What was once unimaginable has now become reality. Jerome Powell may have made mortgage rates go down. I know what many are thinking. This can’t… Read More »Mortgage Rates Get Relief Thanks to Jerome Powell!
It’s been hard for mortgage rates to buy a bucket lately. They’ve been creeping higher and higher all month with seemingly no letup in sight.… Read More »How Mortgage Rates Could Have a Winning Week
Mortgage rates have had a really bad month. After falling to the lowest levels in three and a half years in late February, they abruptly… Read More »Are Mortgage Rates Approaching a Top?
Cryptocurrency just became further entrenched in the mortgage world thanks to a new partnership between Better and Coinbase. The two companies have collectively launched a… Read More »Better and Coinbase Launch Token-Backed Mortgages
If my prediction is right, mortgage rates will soon be above levels seen a year earlier. The biggest positive for the housing market lately was… Read More »Mortgage Rates Will Soon Be Above Year-Ago Levels
There are charts floating around (again) claiming that the 30-year fixed mortgage is back to 7%. These are hyperbolic and misleading and being used to… Read More »No, Mortgage Rates Are Not Back to 7% Again
Mortgage rates are finally moving lower today due to two separate beneficial forces. First, 10-year bond yields are falling due to “very good and productive… Read More »Mortgage Rates Finally See Winning Day Thanks to Easing War Tensions and MBS Buying
Mortgage rates took another leg up today, rising ever closer to 6.50%. The culprit once again has been the conflict in the Middle East, which… Read More »Mortgage Rates Hit 2026 Highs, Look Headed Back to 6.50%
Here’s something new I haven’t seen this cycle. A home builder is offering to cover your first 12 mortgage payments if you purchase one their… Read More »A Home Builder Is Offering to Cover Your First 12 Mortgage Payments
Well, the housing market appeared to be warming up in February, but it might prove to be temporary. The National Association of Realtors reported that… Read More »Pending Home Sales Eke Out a Beat Thanks to Lowest Mortgage Rates Since 2022
