Rates Pull Back Slightly After Stronger Economic Data

After enjoying a calm, steady winning streak so far this week, mortgage rates finally experienced a bump back toward slightly higher levels on Thursday. The move followed the release of a closely watched report on the manufacturing sector. The economic data wasn't strong in outright terms.  In

Americans Need to Earn 70.1% More Today Than Six Years Ago to Afford the Median-priced Home

Another Small Victory For Mortgage Rates

Mortgage rates continue enjoying a completely different volatility regime compared to just a few weeks ago.  Back then, it wasn't a surprise to see the top tier average rate move by more than 0.10% on any given day, nor was it uncommon to see multiple changes during the same day. Fast forward t

Friendly, Stable Trend Continues For Mortgage Rates

It's now been more than a week since mortgage rates ended the day higher than the previous day.  And we haven't recovered quite as much lost ground as 10yr Treasury yields, we're getting pretty close to fully re-entering the narrow range that persisted before the April 2nd tariff announcement.&