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Mortgage rates will fall today following a weaker-than-expected jobs report that increases the odds of a September rate cut. U.S. employers added 73,000 jobs in July, fewer than the roughly 100,000 expected by forecasters. Almost all of the job creation previously reported for May and June was revised away and the unemployment rate ticked up

A late-summer window of opportunity with relatively low mortgage rates is upon us, but it may be short-lived.  Late August is typically a slow time for housing activity, with people on vacation and preparing kids to return to school. With mortgage rates now falling on news coming out of a Fed meeting in Jackson Hole

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The average rate on the popular 30-year fixed mortgage surged 13 basis points Friday to 7.1%, according to Mortgage News Daily. That’s the highest rate since mid-February. Mortgage rates have been on a roller coaster ride all week, as bond yields spiked higher mid-week when President Donald Trump’s new tariffs on dozens of countries went into effect.

Freddie Mac Mortgage Rates—April 10, 2025 What happened to mortgage rates this week The Freddie Mac rate for a 30-year loan moved mostly sideways this week, dropping just 2 basis points, to 6.62%, as markets reacted to the ever-changing news around tariffs. The 10-year Treasury dipped below 4% last week as investors fled the stock

Network economist Timothy Peterson warns that if the US Federal Reserve holds off on rate cuts in 2025, it may cause a broader market downturn, potentially dragging Bitcoin back toward $70,000. “What it needs is a trigger. I think that trigger may be as simple as the Fed not cutting rates at all this year,”

The European Central Bank (ECB) has cut interest rates to 2.65%, down from its previous peak of 4.5%. This move follows a global trend where central banks are easing financial policies to support economic growth. In the U.S., traders expect at least three rate cuts from the Federal Reserve in 2025, while Germany and China

Nada Choueiri, Deputy Director of the International Monetary Fund’s (IMF) Asia-Pacific Department and its mission chief for Japan, said on Friday that the “Bank of Japan (BoJ) is likely to raise interest rates again this year.” Additional quotes See them reaching levels deemed neutral to the economy by end-2027...