Mortgage Rates Drop Back to Last Week's Levels After Softer Inflation Data

We knew that today's Consumer Price Index (CPI) was a hotly anticipated economic report that at least had the potential to give rates a big push, and it didn't disappoint. Any time we're dealing with an important economic report that gives rates a big push, there's generally an equal chance of getti

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Mortgage Rates Make a Modest Recovery Ahead of Important Inflation Data

Mortgage rates officially hit the highest levels since May 2024 yesterday, even though the average was almost imperceptibly higher than last Friday's.  We saw a similarly small move today, but in the opposite direction. In other words, the average rate moved lower by an amount that won't even h

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