Marc Erickson - Excel Mortgage Brokers - Nmls#1245157

06/06/2026

https://housingnewsletters.com/excelmortgagebrokers/6a232ed5ea04e5f65e8b818f

While they're not yet back to the recent long term highs seen on May 19th, rates surged to 2-week highs on Friday after an exceptionally strong jobs report.

05/29/2026

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05/22/2026

https://housingnewsletters.com/excelmortgagebrokers/6a10a40aea04e5f65e86f1e7

This week ended up being the most volatile for interest rates since late March. By Tuesday, the average mortgage lender was at the highest level in more than 9 months. But ultimately, Friday's rates ended up the same as last Friday's.

05/16/2026

https://housingnewsletters.com/excelmortgagebrokers/6a0787c5f729f0c764aef7d9

It wasn't the best week for mortgage rates with the average lender jumping more than 0.20% from last Friday to the highest level in more than 9 months.

05/08/2026

https://housingnewsletters.com/excelmortgagebrokers/article/69fe2dce697c739204dd2a5c

Wednesday ended up being the most interesting day of the week for rate movement thanks to headlines suggesting The U.S. and Iran were close to signing a on,...

05/01/2026

https://housingnewsletters.com/excelmortgagebrokers/69f4e36ecc67f09101849045

Last week's newsletter noted an exceptional lack of volatility, but this week ended up shifting gears in a noticeable way.

04/24/2026

https://housingnewsletters.com/excelmortgagebrokers/69ebc4d3cc67f091018251e0

If there were a movie about mortgage rates, this week would be the part where they say "it's quiet... almost TOO quiet."

04/17/2026

https://housingnewsletters.com/excelmortgagebrokers/69e28b07cc67f09101800c65

Mortgage lenders consider several factors when deciding where to set mortgage rates. By far and away, the bond market is the most important of those factors. But sometimes rates don't do exactly what the bond market suggests.

04/11/2026

https://housingnewsletters.com/excelmortgagebrokers/69d950fecc67f091017d9eda

Whereas the entire month of March was "up, up, and away" for interest rates, April has been far calmer by comparison.

04/03/2026

https://housingnewsletters.com/excelmortgagebrokers/69cfeb21cc67f091017b4c9a

First things first, mortgage rates remain much higher than they were at the end of February. That said, they definitely did not move higher this week.