Category Archive: Market update

Fed’s Aggressive Rate Cuts: Impact on Mortgage Rates, Builder Confidence, and Housing Market Trends

September 22, 2024

Fed Rate Cut!

September 18, 2024

Job Market Slowdown Signals Fed Rate Cut

September 9, 2024

Here’s Exactly What a Fed Rate Cut Will Do For Mortgage Rates

September 3, 2024

Powell Puts a Lid on The Rate Debate, But Where’s The Bottom?

August 25, 2024

Refi Demand Exploded (Relatively), But Rates Are Settling (For Now)

August 19, 2024

Rates End Week Higher After Massive Volatility

August 11, 2024

Rates Plummet as The Market Buys Into The Big Shift

August 2, 2024

July 2024 Recap

August 1, 2024

Inflation Data Continues Paving The Way For (Eventual) Rate Cuts

July 28, 2024

Very Calm Week For Rates, Despite Hitting New 6 Month Low

July 19, 2024

Sharply Lower Inflation Brings Fed Rate Cuts Into Focus

July 15, 2024

Economic Data Building a Case For Rate Cuts

July 8, 2024

Slow Start for Rates Gives Way to Volatility With More to Come Next Week

June 28, 2024

June Shaping Up Nicely, But Bigger Tests Are Yet to Come

June 21, 2024

Big Inflation Victory Gets Rates Back to Lowest Levels Since March

June 14, 2024

Wild Week in Response to Economic Data And There’s More On The Way

June 7, 2024

Plenty of Rate Volatility Despite Holiday-Shortened Week

May 31, 2024

The Fed is No Longer Eager to Cut Rates And The Market Knows It

May 24, 2024

Hotly Anticipated Inflation Data Keeps Hope Alive

May 17, 2024

The Upcoming Week Will Be Significantly More Volatile

May 10, 2024

Despite Bigger Bumps, Fed Still Sees Path to Lower Rates

May 3, 2024

Expect Tougher Talk From The Fed After This Week’s Inflation Data

April 26, 2024

The Case of The Disappearing Rate Cuts

April 19, 2024

Rates Rocked by Inflation Data

April 12, 2024

Reasonably Resilient Rates Waiting to See Wednesday’s Inflation Data

April 7, 2024

Tame Week For Rates and Housing Data, But Change is Coming

March 29, 2024

Fed Surprisingly Calm on Inflation Risk; Home Sales Improve

March 22, 2024

On The Road To Rate Cuts, Markets Asking “Are We There Yet?”

March 15, 2024

Lowest Rates in Over a Month. Upcoming Inflation Data Casts a Critical Vote

March 8, 2024

Rates Defend The Ceiling. High Stakes Week(s) Ahead

March 1, 2024

Short, Quiet Week, But With Some Hopeful Hints For Housing and Rates

February 23, 2024

Conflicting News on Rates, But Everyone Agrees on The Next Main Event

February 9, 2024

Worst Day For Rates in More Than a Year After Jobs Report, But It’s Not as Bad as it Sounds

February 2, 2024

What’s At Stake With The Upcoming Fed Meeting?

January 26, 2024

Highest Mortgage Rates in More Than a Month, But There Are Silver Linings

January 19, 2024

Mortgage Rates are Dropping, But the Target’s Moving

January 23, 2023

Navigating Inflation: The Federal Reserve’s Tightrope Walk between Economic Damage and Stability

January 9, 2023

Weekly Newsletter – Best Winning Streak For Rates in 2 Years

December 19, 2022

Weekly Newsletter – Extremely Risky Week Coming Up For Better or Worse

December 12, 2022

Weekly Newsletter – Rates Dream of Green Christmas With Help From The Fed

December 5, 2022

Weekly Newsletter-Fed Says: Don’t Get Too Excited About Rates Just Yet

November 20, 2022

Weekly Newsletter – Record Single Day Drop in Rates After Inflation Comes in Cooler

November 14, 2022

Weekly Newsletter – Higher Rates Due to The Fed, But Not Due to The Fed’s Rate Hike

November 4, 2022

Rates Actually Moved Lower This Week; What’s a “Fed Pivot?”

October 28, 2022

Weekly Newsletter – Sifting Through Ashes For Seeds Of Hope

October 21, 2022

Weekly Newsletter – 20 Year High Rates as Inflation Persists. Any Hope in Sight?

October 14, 2022