Best Mortgage Refinance Rates - Jul. 18, 2025
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As the housing market continues to evolve in the shadow of persistent inflation and shifting buyer behavior, this week’s economic data provides important clues for both policymakers and home shoppers.
Headwinds for mortgage rates arrived Tuesday in the form of rising inflation, which likely ends the faint hopes of a Fed rate cut in July.
While any rate watcher's bingo card should always have a few squares devoted to "unchanged, flat, etc.," this week's had at least as many squares reserved for a big reaction to inflation data. Specifically,
Mortgage rates remain high, leaving homebuyers weighing whether to act now or wait for potential relief. Melissa Cohn, regional vice president at William Raveis Mortgage, explains how Federal Reserve signals,
Inflation has come down in 2025 — but the latest figures are still well above the 2 per cent target and rising
Inflation is dropping. Will mortgage rates fall, too? While the inflation rate has not yet met the target rate of 2% set by the Fed, the new inflation data shows significant progress.
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Weekly Mortgage Rates Rise as Tariffs’ Effects EmergeThe numbers for June came in pretty much as economists had predicted — a moderate increase from last month. The rate of inflation rose 0.3% from May to June, and was up 2.7% compared to June 2024. In other words, if it feels like everyday goods cost more, it's because many of them do.
What's inflation got to do with mortgage rates?? A lot, according to housing market experts. This week's release of the Consumer Price Index for February, which measures changes in the cost of ...
Here's what that means for mortgage rates. At a basic level, inflation is a measure of how much the prices of goods and services are increasing over time. When inflation is high, ...
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