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

Markets and mortgage rates are currently trying to reconcile the big narratives that have accounted for most of the movement in 2022. In one corner we have inflation and the forces trying to fight it. In the other, we have the the economic fallout from that fight.
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The Curious Case of Lower Inflation Being Bad For Rates

On a week where many sports fans thought fondly of the late Vin Scully’s famous “high fly ball into right field” call during the 1988 World Series, two of the heaviest hitting economic reports were also swinging for the fences. They connected, and rates moved higher as a result.
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4.99% Mortgage Rates?! That's Old News

Mortgage rates have been all over the map recently, both in terms of their movement and in their variation between lenders. The disconnects are so big as to require a deeper explanation.
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The Real Reason Mortgage Rates Are Dropping at a Record Pace

Foreign monetary policy combined with weak economic data to push rates sharply lower by the end of the week.
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Lowest Rates Since Early June. What's Europe Got to do With It?

It was a week for paradoxes on several fronts, most notably when mortgage rates moved lower just after the Fed floated the idea of an even bigger hike.
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Fed Talking About Big Rate Hikes, But Mortgage Rates Moved Lower

No one is intentionally lying to you, but there’s some serious misinformation potential in this week’s mortgage news. The following explains everything.
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Don't Trust This Week's Mortgage Rate Headlines! (Except This One)