Benchmark Mortgage Rate Just Hit a 12-Year High
Having hit 5 percent for the first time in over a decade last week, the average rate for a benchmark 30-year mortgage has since ticked up another 11 basis points…
Benchmark Mortgage Rate Hits 5%, First Time in Over a Decade
The average rate for a benchmark 30-year mortgage jumped another 28 basis points (0.28 percentage points) over the past week to 5.00 percent, which is 196 basis points and over…
Benchmark Mortgage Rate Over 50 Percent Higher YOY
The average rate for a benchmark 30-year mortgage ticked up another 5 basis points (0.05 percentage points) over the past week to 4.72 percent, which is 159 basis points, or…
Benchmark Mortgage Rate Climbs, Nearing an 11-Year High
The average rate for a benchmark 30-year mortgage jumped another 25 basis points (0.25 percentage points) over the past week to 4.67 percent, which is 149 basis points, or nearly…
Purchase Mortgage Activity Inches Up, Down Year-Over-Year
While mortgage loan application volumes in the U.S. dropped another 6.8 percent over the past week on a seasonally adjusted basis and 6 percent in the absolute, the decrease was…
Make that Nine and a Near Decade High
With the probability of the Federal Reserve raising interest rates by another two (2) full percentage points by the end of the year having jumped last week, the probability of…
Mortgage Rates Rocket to 3-Year Highs, Primed to Climb
The average rate for a benchmark 30-year mortgage jumped another 26 basis points (0.26 percentage points) over the past week to 4.42 percent, which is nearly 40 percent (125 basis…
Mortgage Loan Application Volumes in the U.S. Drop
Mortgage loan application volumes to either purchase or refinance a home in the U.S. dropped 8 percent on both a seasonally adjusted and absolute basis last week, with purchase activity…
Probability of Eight More Rate Hikes Has Jumped
With the Federal Reserve having raised the target federal funds rate by 25 basis points (0.25 percentage points) last week, representing the first hike from a near zero rate in…
Benchmark Mortgage Rate Rockets Back Over 4 Percent
The average rate for a benchmark 30-year mortgage jumped 31 basis points (0.31 percentage points) over the past week to 4.16 percent, which is 35 percent (107 basis points) higher…