Cord Moving Reports: Mortgage Rates Down Slightly This Week
Mortgage rates were down slightly this week which impacts the Moving and Storage as home buyers remain skittish about taking the plunge. Freddie Mac’s (OTC: FMCC) weekly rate report says a 30-year fixed-rate mortgage averaged 4.12 percent in the week ending July 31, down from 4.13 percent last week. A year ago, 30-year rates averaged […]
Cord Moving and Storage Protects Consumer Rights
Are you ready to Move? Did you know that you have Rights and Responsibilities.When you move Federal regulations require that household goods carriers furnish several documents to prospective interstate customers and Cord Moving has them all and wants to make sure that all consumers are knowledible and protected against those less than desireable moving companies. Movers must provide a […]
Cord Moving and Storage Keeps a Watchful Eye on The Housing Market
Another sign the housing market is picking up this spring: Pending home sales rose in March and were sharply higher than a year ago. Pending sales of existing homes rose 4.1 percent in March, according to the National Association of Realtors. The D.C.-based trade group said pending sales were up 12.8 percent from a year […]
Cord Moving and Storage Reports Home Sales are Improving
Pending sales of existing homes, a better gauge of current sales activity, rose in June and contracts signed were up by double digits from year-ago levels, according to the National Association of Realtors. The trade group’s monthly report on pending sales, or contracts signed but sales not yet closed, rose 2.4 percent from May’s level. Pending […]
Cord Moving and Storage Reports on the Free Trade Agreement
A report out of Washington DC this past week – Mexican truckers will be able to carry goods deep into the United States, and vice versa, under a deal signed Wednesday in Mexico City to keep a 17-year-old promise. Cord Moving and Storage is reporting that part of the deal, Mexico will eliminate tariffs on $2.3 […]
