There’s no way to sugarcoat the situation in the bond market and, by extension, the mortgage and housing markets. Rates have risen at a nearly unprecedented pace, ushering in one of the quickest cooldowns on record. One of the only ways to find hope in this environment is to imagine that bad news is finite.
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Sifting Through Ashes For Seeds Of Hope

Unsurprisingly, the market remains intently focused on inflation as the key driver of Fed policy and rate volatility. This week, the biggest inflation report combined with more UK market drama to push rates to another 20yr high.
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20 Year High Rates as Inflation Persists. Any Hope in Sight?

The resilience of the economy is a matter of debate with different cases to be made depending on the data. But when it comes to the Fed’s favorite reports, the data hasn’t given them any reason to go easy on rates.
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Rates Back to 20 Year Highs as Economy Remains Resilient

There was no rest for weary rate watchers after last week’s rout. This week turned out to be even more volatile.
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Even Crazier Than Last Week: Rates Briefly Topped 7% For 1st Time in 20 Years

At the close of business after Wednesday’s Fed announcement, there was hope. While hope technically remains, it doesn’t look anything like it did on Wednesday.
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Mortgage Rates Closing in on 7%. Any Relief in Sight?

By this time next week, we will have heard from the Fed as they announce the next rate hike on September 21st. It will be a very big hike to be sure, but that’s not the most important thing we’ll learn.
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6.0% Mortgage Rates and a Big Fed Hike are Old News; Here's What Matters

It’s certainly already been an interesting year for financial markets–especially for housing and interest rates. But most of what’s happened over the past 8 months could be thought of as the more predictable phase of the post-pandemic market cycle. It’s what happens next that’ll be more interesting.
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Things Are About to Get Interesting

Mortgage rates moved up across the board this week, with mortgage rates nearly hitting 14-year highs before recovering after Friday’s jobs report.
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Unprecedented Rate Volatility as Markets Ponder Next Big Move

While it was never likely to contain too many surprises, this week’s much-anticipated Jackson Hole speech from Fed Chair Powell served as an important reminder as to why rates have risen so sharply in August.
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Fed Reminds Markets Why Rates Went Sharply Higher in August

The average mortgage rate headline among major news networks suggests things improved this week. The average headline is wrong.
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Mortgage Rates Rose Sharply This Week