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| Lowest Mortgage Rates in More Than 5 Months | ||
| 4/3/2025 2:42 PM | ||
| Yesterday afternoon"s tariff announcement sent financial markets on a ride that ultimately resulted in sharply lower stock prices and moderately lower bond yields. Stocks don"t always correlate with bond yields, but that has been a common pattern since late February. The correlation between bond yields and mortgage rates, on the other hand, is per...Read More | ||
| Mortgage Rates Edge Slightly Higher, But Tomorrow is Anyone"s Guess | ||
| 4/2/2025 4:08 PM | ||
| Mortgage rates didn"t move much today, which is pretty crazy considering the volatility present in financial markets in the afternoon. That"s when the long awaited tariff announcement speech took place. There was always a decent chance of a whipsaw in response and a whipsaw is what we got. Fortunately, the net effect for the bond marke...Read More | ||
| Lowest Mortgage Rates in Nearly a Month | ||
| 4/1/2025 2:29 PM | ||
| While interest rates continue operating in a range that is generally flat and narrow over the past 5 weeks, it"s also true that today"s rates are on the lower edge of that range. Because there"s not much of a gap between the highs and the lows, it didn"t take a major move to facilitate today"s little victory, but it is notable that we"ve seen 3 vic...Read More | ||
| Mortgage Rates Inch Lower, But Remain Broadly Sideways | ||
| 3/31/2025 2:30 PM | ||
| "Sideways" has been the dominant theme for mortgage rates for well over a month now. The average top tier 30yr fixed rate fell below 6.82% on February 25th, and moved down to 6.70% the following week. We haven"t been outside of that range since then. Today was just another day in that regard, or perhaps even a prime example considering it wa...Read More | ||
| Mortgage Rates Move Lower Even Though They Weren"t Supposed To | ||
| 3/28/2025 4:34 PM | ||
| First thing"s first before anyone gets too excited: yes, rates fell on Friday, but not significantly. The average lender is still a bit closer to the higher end of the recent range. In addition, the recent range is quite narrow with average top tier 30yr fixed rates never straying too far from 6.75 since late February. What made today intere...Read More | ||
| Mortgage Rates Steady to Slightly Higher | ||
| 3/27/2025 2:26 PM | ||
| With the exception of Monday, which saw a medium-sized uptick in mortgage rates, the rest of the week has been fairly calm in terms of volatility. Unfortunately, the low-volatility movement has been exclusively higher in rate and it"s starting to add up. In fact, as of today, the top tier conventional 30yr fixed rate is at the highest level ...Read More | ||
| Mortgage Rates Hold Steady Near Recent Highs | ||
| 3/26/2025 3:58 PM | ||
| It depends what one"s definition of "recent" is, but if it involves the past few weeks, mortgage rates were at their highest recent levels both yesterday and today. 2 other days in that window were worse, but only microscopically. On a positive note, the entirety of the past few weeks has seen rates calmly holding a narrow range at the...Read More | ||
| Mortgage Rates Modestly Higher on Average, But Some Lenders Are Lower | ||
| 3/25/2025 3:02 PM | ||
| One of the key principles of mortgage rate movement has to do with the frequency of mortgage rate changes. Specifically, mortgage lenders prefer to update rates once per day. This is notable because mortgage rates are based on bonds, and bonds are constantly trading. The compromise is that mortgage lenders will indeed change rates more ...Read More | ||
| Mortgage Rates Slightly Higher to Start New Week | ||
| 3/24/2025 2:41 PM | ||
| The average mortgage lender raised rates modestly on Monday morning--a logical move considering the weakness in the bond market over the weekend. Rates are based directly on bonds. Bond "weakness" means investors are paying less for bonds which, in turn, means that yields (aka "rates") are effectively higher. Investor demand for bonds ...Read More | ||
| Mortgage Rates Tick Gently Higher to End Week | ||
| 3/21/2025 1:44 PM | ||
| In terms of the market movement that underlies and dictates mortgage rate movement, today looked a lot like yesterday. Things started strong and faded gently as the day progressed. There were no notable economic reports or news events apart from a White House press conference where Trump said there will be "flexibility on tariffs." Tar...Read More | ||