Mortgageblogger Goes Atomic!

We've been asked several times for the URL for the Atom feed for this blog; now you can subscribe to us instead of having to visit the site to see if I posted anything today. The link is to the right on the sidebar under "Site Feed", but it's right here, too.

Let's see, where were we. Oh, yes. The markets. Well, CNBC is not so optimistic, but it very much looks like the economy is picking up. Ben Bernanke, our esteemed Fed Chairman, seems determined to raise one more time, so hold on for that, but it is possible that that will be it. Message from this: stay away from HELOCs and other adjustables for the short term, but long-term fixed rates are going to remain relatively good for the forseeable future. Not 5.5% on the 30-year good. but good. Remember that an entire generation came and went in between the times we saw rates that low, so be grateful that we're here right now.

An amendment/correction to my previous post on the tournament: Charlotte, my 4-year-old, did, in fact, choose Northwestern State to win. But Jeanette leads the family, of course.

Tonight are the precinct caucuses here in Utah, and regadless of your political party, you really should go if you live here. I am a large fan of representative democracy, and there's no better place to see it in action than the precinct meetings. If you don't know where to go, call me (310-3407) and I'll point you.