Housing Wire
APRIL 5, 2025
Mortgage rates recently hit a year-to-date low, coinciding with ongoing market disruptions from tariffs. In fact, if mortgage rates head toward 6%, we will have a positive year here. Last year, we saw mortgage rates increase from 6.63% to about 7.50%, leading to challenges in the purchase application data.
Housing Wire
NOVEMBER 23, 2024
It has been almost two months since mortgage rates spiked again, and my initial thought was this would tank housing demand. We had a positive 18-week period with purchase applications before mortgage rates started rising in September. Initially, the data showed more robust performance as mortgage rates approached 6%.
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Housing Wire
APRIL 14, 2025
Over the weekend, fears rose that the 10-year yield would climb to 5%, leading to 8% mortgage rates. Remarkably, mortgage rates have dipped below 7% once more. Remarkably, mortgage rates have dipped below 7% once more. However, Monday morning arrived with a sense of calm. So what happened to calm the markets?
Housing Wire
APRIL 3, 2025
Mortgage rates have reached the lowest levels of the year today as the 10-year yield dropped significantly on tariff news. Mortgage rates have reached their low point of the year. With just one day remaining, I will be recording the latest episode of the HousingWire Daily podcast to share my insights on tariffs and mortgage rates.
Housing Wire
JANUARY 17, 2025
Todays housing starts data exceeded estimates; however, a closer examination of the report with the builder confidence reveals that the recent rise in mortgage rates , approaching 7.25%, has negatively affected builder sentiment. Since late 2022, our analysis indicates that mortgage rates in the 6%-6.5% This is 15.8 percent (14.4
Housing Wire
MARCH 15, 2025
Earlier this year, when mortgage rates soared to 7.26%, a cloud of worry hung over the housing market many feared that home sales would tumble in 2025, fueled by concerns about inflation and tariffs. But when it seemed doom and gloom would prevail, the 10-year yield dropped, pulling mortgage rates lower in a lovely slow dance.
Housing Wire
JANUARY 16, 2025
The 10-year yield and mortgage rates have been on a wild ride lately, even testing my top-end forecast at 7.25%, but today, the 10-year yield fell after remarks by Fed President Chris Waller about whether the Fed would do even more rate cuts than the market was anticipating. It’s not booming. It’s not falling.”
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