Geoff Ricker at Bay Capital Mortgage

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Inflation just hit a three-year high and your clients are going to see that headline and feel nervous. Here is the good news you get to share with them right now.

Yes, the top number came in at 4.2 percent. That sounds alarming on its own. But the real story underneath that headline is significantly calmer than it appears. More than 60 percent of that increase came from one place: energy and gas prices. Strip those out and look at core inflation, the number the Federal Reserve watches most closely, and it rose just 2.9 percent for the year, which actually came in softer than experts were expecting. That is a very different picture from the headline number.

That is exactly why the Fed is widely expected to hold rates steady at next week's meeting. The underlying data does not support an emergency response and the Fed knows the difference between headline noise and structural inflation.

When a client brings you that scary headline, you now get to be the calm and trusted voice who walks them through what is actually happening behind the number. That is exactly the kind of guidance that turns a nervous buyer into a confident one who is ready to make a smart decision rather than freeze in place.

The headline was loud. The underlying data was not. Follow me for more on what the headlines actually mean for housing and mortgage rates.