Mortgage rates didn’t move much today, and markets have been very quiet due to the holiday week. So we’ll take a quick moment for a…
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Mortgage rates are based on trading levels in the bond market and bond market activity has been extremely slow, as is normally the case during…
Holidays have inconsistent impacts on mortgage rates because holiday’s have inconsistent impacts on the bond market (and rates are dictated by the bond market). Bond…
The week’s big story is still the big jump in rates that took place after Wednesday’s Fed announcement. And while rates remain noticeably elevated on…
We received some anonymous feedback regarding recent rate commentary that serves as a good reminder that not everyone may be picking up what we’re putting…
If anyone needed any further convincing that a Fed rate cut is no guarantee of lower mortgage rates, today is a great piece of evidence. …
Mortgage rates have been having a much calmer week compared to last week. Monday brought a modest decline versus last Friday and today’s rates are…
Last week wasn’t great for mortgage rates. They moved higher on each of the 5 days. Moreover, there was a distinct lack of logical motivation…
There’s no easy way to say it: it was a bad week for mortgage rates. Actually, it was a bad week for interest rates in…
It’s been a bummer of a week for mortgage rates with modest to moderate increases every day so far. Adding insult to injury is the…