4 days ago2 minHome Sales DeclineOverview: Following the aggressive monetary policy tightening by the Federal Reserve at last week’s meeting, mortgage rates reached their...
Jun 152 minInflation Fears Drive Largest Rate Hike Since '94Overview: Inflation concerns continued to be the primary focus for investors over the past week. It was a packed week with both U.S....
Jun 82 minSteady Job GainsOverview: Over the past week, the biggest economic news was key labor market data, and it was close to expectations overall. As investors...
Jun 12 minFocus on InflationOverview: Over the past week, there was little news to cause investors to change their outlook for inflation or future Federal Reserve...
May 252 minHome Sales DropOverview: Over the past week, increased concern that the pace of global economic growth may be slowing was positive for mortgage markets,...
May 182 minSolid Consumer SpendingOverview: Over the past week, stronger than expected consumer spending data and tough talk on inflation from the Federal Reserve were...
May 112 minSolid Job GainsOverview: With major labor market and inflation data, mortgage rates remained very volatile over the past week. The daily movements were...
May 42 minFed Tightens PolicyOverview: Over the past week, investors remained focused on elevated levels of inflation and the resulting monetary policy tightening...
Apr 272 minInflation and Chinese LockdownsOverview: Over the past week, investors balanced the impact of two opposing forces on mortgage rates. For months, the main influence has...
Apr 202 minStrong Retail SalesOverview: Over the past week, investors remained focused on elevated levels of inflation and the resulting monetary policy tightening...
Apr 132 minInflation ClimbsOverview: Over the past week, investors remained focused on elevated levels of inflation. The most recent readings revealed additional...
Apr 62 minFed Reveals Plans to Reduce Balance SheetOverview: Although Federal Reserve officials have become increasingly hawkish (in favor of tighter monetary policy) in recent weeks,...
Mar 302 minTight Labor MarketOverview: While mortgage markets remained very volatile over the past week, there was little news to significantly change the outlook for...
Mar 232 minFed Signals a More Hawkish StanceOverview: Over the past week, investor expectations increased yet again for the pace of tightening by the Federal Reserve, which was...
Mar 162 minFed Tightens Monetary Policy With First Rate Hike in Four YearsOverview: Over the past week, shifting expectations for a resolution to the Ukraine conflict continued to cause daily volatility in...
Mar 92 minStrong Labor Market ContinuesOverview: Over the past week, investors continued to react to shifting expectations for a resolution to the conflict in Ukraine. Daily...
Mar 22 minInvestors React to UkraineOverview: The dominant influence on mortgage markets over the past week was the conflict in Ukraine, which caused investors to shift to...
Feb 232 minExisting-Home Sales Rise 7% in JanuaryOver the past week, headlines about Ukraine and shifting expectations for future Federal Reserve policy caused some daily volatility for...
Feb 162 minFed Continues to Tighten PolicyOverview: Over the past week, a wide range of events created a great deal of volatility for mortgage markets and pushed rates higher. The...
Feb 92 minLabor Market Remains StrongOverview: Over the past week, the primary focus was on Friday’s key labor market report, which revealed much stronger than expected...