In a year where mortgage rate volatility has been extreme, this week made everything else look tame by comparison.
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Mortgage Rates Hit 6%. World is Not Ending. May Just Be Beginning

2022 has already had its fair share of bad news for mortgage rates, but this week was not to be outdone.
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2022 is Already The Worst Year For Rates Since 1979

By last Friday, rates had improved so much from recent highs that we were finally able to consider that 2022’s trend had shifted gears from “skyrocketing” to “sideways.” While that possibility can still be entertained, this week’s rates are definitely higher.
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Rates Bounce After 3 Weeks of Improvement; Prices Still Defying Gravity

Home sales tanked in 2 reports out this week. Inventory improved by the most in a long time. Should we worry? Or is there hope on the horizon?
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Big Shift in Housing Numbers. Scary or Welcome?

In 2015 and 2018, the phrase “global growth concerns” was all the rage. The concept helped explain downward movement in stocks and rates that otherwise didn’t always have an immediate justification. Now in 2022, it’s time to bring it out of retirement.
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Stocks Are Suffering, But It's Helping Rates Stabilize

Mortgage rates have moved higher at the fastest pace in decades so far in 2022, but this week proved to be a refreshing exception. To understand why, we first need to examine the relationship between stocks and bonds, which is a bit more variable than most people assume.
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Best Week For Rates in Almost 2 Years, But There's a Catch

It was yet another tough week for the mortgage market with rates rising to their highest levels since 2009, but how high have they actually risen?
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Why Some Rate Quotes Are So Different And Why "Points" Are On The Rise

The first few months of 2022 have seen rates rise at the fastest pace since the 1980s as a confluence of known issues collided with unexpected volatility due to the war in Ukraine.
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The Fed's Playbook is Already Out For Next Week And Rates Have Already Reacted

It’s hard to avoid bad news about rising mortgage rates in 2022, but be careful what you believe.
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Mortgage Rates Are a Bit Higher (And Way Lower) Than You've Been Told

By the end of last week, there was a shred of hope that the worst might be over for 2022’s massive rate spike. By Tuesday of this week, however, that hope was shredded.
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Why Mortgage Rates Jumped Back Over 5% This Week