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Jun 21, 20232 min read
Retail Sales Rise
Overview: It was a relatively quiet period for mortgage markets over the past week. There were no significant surprises in comments from...
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Jun 14, 20232 min read
Fed Holds Steady
Overview: Two of the biggest economic events of the month took place over the past week, but the outcome was somewhat anticlimactic. The...
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Jun 7, 20232 min read
Mixed Labor Market Data
Overview: Over the past week, the major economic data contained mixed news for mortgage markets, and none of it caused much reaction....
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May 31, 20232 min read
Inflation Remains High
Overview: Over the past week, the economic news was mixed for mortgage markets, and none of it caused much reaction. The inflation data...
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May 24, 20232 min read
Home Sales Mixed
Overview: Over the past week, the attention of investors was divided among the debt ceiling talks, bank industry troubles, and comments...
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May 17, 20232 min read
Retail Sales Increase
Overview: Mortgage markets were in a bit of a holding pattern over the past week with relatively little daily movement. This is not...
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May 10, 20232 min read
Strong Wage Growth
Overview: Two of the biggest economic reports of the month were released over the past week. While most of this labor market and...
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May 3, 20232 min read
Fed Hikes Rates
Overview: Over the past week, there were no significant surprises from the Federal Reserve meeting, and the major economic data caused...
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Apr 19, 20232 min read
Consumer Spending Falls
Overview: The bank troubles last month caused investors to shift to safer assets such as bonds, which pushed mortgage rates lower. As...
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Apr 12, 20232 min read
Economic Data Matches Forecasts
Overview: Over the past week, the major economic data contained no significant surprises. Highly anticipated reports on the labor market...
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Mar 15, 20232 min read
Banking Sector Concerns
Overview: Over the past week, the focus was on troubles in the banking sector, while the release of some of the most significant economic...
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Mar 8, 20232 min read
Inflation Fight Continues
Overview: It was a volatile week for mortgage markets, mostly due to comments from Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell. In the end,...
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Mar 1, 20231 min read
Bad News on Inflation
Overview: Investors continue to be highly focused on inflation these days, and the data released over the past week contained bad news....
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Feb 1, 20232 min read
Fed Hikes Rates
Overview: While there were no significant surprises from the economic data released over the past week, the Federal Reserve meeting was...
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Jan 25, 20232 min read
Home Sales Slip
Overview: There was little major economic news affecting mortgage markets over the past week. Investors mostly remained on the sidelines,...
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Jan 18, 20232 min read
Mortgage rates dip on positive economic news
Overview: The major economic news over the past week was generally favorable for mortgage markets. Consumer spending fell sharply,...
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Jan 11, 20232 min read
Wage Growth and Services Slow
Overview: Weakness in key data on wage growth and the services sector released over the past week raised investor hopes that inflation...
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Jan 4, 20232 min read
Central Banks Hold Key
Overview: Last year was unforgettable in terms of the extraordinary rise in mortgage rates. After beginning the year below 3.5%, rates...
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Dec 14, 20222 min read
Another Fed Rate Hike
Overview: Investors were focused on two major economic events this week. The Consumer Price Index (CPI) inflation data was positive for...
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Dec 7, 20222 min read
Strong Wage Growth
Overview: With a schedule packed full of major economic data, it was a volatile week for mortgage markets. The primary influences were...
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