Powell says locked-in pandemic mortgages are stifling housing market
Dec 11, 2025“We feel like the Fed is probably going to move off of targeting Fed funds as its primary policy rate,”...
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Mortgage rates now at their lowest level this year
Oct 24, 2025“Mortgage rates continued to trend down this week, hitting their lowest level in over a year,” Sam Khater, Freddie’s chief...
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FHFA’s Pulte has issue with Powell’s take on Fed housing role
Jul 30, 2025Housing regulator Bill Pulte showed new frustration with Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell and the latest decision to keep short-term...
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Mortgage servicers benefit most from FOMC’s inaction: KBW
Jun 20, 2025In the aftermath of the Federal Open Market Committee’s June meeting, certain interest rate spreads should narrow, but the overall...
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United Wholesale Mortgage adds 1% down payment loan
Jun 12, 2025United Wholesale Mortgage is bringing back a conventional purchase mortgage in which the borrower only has to come up with...
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Why wholesale beats retail in helping borrowers through the current market
Jun 9, 2025“Even though the retail is the majority, it’s the minority, because they’re so broken and compartmentalized,” Sloan told Mortgage Professional...
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Some mortgage and housing stocks end Friday higher
Apr 5, 2025Some mortgage and housing stocks escaped the market’s carnage on Friday, when investors sold off equities in the ongoing reaction...
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US mortgage rates dip, fueling application surge despite economic chaos
Mar 5, 2025“It’s just a very giving market. People are excited. There are a lot of programs for first-time homebuyers too. There...
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Mortgage interest rates inch down in slow-moving pattern
Feb 20, 2025Mortgage rates have fluctuated less than 20 basis points in the past five weeks, in a pattern Freddie Mac says...
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Mortgage rates again move opposite Fed’s actions
Dec 20, 2024Mortgage rates rose 12 basis points this week, reflective of the environment even before the Federal Open Market Committee announced...
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