Sentences with phrase «near record lows for»

Low - interest rates: Borrowing rates have been hovering near record lows for nearly a decade, making mortgages attractive and propelling buyers into the market.

Housing affordability conditions are forecast to remain favorable through next year, with the 30 - year fixed - rate mortgage staying near record lows for the balance of this year but gradually rising to 4 percent in the second half of 2013.

The stimulus program, known as QE3, helped keep mortgage - lending rates near record lows for months.

The minutes from the Federal Reserve's January meeting showed that policy makers argued for keeping interest rates near record lows for longer due to both the stronger dollar and the crisis in Greece.

Now mortgage rates, which sat near record lows for the bulk of 2017, are suddenly rising.

Ciolli: What are your thoughts on volatility being stuck near record lows for so long?

Sea ice is near record low for winter, thin, and easily broken by storms.

Sea ice is near record low for winter, thin, and easily broken by storms.

Not exact matches

Despite the recent softness in data — the Citi economic surprise index for the eurozone is now at its lowest since June 2012 — markets remain stubbornly bullish on the euro with overall bets still near record highs as longer - term expectations remain optimistic.

Yet the Prime Minister's Office appears to think an economy that has been growing at an annual rate of around three per cent for nearly a year is too weak to absorb interest rates that still are near record lows.

«The value of the Canadian dollar and the price of oil, one of the nation's top exports, have both tumbled to near record lows,» the billionaire and former three - term mayor of New York wrote ahead of Trudeau's arrival for town - hall event on live television.

The elder Buffett has shunned bonds in recent years, saying that near record - low yields aren't enough to compensate for the risk of inflation.

The supply of existing homes for sale is near a record low, but the supply of newly built homes for sale just jumped dramatically, returning to its 30 - year average.

Since the last housing crash, the nation's homeownership rate dropped to a record low and has hovered near there for the past year.

Before then, it had kept its policy rate at a record low near zero for seven years in an effort to help the country recover from the deepest recession since the 1930s.

Those are near record lows and highs, respectively, for survey data going back to 2007.

Erskine Bowles, co-chair of the Simpson - Bowles Deficit Reduction Commission has calculated that service on the interest for that debt alone, if rates stay near record lows, will be $ 1 trillion by 2020!

It remains to be seen if oil prices will remain low for a long period of time, but the Federal Reserve's actions, which have kept lending rates near record lows since 2009, have allowed airlines like Alaska access to capital at a reasonably cheap cost.

For example, weekly NYSE new lows have averaged about 4 % of traded issues recently, with nearly 6 % last week, even with the S&P 500 near record highs.

Despite what most observers see as highly uncertain environment, market expectations of near term volatility are near record lows suggesting scope for sudden disillusionment.

Under Powell's predecessors, Janet Yellen and Ben Bernanke, the Fed's board endured criticism from House Republicans over its decision to pursue a bond purchase program designed to lower long - term borrowing rates and to leave its key rate at a record low near zero for seven years.

The Fed's latest rate hike marks its sixth since it began tightening credit in December 2015, after having kept its benchmark rate at a record low near zero for seven years to help nurture the economy's recovery from the recession.

Last month, the Fed modestly raised its benchmark short - term rate for the first time since December 2015, when it had raised it after keeping the rate at a record low near zero for seven years.

Pent - up demand following a shutdown for Hurricane Sandy combined with near - record - low interest rates to release a torrent of new corporate bond issues in early November.

The Fed kept its key interest rate at a record low near zero for seven years until December 2015.

Earlier this month, the Denver Metro Association of Realtors (DMAR) reported that the number of homes for sale in Denver is still near a record low, despite a slight increase in recent months.

Carroll says the survey is already «tepid» for Cuomo, who, with a 46 percent approval rating, is near a record low.

Carroll said the survey is already «tepid» for Cuomo, who, with a 46 percent approval rating, is near a record low.

Although long - term (60 + months) precipitation deficits persisted in some locations, some reservoirs returned to above - average levels after being record and near - record low for the past several years.

Its $ 10.6 million gross was quite low for genre standards and its near - record disappearance from theaters had to be affected by the deceptive marketing campaign.

The Parents» Campaign supports allowing charters near chronically low - performing schools, requiring operators to have a successful track record, prohibiting for - profit companies from running charter schools, and ensuring the Mississippi State Board of Education is the only agency that can authorize charter schools.

This lack of opportunities for diverse engagement and advancement negatively affects teacher satisfaction, which is currently at a near - record low of 44 %.

Among all existing Tablets of any size, the iPad mini 4 takes first place and breaks performance records in many of the most important test categories including: lowest screen Reflectance (2.0 percent), highest contrast rating in high ambient light (225), a near perfect log - straight intensity scale and gamma of 2.22, and the highest absolute color accuracy (average / maximum color errors of 1.9 and 4.2 JNCD — tied for first place with the Microsoft Surface Pro 4).

FHA loan rates are hovering near record lows, and home prices in many regions are not heating up as fast as expected for the busy summer buying season.

Interest rates also remain near record lows, and fixed - income investors have rediscovered an appetite for risk.

Particularly for consumers who have adjustable - rate mortgages, now is a good time to restructure loans to fixed rates, taking advantage of near - record lows.

According to Freddie Mac's latest Primary Mortgage Market Survey, interest rates for a 30 - year fixed rate mortgage are currently at 3.92 %, which is still near record lows in comparison to recent history!

Mortgage rates, which increased from near - record lows in May on speculation of a scaled - back stimulus, probably will fall for another few weeks, said Keith Gumbinger, vice president of HSH.com, a mortgage - data firm in Riverdale, N.J..

Investors required more yield to invest for two years versus cash instruments, because they concluded that short rates would not go near record low levels.

The study showed that almost half (46 percent) of Canadian homebuyers believe that the near - record low mortgage rates of today are going to stick around for at least another 12 months.

«Mortgage rates remained near record lows following the employment report for October.

With interest rates rising after holding for an extended period near record lows, it's been a good year to own insurance stocks.

Minneapolis, MN: Freddie Mac (OTC: FMCC) today released the results of its Primary Mortgage Market Survey ® (PMMS ®), showing average fixed mortgage rates edging slightly higher while remaining near their all - time record lows coming off the employment report for September.

These types of homes are desirable for many lower income Americans because they are very affordable and the rates on the mobile home loans are near record lows.

Among the works that did well were Lot 16, a charming small sculpture, one of three examples down in 1945 - 6, by David Smith, shown above, that sold for $ 220,000 (not including the buyer's premium) and had had a high estimate of $ 150,000; Lot 5, «Atantolone,» a gloss household paint on canvas of colored dots on a white field that sold for $ 170,000 (not including the buyer's premium), well over its high estimate of $ 120,000; Lot 14, a large 1943 painted wood and wire sculpture, «Constellation,» by Alexander Calder (1898 - 1976) that sold for $ 1,982,500 (including the buyer's premium), more than double its high estimate, and Lot 24, a larger Calder sculpture, «Trepied,» that sold near its low estimate for $ 1,542,500 (including the buyer's premium); Lot 20, a large and very interesting and abstract but not very colorful 1953 Francis Bacon (1909 - 1992), «Two Figures at a Window,» that sold above its $ 1.2 million high estimate for $ 1,542,500 (including the buyer's premium); Lot 27, «Tour III» by Brice Marden (b. 1938) that sold within its estimates for $ 1,487,500 (including the buyer's premium), tying the artist's record; Lot 41, «Grillo,» by Jean - Michel Basquiat (1960 - 1988) that sold for $ 1,102,500 (including the buyer's premium), also within its pre-sale estimates; and Lot 31, «Vierwaldstätte See,» a large black and white 1969 landscape by Gerhard Richter (b. 1932) that sold for $ 1,047,500 near its low estimate of $ 1 million.

... June sea ice extents in 2008 and 2007 are essentially identical, and near the lowest values for June ever recorded by satellite for the Arctic....»

I understand that resetting near the time of daily lows can cause a daily minimum to be recorded for two consecutive days when it should have been recorded for just one day and resetting near the afternoon high can cause two consecutive days of daily maximum to be recorded when it should have been recorded for just one day.

The new report also shows that Arctic sea ice hit a near - record low for the season last month.

«Gore Decries «Global Warming» in Bitterly Cold NYC --» With a near - record low temperature and single - digit wind chill in New York City, former Vice President Al Gore took to the podium in Manhattan's Beacon Theater today to blast President Bush for contributing to global warming.»»

Total sea ice extent for the previous three months was near or below the level of 2007, the year with the lowest minimum summer ice extent during the satellite record.