Was reading about how Chase plans to hire a staggering 850 new Home Lending Advisors when I stumbled upon their mortgage rates page. I check… Read More »Chase Is Advertising Mortgage Rates With Nearly Two Discount Points to Keep Them Looking Attractive
At this point it seems abundantly clear. De-escalate and mortgage rates fall. Ratchet up the war talk and mortgage rates go up. The same seems… Read More »War De-escalation = Lower Mortgage Rates
Well, it looks like mortgage rates will continue to avoid the dreaded 7-handle. This time, thanks to a taco. Ultimately, the core driver of mortgage… Read More »Mortgage Rates Get Much Needed Relief Thanks to a Taco?
It’s been another bad week for mortgage rates. No surprise here. They continue to face upward pressure thanks to a protracted war that shows no… Read More »Mortgage Rates Narrowly Avoid New 52-Week Highs as Bond Yields Surge Higher
As expected, the Fed left rates unchanged this week, though there was an outside chance they were going to raise 25 basis points. It turned… Read More »Trump Says Warsh Wants Lower Interest Rates, But Has a Political Board
There’s an argument floating around that if the Fed hikes rates, long-term rates will move lower. That includes things like 30-year fixed mortgage rates, which… Read More »Do Mortgage Rates Need a Hike to Move Lower?
There are alarm bells ringing that mortgage rates are going back to 7%. I’m seeing articles, I’m hearing from housing doomers. Everyone seems to think… Read More »How Mortgage Rates Avoid a Return to 7%
It only seemed like a matter of time and that time is apparently now. The 30-year fixed reached a fresh 52-week high today, rising to… Read More »Mortgage Rates Hit New 52-Week High
It’s a very light week of data with only weekly initial jobless claims on Thursday and flash U.S. services PMI on Friday. The dearth of… Read More »Light Data Week Means Mortgage Rates Will Be Dictated by Middle East
It was a good week for mortgage rates thanks to tame inflation data. I use the phrase “good” loosely because mortgage rates didn’t really come… Read More »Mortgage Rates Spared by Tame Inflation Data, But Will Likely Hit New 52-Weeks Highs Soon Anyway
