Mortgage Tips & Insights
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Weekly Rate Watch: A Tech Rout and Sliding Oil Pulled Rates Back Toward Their Best Levels in a Month
A tech selloff and falling oil helped mortgage pricing improve this week, even as hot job openings and Treasury supply fought back. Here is what moved.
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Weekly Rate Watch: A Hawkish Hold Pulls Mortgage Rates Off Their One-Month Low
The Fed paused but kept a tightening bias, and a fading AI-driven bond rally nudged mortgage rates off their one-month lows. Here is what moved and why.
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Weekly Rate Watch: Tech-Credit Jitters Keep Bonds Steady Before the Fed
A tech rally and AI-credit worries pulled the 10-year Treasury yield in both directions this week. Here is what moved rates and what to watch before the Fed meets.
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Weekly Rate Watch: A 24-Year Yield High, Then a Rescue Auction
The 10-year Treasury touched a 24-year high this week before a strong auction pulled it back. Here is what moved mortgage pricing and what to watch next.
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Weekly Rate Watch: A Historic Bond Rout Pushes the 10-Year to Two-Decade Highs
A global bond selloff drove the 10-year Treasury yield to its highest level since 2002 this week, sending mortgage pricing higher. Here is what moved and why.
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Weekly Rate Watch: A Hot PMI Torches a Quiet Week and Sends the 10-Year to Yearly Highs
Rates whipsawed this week as oil softened early, then a surprisingly strong PMI print pushed the 10-year Treasury yield to its highest level in over a year.
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Weekly Rate Watch: A Hawkish Scare, an Oil Shock, and a Friday Turn
A hawkish Fed message and an oil spike pushed yields to multi-year highs this week, before a dovish Waller comment and a soft jobs picture eased the pressure.
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Weekly Rate Watch: Two Cool Inflation Reports Give Mortgage Rates a Breather
Two cooler-than-expected June inflation reports triggered back-to-back bond rallies this week, giving mortgage rates their first real breather in weeks. What it means for buyers, refinancers, and investors.
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Pennsylvania Home Buying Guide: Loans, Costs, and Tips
Buying a home in Pennsylvania? Learn about PA home loans, first-time buyer programs, closing costs, and tips to make your mortgage process smoother.
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Alaska Home Loans: What Buyers Need to Know Before You Start
Planning to buy a home in Alaska? Learn how Alaska home loans work, which programs are available, and what makes the AK mortgage process unique.
