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The entire month of March pushed mortgage rates higher. It felt like week after week of steady pressure with very little relief. But so far… April has been a different…

Are Mortgage Rates Finally Cooling Down? The Best News We’ve Seen Since February

If you’ve been watching the housing market lately, you know it’s felt a bit like walking through a swarm of bees—lots of buzzing, a fair amount of stings, and not…

Taking the Sting Out of This Week’s Mortgage Rates 🐝📉

If you’ve been watching the news lately, you know that mortgage rates have been a bit… painful. This week, they took another turn for the worse. And since I know…

🐝 The Sting of 2026: Why Mortgage Rates Just Hit a 6-Month High If you’ve seen my latest video, you know I’m willing to take a literal bee sting to…

Sometimes the truth hurts—and occasionally, it comes with a literal sting.

In the world of home loans, we’ve had a bit of a “bee in our bonnet” lately as mortgage rates continue to fluctuate. If you’ve been watching the news, you…

Mortgage Rates Took a Sting This Week

For the past few weeks, mortgage rates have been behaving pretty well. They gradually worked their way down to multi-year lows and, more importantly, they held those levels instead of…

Mortgage Rates Are at 3-Year Lows — But That’s Not the Most Important Story

The news headlines are saying mortgage rates are the lowest they’ve been in over three years. And this time, they’re actually right. Over the past several months, mortgage rates have…

Mortgage Rates Were Surprisingly Calm This Week — And That’s a Good Thing

I went into this week, like I do most weeks, expecting mortgage rates to move. You know… up, down, sideways — something dramatic. Instead, we got something that has been…

Mortgage Rates Hold Near Long-Term Lows After Jobs & Inflation Reports

This week was one of those rare weeks where we got both of the biggest economic reports that influence mortgage rates — the monthly jobs report and the latest inflation…

Mortgage Rates Recap: A Quiet Week… With Big Data Ahead

Last week was supposed to include the monthly jobs report on Friday, the 6th, but a short-term partial government shutdown bumped schedules and delayed the release. That matters because markets…

The Buzzkill Week: No Honey, Just Sting (and a Snooze-Fest Fed)

Well, another week has come and gone, and I’m still staring at this jar of honey like it’s a relic from a forgotten era of low rates. Honestly, I’m starting…

The “Sting” of Rising Rates: What’s Pushing Mortgages Higher This Week?

They say the truth hurts. In the mortgage world, sometimes it literally stings. If you’ve been following my “Honey vs. Sting” updates, you know the deal: when the market is…

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