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Home loan rates were mainly unchanged this past week. Let’s break down what is threatening the financial markets and rates.The Taper ThreatA big threat to stocks, bonds, and rates is…

Last Week in Review: ECB Scales Back, No Tantrum – Yet.Home loan rates have bounced around the past couple of weeks in response to good, bad, and even some ugly…

Last Week in Review: Congress Printing, Fed ExitingAmong the many stories happening this past week, the elephant in the room remains Afghanistan. There is so much uncertainty and it isn’t…

Last Week in Review: The Tug a War at PlayWhat a week!!! The elephant in the room is the uncertainty and chaos within Afghanistan. Bonds and rates embrace such chaos…

Last Week in Review: Taste of Taper TantrumHome loan rates have crept higher over the last couple of weeks on fears the Fed may taper their bond purchasing program sooner,…

Last Week in Review: Three Things Moving the MarketsThis past week long-term interest rates dropped to the lowest levels in six months but things changed in a “New York Minute”.…

Last Week in Review: The Fed is All Talk and No ActionThis past week long-term interest rates still continue to hover at multi-month lows after the Federal Reserve maintained their…

Last Week in Review: Markets do the Safety DanceLast week’s long-term rates and home loans rates touched the lowest levels since early February mainly due to rising concerns over the Delta…

Last Week in Review: Powell Showers the Bond Market with LoveThis past week long-term interest rates spiked higher in response to a hotter-than-expected consumer inflation print only to come back…

Last Week in Review: Less Equals More for RatesThis past week long-term interest rates fell to their lowest levels since mid-February. Let us go through some reasons why rates declined…