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| Mortgage Rates Are Actually Higher This Week | ||
| 12/4/2025 2:46 PM | ||
| Today"s mortgage rates a just a hair higher than yesterday"s and although yesterday"s rates were reasonably close to last Friday"s, they were still definitely higher. That last assertion is at odds with some of the mortgage rate media coverage you may encounter today, but there"s a logical reason. Freddie Mac releases its weekly mortgage rate surv...Read More | ||
| Mortgage Rates Back Down Near Recent Lows | ||
| 12/3/2025 3:02 PM | ||
| Mortgage rates improved more noticeably today, and while the average rate isn"t quite as low as it was last week, it"s fairly close. Rates are based on movement in the bond market. Bonds were most likely to move in response to one or both of today"s big economic reports. Oddly enough, most of the bond market improvement was seen overni...Read More | ||
| Mortgage Rates Move Slightly Lower | ||
| 12/2/2025 2:33 PM | ||
| Unlike Monday, which saw a fairly brisk move toward higher rates, Tuesday barely budged. Additionally, the budging occurred in a friendly direction with the average lender offering rates that were just a hair lower than yesterday"s. Starting tomorrow morning, this week"s potential volatility will be higher. Each day brings several economic r...Read More | ||
| Mortgage Rates Erase Last Week"s Gains | ||
| 12/1/2025 2:34 PM | ||
| Mortgage rates are based on bonds and the bond market is prone to erratic behavior on major holiday weeks. One of the more common patterns is for the holiday week to see a noticeable departure from a prevailing trend only to return to that trend in the following week. That"s exactly what we"re seeing on the first day of the new week. The pre...Read More | ||
| Mortgage Rates Unchanged Versus Wednesday | ||
| 11/28/2025 11:55 AM | ||
| As is most often the case, the Friday after Thanksgiving added nothing interesting to mortgage rate momentum. The average lender"s top tier 30yr fixed rate is exactly where it was on Wednesday. The underlying bond market closes early today, but will be fully open next week. At that point, we"re likely to see some volatility return...Read More | ||
| Mortgage Rates Slightly Higher, But Remain Near Long-Term Lows | ||
| 11/26/2025 1:52 PM | ||
| Wednesday was far less eventful than the first two days of the week as far as mortgage rates were concerned. The average lender raised rates just a hair, but apart from yesterday, these are the lowest levels in a month and very close to the lowest levels in more than 3 years. Bond markets and mortgage lenders will be closed tomorrow for Thanksgivi...Read More | ||
| Lowest Mortgage Rates Since 10/28 And Very Close to 3-Year Lows | ||
| 11/25/2025 3:04 PM | ||
| Mortgage rates moved nicely lower on Tuesday with the average lender very close to the 2025 lows seen in late October. These levels are effectively right in line with the lowest since late 2022. If today"s drop seems abrupt, that"s because it is. In fact, it"s a bigger drop than the underlying bond market justifies. There"s a reason for this and w...Read More | ||
| Mortgage Rates Slightly Lower to Start Holiday-Shortened Week | ||
| 11/24/2025 3:15 PM | ||
| Thanksgiving weeks can be weird for mortgage rates. This has to do with the fact that rates are dictated by the bond market and the bond market depends on real live people who can actually be out of the office on holiday weeks. The lighter levels of participation can increase volatility and cause random movement for no apparent reason. We"ll cross...Read More | ||
| Mortgage Rates Nudge Lower to Remain In The Same Old Range | ||
| 11/21/2025 12:53 PM | ||
| Recent stock market losses have gotten a lot attention in the news recently. While there"s no reliable correlation between stocks and interest rates, when stock losses are as big as they have been recently, it increases the tendency for rates to move in the same direction. That was definitely the case today. Bonds (which dictate rates) impro...Read More | ||
| Mortgage Rates Hold Steady Thanks to Jobs Report | ||
| 11/20/2025 2:48 PM | ||
| Yesterday, we discussed the fact that mortgage rates were heading into Thursday with a disadvantage (for most lenders, anyway). This had to do with the fact that lenders prefer to avoid changing rates in the middle of the day (unless bond market movement is big enough to force their hands) and the fact that bonds had weakened just enough for lender...Read More | ||