Mortgage Rates Rise Following U.S. Credit Downgrade
While economists point to the U.S. credit downgrade this past week as a reason for the rise in 10-year Treasury ...
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Purchase Application Activity Up 18% Over Last Year as Rates Remain Steady for 17th Week
Mortgage rates ticked up this week but economists are also pointing to some positive news for housing this week: Purchase ...
Annual Inflation Inches Down, but Uncertainty Still Looms
Economic observers’ eyes remain on the rate of inflation, as the latest Consumer Price Index (CPI) from the Bureau of ...
Stable Mortgage Rates Sparking Continued Purchase Applications
Zero movement on mortgage rates this week, but the continued steadiness of the average rate remaining in the mid-sixes for ...
Fed Leaves Rates Unchanged as Uncertainties Cloud Future
Rarely has a Federal Reserve meeting been as anticipated as the one that took place May 7, because this one ...
A Slight Decrease for Mortgage Rates This Week
Stubbornly elevated but steady is how economists are positioning average mortgage rates over the last several weeks, ticking up and ...
Mortgage Rates See Little Change, Economists See Some Market Stability
Mortgage rates saw very little change this week—similar to recent weeks—as some market stability starts to form, according to Freddie ...
As Mortgage Rates Climb, Buyers Should ‘Stress-Test Their Budgets’ as Competing Economic Forces Leave Rate Future Unknown
Following the sharp sell-off in government bonds last week that pushed the 10-year treasury yield up to 4.5%, as is ...
Fed Boss: Unemployment, Inflation Likely to Rise; Trump Erupts
In a speech delivered at the Economic Club in Chicago April 16, Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell cautioned that while ...
Mortgage Rates Remain Steady Amid ‘Back-and-Forth’ Over Tariffs, Economic Uncertainty
As markets respond to tariff uncertainty and a surprise surge earlier this week in the 10-year U.S. Treasury yield, a ...
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