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It’s been a pretty solid week or two for mortgage rates.The 30-year fixed, which unexpectedly breached the key 7% psychological threshold in mid-April, is back closer…

Folks on social media love coming up with so-called “hacks” to excite their followers.In the mortgage realm, this typically means highlighting math that seems unbelievable at…

If the last few days are any indication, mortgage rates want a trade deal.They don’t like tariffs, trade wars, or any of the uncertainty that comes…

Thanks to newly-released data, it’s time to take a fresh look at the top mortgage lenders in California in 2024.The Golden State is by far the…

Non-bank mortgage lenders continued to see steady growth in Q4 2024, but the pace has slowed sharply compared to the boom years of 2021 and 2022,…

Is it too soon to be talking about the end of the trade war?Perhaps, but there have been rumblings of a closed-door meeting to get a…

A new lawsuit filed by Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost claims the nation’s top mortgage lender is ripping off Ohio consumers.It’s an interesting one because the…

There’s growing talk about Fed Chair Jerome Powell being fired by President Donald Trump.Similar to his first term, he has lobbed insults at Powell while arguing…

Mortgage rates picked a lousy time to go up.The average rate on a 30-year fixed-rate mortgage rose 11 basis points, to 6.97%, in the week ending…

I was looking at ICE’s most recent Mortgage Monitor Report when something struck me.In their rate distribution chart of recent mortgages, I noticed a super wide…