Weekly Newsletter
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- Eerily Calm Week For Rates April 24, 2026If there were a movie about mortgage rates, this week would be the part where they say "it's quiet... almost TOO quiet."
- Mortgage Rates Didn't Fall as Much as The Market Suggested April 17, 2026Mortgage lenders consider several factors when deciding where to set mortgage rates. By far and away, the bond market is the most important of those factors. But sometimes rates don't do exactly what the bond market suggests.
- War Still Weighing on Rates, But Volatility Continues to Ebb April 10, 2026Whereas the entire month of March was "up, up, and away" for interest rates, April has been far calmer by comparison.
- Much Calmer Week (Relatively) With Much Lower Rates April 3, 2026First things first, mortgage rates remain much higher than they were at the end of February. That said, they definitely did not move higher this week.
- Mortgage Market Remains Transfixed by War March 27, 2026The Iran war continues to dominate financial markets and mortgage rates are no exception.