Hawaii Financial Services, LLC

10/24/2026

https://housingnewsletters.com/hawaiifinancialservices/6adbc7613e5225979166d4ea?s=em

Mortgage rates made it to their lowest levels in a month this week, once again getting a helping hand from trouble in the tech sector.

10/16/2026

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Mortgage rates just had their best week since late March, despite inflation reports that normally would have pushed them higher.

10/09/2026

https://housingnewsletters.com/hawaiifinancialservices/6ac9596a3e522597916248ca?s=em

Mortgage rates had their best week in a while, falling to the lowest levels in 2 weeks. Most of the recent increase is still intact, but investors showed more interest in buying bonds, which helps push mortgage rates lower.

10/02/2026

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This one is going to frustrate a lot of rate watchers.

09/26/2026

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At 9:44am ET on Wednesday, this week's rate story was mostly about waiting for next week's economic data. At 9:45, an unlikely report made the wait a lot more uncomfortable.

09/19/2026

https://housingnewsletters.com/hawaiifinancialservices/6aada8f93e522597915b781b?s=em

It's a common refrain in this newsletter: The Fed does not hike/cut mortgage rates and the two can often move in opposite directions in the short-term.

09/11/2026

https://housingnewsletters.com/hawaiifinancialservices/6aa4701c3e522597915930d3?s=em

Mortgage rates moved sharply higher this week, ultimately reaching their highest levels since early 2025. Most of the damage took place on Wednesday and Thursday, but Friday ultimately made things slightly worse. The average top-tier 30yr fixed rate rose almost a quarter of a percent in total.

09/04/2026

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Mortgage rates hit their highest level since June 2025 this week. While that milestone sounds ominous, it was the product of gradual movement and logical motivations.

08/21/2026

https://housingnewsletters.com/hawaiifinancialservices/article/6a88b1e9de4ce7dc4e9dd2c9

Mortgage rates ended the week moderately higher, but things could have been slightly worse without Wednesday's surprisingly sharp drop in longer-term Treasury yields (a key benchmark for mortgage rates). The cause was an announcement about Treasury's bond buyback program--a subject that made far mo...

06/05/2026