--- title: Rates Improve and Housing Finds its Groove description: After a multi-month decline and interest rates, we are seeing positive momentum in housing emerge. 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Let's look at some of the numbers from last week and highlight events to watch for in the weeks ahead. **Spring in January?** Not quite, but we have seen an uptick in inventory and mortgage applications over the last couple of weeks. This should be no surprise as interest rates moved sharply lower between the months of November and December. Much like we saw last year, on any dip in rates housing activity picks up. If rates remain near current levels or slightly improved, and the labor market remains tight, we should see far more purchase activity in 2024. As Lawrence Young, chief economist of the national Association of realtors stated, "life goes on". There is a lot of pent-up demand and housing could have a surprise year in activity. **4.00%** The 10-year Note has been hovering around the 4% mark for the past few weeks; a further sign of some stability in the bond market. There is still much debate and uncertainty surrounding how many Fed Rate cuts we will see this year. Currently, they are forecasting three rate cuts in 2024. The Fed Funds Futures which price in the probability of rate cuts, are suggesting the Fed will cut rates six or even seven times. Someone is going to be right, and someone is going to be wrong. If the Fed cuts rates more aggressively, interest rates will decline. And the opposite is true. **Jobs Report, Not so Rosy** The recent Jobs Report reading for December showed 216,000 jobs were created in the economy. The media and others were celebrating the strong headline number. However, interest rates, which hate good news, didn't rise in the days since the release. Why? A closer look under the hood of the report, showed that the economy lost 1.5M jobs in December as shown in the Household survey within the release. And we hit a record high of 8.5 million people working multiple jobs. So overall, the jobs report was not so good when you look at some of the internals. If future labor market readings show similar weakness, it would prompt the Fed to cut rates sooner than the middle of the year, which is their current forecast. Once again, the opposite is true. **Consumer Inflation Mixed** The December Consumer Price Index was reported on Thursday and overall, it was in line to slightly higher. Shelter remains the largest contributor to overall inflation, making up nearly two-thirds of the Core CPI (which removes food and energy prices). **Bottom line:** *The trend in inflation remains lower; the economy is slowing, and the labor market is loosening. All of this should help lower rates while also avoiding a deep recession or a recession at all. 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