The Fed released a new scheduled policy announcement this week as well as updated economic projections. Relative chaos ensued. Let’s talk about why and what…
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It’s Thursday on a volatile week for the bond market and thus time, once again, to play our favorite game: “no, rates didn’t really do…
Mortgage rates were already drifting higher in the first half of the week, but that was nothing compared to today. This afternoon’s Fed Announcement was certainly…
Mortgage rates had a great week last week, ultimately getting very close to the lowest levels since March. One of the main sources of motivation…
No, this isn’t one of those click-bait headlines that promise to share “one weird trick” or proclaim “you’ll never believe what happened next.” Well, actually,…
Inflation is one of the mortal enemies of interest rates. If dollars in the future buy less stuff than they do today, investors need to…
The bond market is the main ingredient that lenders use to determine lending rates. The mortgage market is no exception. In fact, mortgages have specific…
Mortgage rates haven’t been in the habit of making epic swings recently. That’s not a bad thing considering they continue to operate in very low…
All eyes were on the big jobs report this week. Traders were anxious to see if it would be strong enough to accelerate the timeline…
Mortgage rates were higher again today with multiple lenders making additional upward adjustments in the middle of the day in response to bond market volatility. The…