by Jacob Lilley | Oct 25, 2019 | Blog, Mortgage Rates
In about 2 weeks, the big bond rally of 2019 (i.e. the big drop in rates!) will officially be 1 year old (because it actually began in the 2nd week of November). This has been a uniquely interesting year for rates. Granted, there are plenty of other years with the... by Jacob Lilley | Oct 18, 2019 | Blog, Mortgage Rates
The UK’s attempt to exit the EU (aka “Brexit”) is back in the news. UK voters decided to part ways with the EU in 2016, but it’s taken this long to hammer out the details. After an extension of the original deadline earlier this year, the new... by Jacob Lilley | Oct 11, 2019 | Blog, Mortgage Rates
It would have been hard to make it through this week without hearing about Friday’s trade deal progress, but how does it affect you? At face value, a healthy trade partnership is good for the global economy, but if you need a mortgage any time soon, the trade... by Jacob Lilley | Oct 4, 2019 | Blog, Mortgage Rates
As of Thursday, most major news outlets and even several important trade organizations ran headlines claiming mortgage rates were flat this week. But rates are actually much lower compared to last week. What’s up with that? The culprit is the weekly mortgage... by Jacob Lilley | Sep 27, 2019 | Blog, Home Buying, Home Selling, Mortgage Rates
Looking at the calendar (and the weather, depending on where you live), summer may seem like an increasingly distant memory, but for housing market data, things are just heating up. Whether we’re talking about the housing market or almost any other aspect of the...
