Kelly Cuffe
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Mortgage Market Update March 17, 2025
17 March 2025
Prior Week Mortgage Rate Markets Comparison: Over the past three weeks, we’ve traded mostly sideways (unchanged), which makes this the best rate run we’ve seen since October 2024 due to its longevity. Overall, data and events ended up cancelling each other out which is a good thing. We’re sitting in a much better position than […]
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Mortgage Market Update February 26, 2025: Rates have moved lower… but do we have the economic data to trust the drop is here to stay?
27 February 2025
I’m going to keep this market update short and sweet as the story for March rates will be told by Friday’s upcoming January PCE Price Index report. However, as we’ve finally witnessed some mortgage rate drops in the past few weeks (I love it!), I wanted to push out a few helpful analytics heading into […]
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Mortgage Market Update February 5, 2025: A Lot Going on at the Moment
05 February 2025
Whew, in the light of what has been an incredibly eventful start for markets in 2025, I’m going to choose my top three topics this week to break down into further detail. AI Helping Mortgage Rates: Investors Sought Safety in Bonds after Deepseek Surprise Does it seem to anyone else like this event took place […]
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Hot Topic: Let’s Talk VA Loan Assumptions
28 January 2025
Hot Topic: Let’s Talk VA Assumptions For many military service members, veterans, and their families, a VA loan is a valuable benefit that makes homeownership more accessible. One unique feature to a VA loan is that in some instances, the loan can be assumed by another buyer, even if they are not eligible for VA […]
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Mortgage Market Update January 21, 2025
21 January 2025
Good news for rates this week! Let’s break it down. Today, we celebrate as long-term mortgage interest rates are finally clocking some wins with a few days of price gains. Green candlestick trading days are positive trading territory (higher yields) which results in lower long-term mortgage rates. See my red circle on the chart below from […]
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