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Under Pressure

This week’s “pop” hit is the October of 1981 “Under Pressure” by Queen & David Bowie. This could not be truer for our friends with the Federal Reserve as more and more data keep coming in showing that we are moving quickly into…
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Closing Time… Every New Beginning Comes from Some Other Beginning’s End

This week’s “pop” hit is the March of 1998 “Closing Time” by Semisonic. The song talks about new beginnings that take the place of old ideas that were once someone’s new ideas. This is needed in the mortgage business where today's…
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Pink Houses

This week’s “pop” hit is the October 1983 “Pink Houses” by John Cougar Mellencamp. It appears that both sides of the Presidential Race are looking for ways to improve homeownership for first-time homebuyers. This is becoming a more…
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Oops I Did It Again

This week’s “pop” hit is the April of 2000 hit “Oops I Did It Again” by Britney Spears. The title alone can relate to our current Federal Reserve Chairman and Board who seem to have once again missed the mark by being late to the party……
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I See A Bad Moon Rising

This week’s “pop” hit is the 1969 “I See a Bad Moon Rising” by Creedence Clearwater Revival. Many economic signs are pointing to an imminent recession on the horizon, as well as possible “geo-political” events that could move our…
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I Want It All

This week’s “pop” hit is the 1989 song by Queen, “I Want It All.” This could be said about many sellers who still believe we are living in the same “world” we were living in 6 months ago and turning down offers of 3-5% lower than…
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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…