03/14/2025 – Interest Rates Has a Boring Week, and That’s a Good Thing.

March 14, 2025

Rates rocketed lower with stunning consistency starting in late February. They finally bounced last week, but rather than move back…

03/07/2025 – The Secret Reason That Rates Bounced This Week

March 7, 2025

There’s a lot for financial markets to digest at the moment. Over the past few weeks, the net effect of…

02/28/2025 – Mortgage Rates Closing in on 4 Month Lows

February 28, 2025

Rates have been almost perfectly consistent in moving lower since February 13th and broadly consistent since January 15th. There’s one…

02/21/2025 – Lowest Rates in 2 Months. Was it The Fed or Econ Data?

February 21, 2025

It ended up being another good week for rates with another Friday drop to the lowest levels in 2 months.…

02/14/2025 – The Unlikely Story of Mortgage Rates Falling to 2 Month Lows Despite Higher Inflation

February 14, 2025

The final two days of the present week weren’t on many bingo cards as of Wednesday afternoon.  At the time,…

02/07/2025 – Despite Apparent Volatility, Rates Have Been Surprisingly Calm

February 7, 2025

It would be more than fair to expect elevated market volatility based on the quantity and tone of recent news…

01/31/2025 – Bonds Brace for Tariff Impact, Just Like Last Time

January 31, 2025

 Jan 31, 2025 4:33 PM ET  Spoiler alert: no one really knows how tariffs are going to impact the market yet.…

01/24/2025 – Can Trump Actually Force Rates to Move Lower?

January 24, 2025

It turned out to be an intensely boring week for mortgage rates. The average lender stayed right in line with…

01/17/2025 – Rates Recover After Tame Inflation Data

January 17, 2025

Last week’s big to-do was the jobs report, which sent rates sharply higher. This week’s inflation data had a chance…

01/10/2025 – Highest Mortgage Rates in 7 Months After Upbeat Jobs Report

January 10, 2025

Mortgage rates weren’t having a great week in the first place.  As of Wednesday, the average lender was already up…