Hawaii Financial Services, LLC

06/05/2026

05/30/2026

https://housingnewsletters.com/hawaiifinancialservices/6a19e49fea04e5f65e8938ea?s=em

Some news stories called out this week's mortgage rates as being the highest since last August, and while many of them came out only yesterday, this is really old news from last week.

05/22/2026

https://housingnewsletters.com/hawaiifinancialservices/6a10a407ea04e5f65e86f0fd?s=em

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.

05/08/2026

https://housingnewsletters.com/hawaiifinancialservices/69fe342fcc67f0910186d977?s=em

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 one page memo to end the war.

05/02/2026

https://housingnewsletters.com/hawaiifinancialservices/69f4e36bcc67f09101848f59?s=em

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/hawaiifinancialservices/69ebc4d0cc67f091018250f3?s=em

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

04/10/2026

https://housingnewsletters.com/hawaiifinancialservices/69d950fbcc67f091017d9dea?s=em

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

11/21/2025

https://housingnewsletters.com/hawaiifinancialservices/6920c0648c2720ee1c9b1fce?s=em

This week marked the return of delayed economic data from the government shutdown. Specifically, we received the important jobs report that was set to come out in early October.