Market Perspective

Overview: Over the past week, North Korea and Hurricane Irma were the main influences on mortgage rates. At Thursday's meeting, the...

Overview: Over the past week, yet another increase in tensions with North Korea was positive for mortgage rates. Recent economic data had...

Overview: Mortgage rates continued their modest yet steady improvement over the past week. The primary cause was a geopolitical event...

Overview: The primary driver of mortgage rates over the past week was shifting sentiment about the Trump administration’s ability to pass...

Overview: Wednesday’s dovish Fed minutes caused a minor improvement in mortgage rates, while the major economic data released over the...

Overview: Rising tensions with North Korea benefited mortgage rates over the past week. Mixed economic data was roughly offsetting. As a...

Overview: Following last Wednesday’s Fed meeting and ahead of Friday’s big labor market data, there has been very little market-moving...

Overview: Two major central bank meetings caused some volatility in mortgage rates over the past week. Neither ended up having much net...

Overview: Weak data on retail sales and inflation set a positive tone for mortgage rates over the past week. Strong housing data had...

Overview: Unexpectedly dovish comments from Fed officials were good for mortgage rates this week. There was little reaction to recent...

Overview: The upward momentum in global bond yields, which followed hawkish comments from the European Central Bank (ECB), continued over...

Overview: Hawkish comments from central bankers in Europe were negative for U.S. mortgage rates this week. A light batch of economic data...

Overview: Hawkish comments from an influential Fed official were negative for mortgage rates over the past week. Recent economic data had...

Downside misses in major reports on inflation and retail sales were favorable for mortgage rates this week. The Fed meeting was viewed as...

Over the past week, the labor market data was the primary influence on mortgage rates. Weaker than expected job gains were favorable for...

With a holiday-shortened week and little major news, mortgage markets were quiet over the past week. Tuesday’s inflation data and...

Last week, the political uncertainty that resulted from new allegations against the Trump administration was bad for stocks and good for...

Over the past week, mortgage rates fell to near the best levels of the year. Weaker than expected economic data was one primary reason....

The French election results relieved some economic and political uncertainty, and the investor reaction was slightly negative for...

There were no significant surprises in Wednesday’s Fed statement. The economic data released over the past week was roughly neutral. As a...