Weekly Newsletter
NEWSLETTER ARCHIVE
- Jobs Report and Stock Losses Help Rates Hold The Range November 21, 2025This week marked the return of delayed economic data from the government shutdown. Specifically, we received the important jobs report that was set to come out in early October.
- Mortgage Rates Near 2-Month Highs; What to Expect With Gov Reopening; What's up With 50yr Mortgage News? November 14, 2025After the longest shutdown in history the U.S. government reopened on Thursday. As expected, this has added a bit of upward pressure for rates.
- A Rare Week of Data Brings Friends and Foes For Rates November 7, 2025Rates are dictated by bonds and bonds take cues from economic data. But during the shutdown, the most important data has been on hold. This week brought a rare concentration of non-government data to help bridge the gap and bonds were more than willing to respond.
- Once More With Feeling: Mortgage Rates Moved Higher After The Fed Rate Cut October 31, 2025Not all rates are created equal and not all rates move in the same direction for the same reasons.
- The Fed is Cutting Rates Next Week, But Not Mortgage Rates! October 24, 2025The end of October brings the next Fed announcement and it is a 100% certainty that they will be cutting rates again. Many people believe this means lower mortgage rates. Many people are wrong.