard many interesting…
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The Waiting…

This week’s “Rock” pick, as it relates to current-day economics, is the 1981 Tom Petty hit “The Waiting”. This is for all those folks who have been “waiting” for rates to go down before they buy their next house. Well, let’s…
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It’s the End of the World as We Know It

This week’s “Rock” pick as it relates to current-day economics is the 1987 hit from R.E.M. “It’s The End of The World as We Know It (And I Feel Fine).” This song could relate to many aspects of our current economy and even many of…
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We Gotta Get Out of This Place

The 1965 hit song by the Animals “We Gotta Get Out of This Place” is the theme to this week’s economic opinion.  The song talks about the desire for a better life and escaping the hum drum working class existence.  Prices were rising…
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Help Is On Its Way… Well Sort of…

I am stuck in the 1977 time frame as far as my music selections, and this week, I went with the Little River Band’s 1977 hit song "Help Is On Its Way." I say this as many of the topics in my articles over the past several months are now beginning…
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Welcome to the Grand Illusion (The Reprisal)

The 1977 hit song from Styx Grand Illusion may illustrate several things we are seeing today in the real estate market as well as our Federal Reserve. I am still fascinated by the “illusion” still being talked about regarding “multiple…
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You Can’t Always Get What You Want

On July 4, 1969, The Rolling Stones Introduced their song “You Can’t Always Get What You Want”.  The song goes on to say, “But if you try sometimes, well, you just might find, you get what you need.” This can be said about many borrowers…