Market Perspective

Overview: Over the past week, the primary focus was on Friday’s key labor market report, which revealed much stronger than expected...

Overview: Since the Federal Reserve meeting on January 26, the economic news has revealed no significant surprises. Inflation continued...

Over the past week, investors were focused on Wednesday’s Federal Reserve meeting. Mortgage rates fell ahead of the meeting, but rose...

Since the start of the year, concerns about higher inflation have been negative for mortgage markets. While there was no significant...

Overview: Over the past week, the major economic data revealed that both wage increases and overall inflation rose slightly more than...

Unrelated to any specific news, mortgage rates climbed steadily during the first few days of the new year and ended at the highest levels...

Overview: Over the past week, news about the omicron variant, stronger than expected inflation data, a shortfall in consumer spending,...

Overview: Over the past week, easing concerns about the impact of the omicron variant on global economic growth was negative for mortgage...

Overview: Over the past week, concerns about a new COVID variant caused investors to shift to less risky assets, which was positive for...

Overview: There were no surprises from Wednesday’s highly anticipated Federal Reserve meeting. While the services sector data surpassed...

Overview: While home sales were stronger than expected, the economic data released over the past week was roughly neutral overall, and...

Overview: Over the past week, stronger than expected retail sales data was negative for mortgage rates, and rates ended the week a little...

Overview: Over the past week, investors viewed the key labor market and inflation reports as roughly neutral overall, and mortgage rates...

Overview: It was a volatile week for mortgage markets, as investors evaluated comments from a series of Federal Reserve officials. In the...

Overview: A couple of key economic reports were the primary influences on mortgage rates over the past week. Strong labor market data far...

Overview: Over the past week, the focus was on Wednesday’s Federal Reserve meeting, but it provided no unexpected news or guidance that...

Overview: Over the past week, increased concern about the spread of COVID and its potential to slow global economic growth was positive...

Overview: Mortgage rates rose sharply following the June 16 Federal Reserve meeting, but they have recovered from most of that increase....

Overview: While the economic data released over the past week reinforced the view that inflation is moving higher, the major reports were...

Overview: During a light week for economic reports, what stood out was weaker than expected housing data. As a result, mortgage rates...