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Market Update: Rates Holding Steady & What’s Next

Just wanted to give you a quick update on the mortgage market. Just like the drive to grandma’s house for Thanksgiving, it’s been a bit of a bumpy ride lately, but the good news is that rates seem to be stabilizing after that spike we saw in September. Here’s the scoop: — Rates are holding

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Mortgage Rates: Mixed Signals, But Hope Remains for Homebuyers!

Good news first…mortgage rates continued to improve last week; however, we saw some conflicting signals that are impacting rates: The Fed: Higher for Longer, But Maybe Not Forever The Federal Reserve met last week and surprised many by indicating they might not cut rates as much as previously expected. While they’re sticking to their plan

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Lots of Factors at Play in Markets This Week…

The positive economic readings of the last week – like robust retail sales, low unemployment, and healthy GDP (gross domestic product) – caused rates to tick up slightly, according to the latest survey of average rates by Freddie Mac. However, rates remain in a narrow range, not bouncing around too much.  According to Sam Khater,

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Fed Raised Its Key Interest Rate at Meeting Last Week

As expected, the Fed raised their key interest rate at their meeting last week. Fed Chair Powell commented after the announcement that they will be monitoring conditions and will raise again in September if conditions warrant. We’ll see. He said they’ll be watching the inflation numbers and two jobs reports that come out in the

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Shifting Continues in Housing + Jobs Report Friday

Mortgage rate volatility is still a thing as we saw rates whipsaw higher last week. Average rates as reported by Freddie Mac’s weekly survey showed a .42 percent increase for the 30-year fixed and .30 percent rise for the 15-year, which is a greater than typical move in rates.  The data coming in continues to

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Good News on Rates & Inflation!

Believe it or not, I actually have some good news to report when it comes to inflation and mortgage rates. First, mortgage rates improved a little last week, according to the latest survey of average mortgage rates reported by Freddie Mac. Now, as we know rates can be volatile and I don’t believe this is

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Important Jobs Report Comes Out This Week…

As we kick off a new month, we’re seeing further evidence of the normalizing of the housing market. Yes, there’s still lots of doom and gloom in the media about housing. No, we don’t like change and uncertainty in the markets, but the truth is the housing market is becoming increasingly favorable for buyers. No,

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Rates Pause Upward Trend & Jobs Report This Week

Hope you had a fantastic Fourth of July holiday! As the possibility of recession increases based on the latest GDP (gross domestic product) data released and high inflation, mortgage rates paused their upward trend last week, even showing slight improvement. This pause should help the housing market rebalance to a more normal pace of home

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Rates Take a Breather Last Week, but Back at It to Start This Week…

Last week mortgage rates had their best week in terms of improvement since early March, which offered a breather from rising rates and opportunities to lock in slightly lower rates. The catch is that overall for March, rates are at their highest levels since 2018.  This week’s rates have continued their move higher making it

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As We Expected, Rates Continue March Higher as Inflation Increases

The average rate for a 30-year fixed-rate mortgage rose last week, exceeding four percent for the first time since May 2019, according to Freddie Mac’s weekly survey of rates. We continue to see inflation climb and thus rates are expected to do the same. No one likes to see mortgage rates rising, however, there are

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