Check out this 4 minute clip from CNBC today. Existing home sales were reported to see a downward trend for the month of August. For today, this helped rates take a dip lower than we’ve seen in a couple of weeks. The positive housing activity is refreshing, but as mentioned in my post yesterday the government has a major roll in our current upward trend in sales and downward trend in rates. As the expense to tax payers begins to fade away we are sure to a change in our current trends.