Homeowners who were locked into high interest rates have been eager for them to dip so they can refinance. Last week, many saw their chance and took it. Mortgage applications rose 2.7% for the week ending June 27, according to the Mortgage Bankers Association’s Weekly Applications Survey, driven mostly by refinancing. Refinance applications were up […]
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Treasuries fell for a second day, pulled lower by a selloff the UK bond market, as traders shifted their attention to a report on the US jobs market on Thursday. Yields rose across most maturities with 30-year Treasuries climbing seven basis points to a session high of 4.83% in morning trading in New York. The
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Enjoy complimentary access to top ideas and insights — selected by our editors. During testimony to the House Financial Services Committee, Federal Reserve Board Chairman Jerome Powell repeatedly evaded questions from members of both parties about the impact of monetary policy on housing. Rep. Rashida Tlaib D-Minn. seemed perplexed or confused by Powell’s assertion that
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Mortgage rates have been slowly decreasing, but is this drop significant enough to influence our weekly housing data? Keep in mind that our weekend tracker reports provide insights months ahead of the reports most Americans typically read. Therefore, we closely monitor changes in our data trends whenever mortgage rates fluctuate. The last two weeks have
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It’s been a strange season for the housing market, caught somewhere between post-pandemic exhaustion and pre-election caution. And yet, in the quiet shuffles of financial markets and whispered policy pivots in Washington, signs are emerging that something may be stirring beneath the surface. Just last week, mortgage rates unexpectedly improved by as much as 0.25%,
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President Donald Trump announced on Friday via social media that he’s ending trade talks between the U.S. and Canada. The move could impact tariffs on one of America’s largest trade partners as a temporary pause is set to end early next month. “We have just been informed that Canada, a very difficult Country to TRADE
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Treasuries fell Friday but remained on course for a third straight weekly gain, with benchmark yields near the lowest levels since early May. Traders squared their positions to start the session, pushing yields up and snapping a five-day rally. Inflation gauges in US economic data were firmer than expected, leading traders to pare bets on
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Analysts, economists and mortgage professionals are coining this quarter’s activity as one of the most “calm” periods for mortgage rates in recent memory. It follows nearly three years of borrowers being sidelined by higher rates or “stuck” in loans with historically low rates. BTIG analysts said Wednesday that despite Treasury volatility in April, mortgage rates
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Investor reaction to events of the past eight days has contributed to mortgage rates moving below 6.8% for the first time since the start of May, Freddie Mac said. The 30-year fixed-rate mortgage was at 6.77% as of June 26, compared with 6.81% eight days prior and 6.86% for the same week in 2024, the
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A rally in short-dated Treasuries gathered pace Thursday after a raft of US economic data on balance favored wagers on as many as three Federal Reserve interest-rate cuts this year. Yields across maturities declined, with those on two-year notes falling five basis points and most reaching the lowest level in more than a month. The
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