More importantly, they were confirmed as far more accurate than the IC's low-balled estimates when the demise of the Soviet Union provided Bill and others afleetingopportunity to examine selected Kremlin archives.
Conversely though, the potential benefit to savings and money market rates is a reminder of why the opportunity for would-be home buyers might be fleeting.
"I am a person who loves to take little victory laps whenever I can because the market is so fleeting, and you need to pat yourself on the back for a good call whenever you have the opportunity because tomorrow could be a different story, " Ms. Freedman says.