Mortgage rates rose modestly last week after hitting long term lows before the Fed announced its 0.50% rate cut.  In not so ...

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We closed last week with the idea of "buy the rumor, sell the news" seemingly being a good way to think about the time ...

Modestly Weaker But Ultimately Uneventful In terms of the realized volatility relative to potential volatility, this week ...

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Credit where credit is due: the rate market did an outstanding job of getting out in front of the Fed rate cut as well as the changes to the Fed's rate cut outlook as communicated in the summary of ...

Wednesday's Fed rate cut was the worst kept secret in the financial world for months, and the 50bp rate cut was increasingly suspected in the week leading up to the announcement. You've likely ...

We've compiled mortgage rate and origination data from New Hampshire to give you an idea of where other borrowers are at. This data is based fixed rate, conforming loan data from Fannie Mae and ...