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Last Week in Review: Optimism Hurts Rates This past week home loan rates ticked up, yet remain just above 3-year lows. Here are 3 reasons why: Solid corporate earnings and future positive guidance from many public companies were a pleasant surprise for many who were bracing for a far more disappointing outlook. As a result, Stocks […]

Last Week in Review: Fed Rate Cut Coming — But Don’t Wait U.S. Bond yields and home loan rates ticked modestly higher this week as the world watches the U.S. and China have their first serious talk since July. There is a growing sentiment that the U.S. and China will agree to some short-term measures like […]

Last Week in Review: Slowing but Growing Recession fears were back in full swing this past week, thanks to the weakest manufacturing report since June 2009, which was the last month of the Great Recession. Manufacturing makes up 12% of our economy, while consumer spending makes up nearly 70%. So even though the consumer remains strong, […]

Last Week in Review: Bullard Wants More This past week was a classic example of how good news means bad news for Bonds and home loan rates. A little trade deal with Japan, solid housing numbers, and hopeful news on the U.S./China trade dispute was enough to erase the previous week's modest improvement in rates. And […]

Last Week in Review: Three Things the Fed Said This past week the Federal Reserve cut the Fed Funds Rate for the second time this year, lowering the rate to 2.00%. Remember that the Fed Funds Rate is a short-term, overnight rate that has little effect on home loan rates. Home loan rates respond to the […]

Last Week in Review: Stocks and Mortgage Rates Rise This past week home loan rates ticked up sharply from the previous week leaving many wondering -- have rates bottomed? For would-be homebuyers, real estate agents, and folks working in the housing industry, here are three things affecting home loan rates today and stories to follow in […]

Last Week in Review: Too Much of a Good Thing for Rates Bonds and home loan rates hate good news. So, the influx of positive news abroad coupled with strong jobs data here in the U.S. pressured Mortgage Bonds lower and home loan rates higher.  The main event, which helped Stocks and hurt home loan rates, […]

Last Week in Review: Fed vs. Recession Home loan rates finished this past week essentially where they began, near 3-year lows.  With all the chatter of a global recession and elevated fears that the U.S. will slip into a recession thanks to the recent inverted yield curve, why haven't rates improved further? Is the Bond […]

Last Week in Review: Yield Curve Inversion Discussion This past week we watched Bond yields/interest rates decline around the globe on rising fears of a global recession. It’s worth noting that home loan rates did not partake in the declining interest rate party this week as the Treasury market, not the Mortgage Backed Security market, received […]

Last Week in Review: Thinking Like an Investor This past week we watched home loan rates touch three-year lows as investors around the globe continue to seek the safe haven of the U.S. dollar. Why are global investors moving money into the U.S. dollar and safe instruments like U.S. Bonds? Due to the lingering uncertainty […]