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...

Sources: [1] Ellie Mae® Millennial Tracker, April-July 2017. [2] CoreLogic, a data and analytics company, Loan Performance Insights,...

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...

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

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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...