Mortgage rates rose for the second consecutive week, with the 30-year fixed up one basis point on average, as yesterday’s Federal Open Market Committee decision was expected by the majority of the marketplace. Processing Content The move to leave rates unchanged was likely priced into mortgage rates and the benchmarks it uses beforehand. Mortgage pricing […]
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The Federal Open Market Committee’s initial take on the economy in 2026 may temper NMN-surveyed mortgage professionals’ view that rates will fall fast and far enough to generate significant revenue gains this year. Processing Content Monetary policymakers weighed the balance of risks associated with a softer market vs. inflation in their widely anticipated decision to
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US mortgage rates climbed for the first time in four weeks, halting an early-year upswing in home purchase and refinancing activity. Processing Content The contract rate on a 30-year mortgage rose 8 basis points to 6.24% in the week ended Jan. 23, according to Mortgage Bankers Association data released Wednesday. In the previous week, home-financing
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Lower mortgage rates are driving increased housing demand in 2026, as shown by another positive week in our Housing Market Tracker data. Both weekly pending home sales and purchase application data posted gains last week — both week over week and year over year. My work over the years indicates that housing demand strengthens when
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Nothing of any great importance came out of yesterday’s 10:00 numbers; Personal Income was slightly lower than expected but everything else was as expected, and who knows if month-old numbers even matter. Processing Content From low yields made early yesterday treasuries faded until around 10:30 when buyers stepped up and by noon the 30-year yield
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Mortgage rates moved slightly higher this week, as the 10-year Treasury yield remains elevated, in large part due to investor concerns over Pres. Trump’s Greenland pronouncements, and how those ended up blunting the housing message expected in Davos. Processing Content The good news is rates are still well below the 2025 peaks the market experienced
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Weekly jobless claims were expected to show 209,000 but were reported to be 200,000 so a little market unfriendly, while Final GDP, which was due out more than a month ago, was reported to be 4.4% vs the expected 4.3% and the Price Index came in as expected at 3.8%. Processing Content Yesterday, yields basically
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If you’re one of the thousands of homebuyers waiting for rates to fall, you should know it’s already happening. And they recently crossed an important milestone. Rates officially dipped their toes into the 5s – something that hasn’t happened in about 3 years. This moment marked a critical threshold. Now, rates are sitting in the
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News of Pres. Trump’s upcoming remarks on housing at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland have stirred fresh speculation about the future of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, even as analysts say major policy shifts remain uncertain. Processing Content An exit from conservatorship for the government-sponsored enterprises is not expected to be part of
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News that Danish pension funds are exiting the US Treasury markets produced dramatic curve steepening trades at the openings this morning. Processing Content The 5-year yield began the day 1½ bps higher, the 10-year yield 4½ bps higher, and the 30-year yield 7½ bps higher. Additionally, S&P futures are down more than 100 points and
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