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Market Update & A Look Ahead 🏡

Hope you’re having a great week and a wonderful holiday season! I wanted to share some insights on the mortgage market and what might be in store for us in the coming months. Interest Rates Good news! Mortgage rates have been declining for the past few weeks. According to Freddie Mac’s latest survey of average

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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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Exciting News in the Mortgage Market! Rates Improving!

Happy Fall! I’m stopping by today to share some exciting updates in the mortgage market that could present some fantastic opportunities for you. The Fed Takes Action As you may have heard, the Federal Reserve recently made a significant move by cutting the Fed funds rate by half a percent. This is the largest cut

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Mortgage Rates Continue to Improve: A Closer Look

Good news! Mortgage rates have continued their downward trend this past week, reaching even lower levels. Let’s dive into the details and see what this means for potential homebuyers. The Fed: A Tug-of-War While the Federal Reserve has signaled a potential rate cut, there’s still some uncertainty about the timing and magnitude of these reductions.

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Important Jobs Report Coming Out This Week!

The upward trend that we’ve seen for rates over the last four weeks continued last week, according to the latest survey of average mortgage rates by Freddie Mac. Fortunately, the inflation data that came out last week – the PCE Index, which is the Fed’s favorite gauge of inflation – met expectations at 2.8 percent

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Still Thankful for Improving Rates!

I hope you had a wonderful Thanksgiving holiday!  This time of year can be a little crazy in the financial markets as trading volume drops off because traders take time off for the holidays and so we often see increased volatility because smaller moves make bigger ripples when trading volume is lower. Nevertheless, mortgage rates continued

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When ‘Bad’ News Is Good News…

Last week’s ‘bad’ news is good news for mortgage borrowers as we saw a nice improvement in rates. The weekly survey of average mortgage rate published by Freddie Mac showed rates breaking their momentum higher following worse than expected news from a leading indicator in the job market, inflation, and consumer confidence.  The JOLTS report,

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Jobs and Lots of Important Reports Coming Out This Week…

If you’ve been following economic news, then you likely have seen the headlines that mortgage rates continue to climb. According to Freddie Mac’s most recent survey of average rates, published last week, the 30-year rate has risen to its highest level since 2001. This precipitous climb over the past few weeks has come largely as

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Important Fed Meeting Turns Out as Expected

Last week’s favorable report on consumer inflation helped mortgage rates improve nicely just in time for the release of Freddie Mac’s weekly mortgage rate report. In it, we saw a healthy decrease in average mortgage rates for both 30-year and 15-year fixed-rate loans. However, that was last week and this is this week.  This week

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