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Mortgage Rates Surge to 7-Month Highs

March hasn't been a great month for mortgage rates and the past 3 days have been particularly bad. During that time, our daily rate index went from 6.09% on Tuesday to 6.41% today--the highest since September 4th, 2025.  While that's certainly not the fastest jump we've seen, it's the worst 3-d

Mortgage Rates Spike to 2026 Highs

Mortgage rates are driven by the bond market. Although bonds only experienced moderate, steady weakness throughout the day, mortgage rates lurched higher by an amount typically seen when the market is reacting to big, breaking news.  But there wasn't any of that sort of news on tap today--just

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