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U.S. Economy: Fed Says Persistent High Inflation ‘Greatest Concern’ (Update2)
By Craig Torres
Nov. 15 (Bloomberg) — Federal Reserve officials were concerned in October about persistent inflation and became more optimistic about the outlook for economic growth, according to records of their meeting last month.
“Most members judged that the downside risks to economic activity had diminished a little,” the Fed said in minutes of its gathering on Oct. 24-25 released in Washington today. “All members agreed that the risks to achieving the anticipated reduction in inflation remained the greatest concern.”
Policy makers are counting on slower growth to ease inflation. So far, there’s little sign of that, as price gains remain almost half a percentage point above Fed Chairman Ben S. Bernanke’s preferred zone. Officials are also concerned by a year-long housing slump, which reduced the economic expansion to the slowest pace since 2003 last quarter.
Fed officials discussed several aspects of the housing market, inflation targeting and the public’s outlook for consumer prices. The consensus view emerging from the meeting shows that a majority of Fed officials are inclined to raise interest rates if inflation doesn’t recede.
The Fed panel has “ample scope to refine its assessment of the economic outlook before judging whether any additional firming was needed to address those risks” given the economic data to be released between now and the Dec. 12 meeting, the minutes said.
Source: Bloomberg.com

Real Estate Watch: Who’s Buying Houses Now?
Despite low mortgage interest rates, a smaller percentage of first-time homebuyers are entering the market, according to an annual profile of buyers and sellers just released by the National Association of Realtors.
During the year ending in June, 36% of all buyers who purchased a home were first-time buyers. That’s down from 40% a year ago. About 7,500 buyers and sellers were surveyed. Part of the reason for the declining share of first-time homeowners: Declining affordability for those entering the market after the housing boom of the past couple of years bumped up home prices, said David Lereah, the NAR’s chief economist. A greater number of second-home sales also may have contributed to a lower percentage of first-time buyers overall.
“I hope that it’s not a trend. I hope that as affordability starts to improve we see more first-time homebuyers,” he said. “It’s critical for the housing sector.”
The percentage of single female homebuyers, however, inched up in the survey to its highest level on record. Twenty-two percent of all homebuyers were female and on their own, up from 21% a year ago and up from 14% in 1995. In comparison, single males accounted for 9% of homebuyers, unchanged from last year.
Other statistics helped validate the jobs of the thousands of Realtors: 80% of homebuyers said they used the Internet to search for a home, but 85% relied on a real-estate agent as a source of information about homes for sale. And 36% first learned about the home that they purchased from an agent, versus the 24% who learned about the home that they purchased online. www.msn.com
Source: www.realtor.org

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· Want to maximize monthly cash flow through lower monthly mortgage payments
· Are considering a second home in rapidly appreciating areas
· Plan to relocate or stay in the home for less than 5 years
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