Markets that are more linear are less likely to be as volatile and should maintain more of their value.

I’ve been hearing a lot about  the volatility in the insurance market with rising insurance premiums, weather, etc.

I am a mortgage loan officer and I have a lot of my clients and people on BiggerPockets reaching out to me about mortgage rates and where I see things headed so I wanted to try and provide this post to give a breakdown of rates and the overall market but also post regularly throughout the year about where things are at in the mortgage world to give people a better idea of where we are at with things.Rates overall have been very volatile, but there is definitely a lot of different products out there from fixed, ARMs to nonQM products that will allow you to at least get into a house and refinance later when rates come down further and prices start going back up!

I didn't figure it was the right time jump into student housing with so much volatility in the classroom due to covid.

Just the cost/delivery delays of lumber is so volatile that it makes it difficult as it's gone up 100% this year.   

“Food at home” prices are up about 5% in the past year and were flat from May to June, according to the BLS.But food and energy prices can be volatile.

Chart on this rate spread below to help see the volatility.  

I really liked the idea of getting an airbnb property, but it looks like that market is a little volatile and unpredictable at the moment.

The stock market and other investments were way, way more volatile than that with a much bigger downside.

While these tech giants are undoubtedly innovative and influential, their hyper-concentration of gains raises concerns about potential volatility and risk for investors.● Historical Perspective: To better understand the significance of this situation, they compared the 2023 data with historical averages.