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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 story. Things have calmed down. What Moved Rates This Week?…
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 a lot of “sweetness.” But this week, for the first…
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 my clients are feeling that “sting” in their monthly payments,…
🐝 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 make a point. While the physical sting was temporary, the…
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 might be wondering why rates are trending upward despite inflation…
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 immediately bouncing back up. That kind of stability doesn’t happen…
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 steadily improved and — just as importantly — they’ve been…
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 pretty rare over the last few years: A calm market…
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 reading. Any time those two land in the same week,…
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 don’t just react to economic reports — they react to…
