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Mortgage Rates Shoot Significantly Higher
BY: MATTHEW GRAHAMNov 5 2019, 6:07PM Mortgage rates were flat yesterday, but I warned that volatility could increase today. That turned out to be an understatement. Mortgage rates shot higher nearly as quickly as they'd moved lower [...]
Home Sales Slump Now Fully Erased
BY: JANN SWANSONSep 19 2019, 10:51AM While the increase wasn't as strong as in July, last month's existing home sales posted a second straight month of gains and, as previously, the National Association of Realtors® (NAR) credited falling [...]
Think The Fed Cut Mortgage Rates? Think Again
Sep 19 2019, 4:23PM BY: MATTHEW GRAHAM Here is exactly what yesterday's Fed rate cut did to mortgage rates: ABSOLUTELY NOTHING! No Fed rate cut (or hike) will EVER do ANYTHING directly to mortgage rates because the [...]
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Mortgage Rates’ Week Goes From Bad to Worse
BY: MATTHEW GRAHAMSep 13 2019, 3:17PM Mortgage rates were already having their worst week since 2016 as of yesterday afternoon. Rather than help to heal some of the damage, today's bond market momentum only made things worse. Whether [...]
Mortgage Rates Highest in More Than a Month
BY: MATTHEW GRAHAMSep 10 2019, 5:38PM Mortgage rates and the broader bond market are both in the midst of a correction after hitting the best levels in more than 3 years last week. This is a correction that many [...]
Home Prices are on the Rise Again
BY: JANN SWANSONHome Sep 3 2019, 9:24AM A second housing price index is showing an uptick in the rate of appreciation, possibly because interest rates declines have begun to mitigate affordability issues. CoreLogic says its Home Price [...]