The Home Front

By Don DeBat There’s a new Fed Sheriff in town, and analysts say home buyers’ hopes and dreams for lower mortgage rates in 2026 likely will remain in interest-rate jail. In his first Federal Open Market Committee meeting on June 17th, President Donald Trump’s newly appointed Federal Reserve chairman Kevin Warsh made it clear there is a new game being played at the central bank. The Fed held the key federal-funds rate at a range of 3.50% to 3.75%. It was the fourth consecutive