Economic Update: Q3 2022

Welcome to the Dog Days of Summer! In case you found yourself wondering where that phrase comes from (like I did),…

Drastic Changes in the Mortgage Industry & How They Are Affecting Today’s Homebuyers

Spring is a time of renewal and change in the environments around us. For the housing industry, the spring of 2022…

Economic Update: Q2 2022

It feels like Spring is springing, which the pollen-yellow hue on everything seems to confirm. This is an exciting…

2022 Mortgage Rates: What to Expect This Year

The tale of mortgage rates can be told alongside entering and exiting the pandemic. Once the pandemic began,…

Economic Update: Q1 2022

Happy New Year friends! Around here, there are still some Christmas-era baked goods and candies floating around,…

Economic Update: Q4 2021

My friends, Christmas is eight weeks away. This public service announcement about the frighteningly…

Economic Update: Q3 2021

We are halfway through 2021 and many of our early-year suggestions of themes in the economy have proven true. New…

Economic Update – Clearing Skies

Friends, Welcome to Spring! Now more than ever, here’s to the idea that this is indeed a time of hope, rebirth, and…

Economic Update: Q1 2021

by Cal Hurst, Chief Banking OfficerFriends, we made it.2020 came, saw, left its deep marks, and passed. No…

Economic Update: October 2020

These days, it seems that all economics is political.For months now, it has been difficult to see where politics…