02/23/2026
๐ก ๐๐ผ๐ฟ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ช๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ธ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐๐ฒ๐ฏ๐ฟ๐๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ ๐ฎ๐ฏ, ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ฒ
๐๐ฎ๐๐ ๐ช๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ธ'๐ ๐ ๐ผ๐ฟ๐๐ด๐ฎ๐ด๐ฒ ๐ฅ๐ฎ๐๐ฒ ๐ฅ๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฝ: ๐ฅ๐ฎ๐๐ฒ๐ ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐บ๐ฎ๐ถ๐ป ๐น๐ผ๐ ๐
Mortgage rates were basically unchanged last week, not even showing much movement on a day-to-day basis.
๐ง๐ต๐ถ๐ ๐ช๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ธ'๐ ๐ ๐ผ๐ฟ๐๐ด๐ฎ๐ด๐ฒ ๐ฅ๐ฎ๐๐ฒ ๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐๐: ๐ฅ๐ฎ๐๐ฒ๐ ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐บ๐ฎ๐ถ๐ป ๐น๐ผ๐ ๐ฏ๐๐ ๐๐ป๐น๐ถ๐ธ๐ฒ๐น๐ ๐๐ผ ๐ถ๐บ๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ผ๐๐ฒ ๐
Rates are not likely to make any significant improvement from here unless something unexpected occurs. With little in the way of economic data or other fundamental events to help improve mortgage bond prices, the basis for mortgage rates, it is unlikely we see rates move much lower. On the flip side, it is also unlikely that rates will creep higher. Any moves we do see this week should be small.
๐ ๐ช๐ต๐ฎ๐โ๐ ๐ฎ๐ณ๐ณ๐ฒ๐ฐ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐๐ฒ๐ ๐๐ต๐ถ๐ ๐๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ธ:
- Economic data: There are only a couple of weekly labor reports on the calendar this week, along with wholesale inflation data on Friday. None of these are likely to have much effect on mortgage rates.
- The Fed: Normally the outlook for potential Fed rate cuts plays a role in mortgage rates, but markets are currently not expecting a rate cut until June at the earliest, and even that is only a coin-flip proposition according to markets.