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| Rates End Week at Best Levels; Next Week Could be Huge | ||
| 8/29/2025 1:30 PM | ||
| It was a very slow and steady week for mortgage rates. On all 5 days, the average top tier 30yr fixed rate moved by 0.02% or less. This is a small enough change that the average borrower wouldn"t see any detectable difference in a loan quote from one day to the next. But due to most of the changes being toward lower rates, Thursday and Friday...Read More | ||
| 30yr Fixed Rates Officially Back to 6.50% | ||
| 8/28/2025 2:15 PM | ||
| There is no singular, official primary source for mortgage rate levels. The going rate is whatever can be locked/closed at any given lender. As such, we rely on surveys and data aggregations in order to routinely monitor the probable going rate. The longest-standing weekly survey from Freddie Mac was updated today and, while it showed a decl...Read More | ||
| Mortgage Rates Hit Another 2025 Low | ||
| 8/27/2025 2:44 PM | ||
| It continues to be the case that day-to-day changes in average mortgage rates are very small. Today was no exception in that regard. Nonetheless, today represents a technical "record low" for 2025 with average rates edging just slightly lower than those seen on August 22nd and 26th. Our index (which tracks top tier, conventional 30yr fixed rates f...Read More | ||
| Mortgage Rates Back in Line With Long-Term Lows | ||
| 8/26/2025 4:15 PM | ||
| Mortgage rates tend to move at least a little every day although they haven"t been moving too much in the bigger picture recently. The only truly memorable move int he past few months occurred after the August 1st jobs report. It resulted in a 2-day drop from 6.75% to 6.57%. The next closest contender was last Friday"s reaction to Fed Chair ...Read More | ||
| Mortgage Rates Edge Slightly Higher From Long-Term Lows | ||
| 8/25/2025 2:50 PM | ||
| After last week"s Jackson Hole speech from Fed Chair Powell, rates fell to their lowest levels since October 3rd, 2024, narrowly surpassing the recent long-term low seen on August 13th. Powell tacitly suggested a stronger possibility of a September Fed rate cut due to growing concerns about the labor market. Now today, the market corrected mildly ...Read More | ||
| Lowest Rates of The Year (Barely) After Powell Speech | ||
| 8/22/2025 2:15 PM | ||
| Heading into the week, Fed Chair Powell"s speech at the Fed"s annual Jackson Hole Symposium was only event on the calendar that held much promise for motivating any major movement in mortgage rates. Not only did it deliver on that promise, but it did so in everyone"s favorite direction. Powell didn"t pivot too much from his last major speech on Ju...Read More | ||
| Mortgage Rates Inch Higher Yet Again | ||
| 8/21/2025 12:03 PM | ||
| In a world (like this one) where mortgage rates are dictated by bond market movement and where bonds take cues from certain economic reports, weeks like this one can be frustrating or boring. Until today, there haven"t been any actionable economic reports to inspire a bond market reaction. Unfortunately, today"s data was relatively unfriendl...Read More | ||
| Mortgage Rates Barely Budge | ||
| 8/20/2025 1:57 PM | ||
| For the 11th straight business day, mortgage rates are very close to the levels from the end of the previous day. Over the past week, however, most of these small day-to-day movements have been microscopically higher. Today"s is no exception. The net effect is that the average top tier 30yr fixed rate is up from 6.53% last Wednesday to...Read More | ||
| Mortgage Rates Little Changed From Monday | ||
| 8/19/2025 2:32 PM | ||
| Mortgage rates are based on bonds and bonds, and bonds have some seasonality to them. This doesn"t necessarily mean there"s a reliable seasonal pattern for the direction of rate movement. Rather, it means that several weeks in August tend to be fairly forgettable in terms of excitement, volatility, and methodical movement. The 2 ...Read More | ||
| Rates Trickle to Another Higher Low | ||
| 8/18/2025 2:39 PM | ||
| Mortgage rates are as high as they"ve been on almost any other day this month. You"d have to go back to August 1st to see anything higher. On the other hand, rates are still noticeably lower than almost any other day of the past 10 months. It"s really only the past 2 weeks that have been any better and the gap between recent highs...Read More | ||