Rate Watch Weekly News Newsletter

Rates Refuse to Drop Ahead of Election. How About After?
November Volatility Shows Up Early And Next Week Could Be Even Crazier
Time to Start Thinking About Incredibly High Volatility Potential
Lots of Confusion About Recent Rate Movement. Let's Clear it up
Huge Rate Bounce After Stunningly Strong Jobs Report
Refi Booms, Loan Limits, and Mortgage Rate Misdirection
Why The Fed Rate Cut Didn't Help Mortgage Rates This Week
Why Fed Day Matters Even Though Mortgage Rates Are Already Lower
Why You Might Regret Waiting For Better Rates After The Fed Cuts
Here's Exactly What a Fed Rate Cut Will Do For Mortgage Rates
Powell Puts a Lid on The Rate Debate, But Where's The Bottom?
Refi Demand Exploded (Relatively), But Rates Are Settling (For Now)
Rates End Week Higher After Massive Volatility
Rates Plummet as The Market Buys Into The Big Shift
Inflation Data Continues Paving The Way For (Eventual) Rate Cuts
Very Calm Week For Rates, Despite Hitting New 6 Month Low
Sharply Lower Inflation Brings Fed Rate Cuts Into Focus
Economic Data Building a Case For Rate Cuts
Slow Start for Rates Gives Way to Volatility With More to Come Next Week
June Shaping Up Nicely, But Bigger Tests Are Yet to Come

Big Inflation Victory Gets Rates Back to Lowest Levels Since March
Wild Week in Response to Economic Data And There's More On The Way
Plenty of Rate Volatility Despite Holiday-Shortened Week
The Fed is No Longer Eager to Cut Rates And The Market Knows It
Hotly Anticipated Inflation Data Keeps Hope Alive
The Upcoming Week Will Be Significantly More Volatile
Despite Bigger Bumps, Fed Still Sees Path to Lower Rates
Expect Tougher Talk From The Fed After This Week's Inflation Data
The Case of The Disappearing Rate Cuts
Rates Rocked by Inflation Data
Reasonably Resilient Rates Waiting to See Wednesday's Inflation Data
Tame Week For Rates and Housing Data, But Change is Coming
Fed Surprisingly Calm on Inflation Risk; Home Sales Improve
On The Road To Rate Cuts, Markets Asking "Are We There Yet?" (Spoiler Alert: No)
Lowest Rates in Over a Month. Upcoming Inflation Data Casts a Critical Vote
Rates Defend The Ceiling. High Stakes Week(s) Ahead
Short, Quiet Week, But With Some Hopeful Hints For Housing and Rates

Rates Bounce Higher as Inflation Data Throws a Wrench in The Outlook

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

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

What's At Stake With The Upcoming Fed Meeting?

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

Inflation Data Keeps Low Rate Hopes Alive

Let's Talk About The Spread Between Mortgage Rates And The 10yr Treasury

Calm Week to End Not-So-Calm Year

Have Rates Improved Too Quickly And Is The Fed Being Rational?

The Dots Put an Exclamation Point on Record-Breaking Drop in Rates

What's at Stake With Next Week's Fed Announcement and Inflation Data?

What New Loan Limits Mean; Should We Worry About "Worst Ever" Pending Home Sales?

Housing Market Thankful For Lower Rates But The True Test is in Early December

Cooler Inflation Prompts Big Shift in Rate Outlook

Everything's Relative, And Rates Had a Relatively Good Week

Tremendous Week For Interest Rates And Possibly Even For The Rate Outlook

Lots at Stake For Rates Next Week; Which Housing Report is Telling You The Truth?

Doom, Gloom, Kool Aid, And Warm Porridge

Rates Reacting to War and The Fed, But Maybe Not For Long

Rates Surge Toward 8% After Jobs Data; Can "Spreads" Help?

How Will The Government Shutdown Affect The Mortgage and Housing Markets?

If The Fed Didn't Hike, Why Did Mortgage Rates Hit Long Term Highs?

Fed Won't Move Its Rate, But Rates Could Still Move

Rates Defended The Ceiling This Week; Bigger Battles Ahead

It's Complicated, But Also Simple

Markets Were Anxious Over Powell, But Next Week Deserves More Attention

How Multi-Decade Highs Are Changing The Way Mortgage Rates Are Quoted

Rates Are Officially Breaking The Rules, But Why?

Mortgage Rates Near 23 Year Highs. Is There Any Hope?

Mortgage Rates and Housing Didn't Care About This Week's Fed Rate Hike

Slow Housing Market's Questionable Excuse (And a Much Better Alternative)

Rates Recover Rapidly After Inflation Data

Mortgage Rates Back Over 7% as Markets Digest Economic Data

Mortgage Rates Jumped Over 7% This Week, Even if You Heard They Were 6.71%

Resilience in The Housing Market as Powell Sees More Hikes Ahead

This Week's Hotly Anticipated Events Completely Failed to Break The Stalemate

Rates Seen Staying Higher For Longer. Blame Canada?

What Debt Ceiling? And Who's Lying About The Jobs Report?

Do Rates Care About Debt Ceiling?

All About Ceilings

Hi, My Name is Consolidation, And I Can Explain Everything

Plenty of Movement, Not Much Progress; More Volatility Ahead

Housing and Rates Having Tough Time Finding Momentum

Is There Really a New, Unfair Mortgage Tax on Those With High Credit?

Rates Having a Tough Time Turning The Corner

Rates Bounce After Hitting 2 Month Lows

Calmer Markets; Are Home Prices Already Done Falling?

Failing Banks, Falling Rates, Falling Prices. Should You Worry?

The Fed Will Still Raise Rates in March, And That’s Why Rates May Keep Falling

How One Unexpected Event Completely Stole The Show This Week

How One Unexpected Event Completely Stole The Show This Week

Things Aren't Necessarily Destined to Get Worse For Housing and Rates

Looking For Silver Linings

Rates Are Jumping Faster Than Most People Know

Rates Played Chicken With The Fed (And Lost)

Wild Ride For Rates After Stunning Jobs Report

Is The Housing Market Finally Bouncing Back?

Rates May be Falling, But Other Mortgage Costs Are Going Up

Lowest Rates in 4 Months, So Why Does Fed Say They're Going Higher?

Markets Call The Fed's Bluff After Downbeat Data