Sentences with phrase «nearing record lows in»

The news comes at a time when the real estate market appears poised for a comeback: Home prices and mortgage rates are nearing record lows in most areas of the country.

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!

In just two years, Nevada's snowpack has gone from near record low in 2015 to a record high in 2017, reaching 17 ′ at Mt. Rose and outstripping measurement tools (Spillman 2017).

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!

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«We're near record production in oil and gas but we're at a 20 - year low in our carbon emissions.

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.

Its shares are up more than 60 percent in the last year and are now trading at near - record levels in the low $ 70s.

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.

Keep in mind that Bitcoin is still near its record high, and up nearly $ 1,000 already from its low in 2015.

Deadly slow - moving storms generated record or near - record snowfall and low temperatures in the U.S. Midwest and tornadoes further east on Sunday.

In the U.S., it's had a positive impact on mortgage refinance rates, which have fallen to near - record lows.

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.

There are certainly areas of desperation, including unemployment among minority youth and individuals with disabilities, but at the current unemployment rate of 4.6 %, my impression is that the «jobs crisis» in this country is actually better described as an income crisis, because wages and salaries as a share of total income remain near record lows.

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.

Home construction per household a decade after the bust remains near the lowest level in 60 years of record - keeping, according to the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City.

The Federal Reserve's monetary policy has helped spur the U.S. housing market in recent years, because it has indirectly held long - term mortgage rates near record - low levels.

With interest rates still hovering near the lowest levels they've ever been in 5,000 + years of recorded human history, it's very difficult to achieve a significant investment return without taking on substantial risk.

Bank of Montreal chief economist Douglas Porter said that bank appears very patient, with little appetite to move in January despite the near - record low jobless rate.

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.

As last week ended, VIX was crushed back near record lows to ensure the S&P 500 closed above 2500 and to prove all is well in...

The Fed is currently buying $ 85 billion in Treasury and mortgage bonds a month in a move that has kept long - term rates near record lows and supported economic recovery.

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.

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.

First - time buyers made up just 27 percent of home sales in May, near record lows and below the typical level of about 40 percent.

Morale in Jerusalem was at a near - record low.

Mauricio Pochettino says respect is key to his near perfect record against lower - league teams so far at Spurs - and that won't change as we face League One side AFC Wimbledon in the third round of the FA Cup on Sunday.

The second voter survey in two weeks shows Governor Andrew Cuomo's job approval rating plummeting to near record lows.

A new poll finds Governor Cuomo's popularity has dipped to a near record low, and the reason could be dissatisfaction in New York City over the Governor's handling of the mass transit system.

NEW YORK CITY — Mayor Bill de Blasio's poll numbers have jumped to 50 percent from a near record - low of 45 percent in October, according to a new Quinnipiac University poll.

A new poll finds Governor Andrew Cuomo's popularity has dipped to a near record low, and the reason could be dissatisfaction in New York City over the governor's handling of the mass transit system.

NEW YORK CITY — Mayor Bill de Blasio's approval ratings are hovering near record lows, but there's not a candidate out there who's likely to beat him in the Democratic primary or the general election in 2017, according to a new poll.

The news that the British Crime Survey has found crime levels at the lowest level since records began more than 30 years ago has been greeted with near - universal acclaim in today's papers.

Despite near record snowfalls and runoff this year that raised its level from historic lows in January, Lake Mead is still 113 feet below «full pool» - and is filled to less than 50 percent of its capacity.

John Reynolds, a conservation biologist at Simon Fraser University near Vancouver, reports that the pink salmon have come back with a vengeance this year, on the heels of record lows in 2007 and 2008: «The grizzlies, of course, can eat the pinks, so it's not all doom and gloom right now.»

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.

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).

The Federal Reserve's monetary policy has helped spur the U.S. housing market in recent years, because it has indirectly held long - term mortgage rates near record - low levels.

Today's mortgage rates are near record lows, but when viewed in the context of inflation, they may not be as extreme as they appear.

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.

The central bank cut its key short - term rate to a record low near zero in 2008 to try to rejuvenate an economy paralyzed by the Great Recession.

He said that appears to be what happened in the United States, where the Federal Reserve has been raising interest rates remarkably slowly, even though the unemployment rate is near record lows.

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..

MELBOURNE could overtake Sydney as the least affordable Australian city to buy a home in if trends showing housing affordability plummeting to near - record lows continue.

This rate has stood at a near record low of 1.00 % since September of 2010 in an effort to boost economic growth.

The increase in housing prices has been heavily influenced by the Bank's near - record low 1 % interest rate, as more and more first time buyers and real estate investors take advantage of low mortgage rates.

Interest rates are near record lows, so in the future, chances are that the interest rates will go up, which will destroy the face value of the bonds.

That earlier forecast was based on the belief that mortgage rates would creep up in the spring, but rates still sit near record lows and continue to prop up demand.

Back then, any investment looked good, especially compared with today's environment when interest rates in most developed countries still languish near record lows.

In fact, many are only covering the interest payments, which are at near - record low rates.

Mortgage rates in Surrey are near record lows right now, and competition among lenders in the city — and in BC generally — has never been greater.