Lourdes Berg, Mortgage Lender

Lourdes Berg, Mortgage Lender Providing opportunities for low rates, hassle free mortgages for buying or refinancing a home throughout Florida. Bright Vision NMLS #148966

๐Ÿ‘ ๐—”๐˜€ ๐—ฎ ๐—น๐—ผ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—บ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜๐—ด๐—ฎ๐—ด๐—ฒ ๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ณ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—น, ๐—บ๐˜† ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฝ๐˜‚๐˜๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฑ๐˜€ ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐˜ƒ๐—ถ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ฎ ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐˜๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—ฒ๐˜…๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ป ๐˜๐—ต๐—ผ๐˜€๐—ฒ ๐—ฏ๐—ถ๐—ด ๐—ฏ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ธ๐˜€ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—น๐—ถ...
09/08/2023

๐Ÿ‘ ๐—”๐˜€ ๐—ฎ ๐—น๐—ผ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—บ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜๐—ด๐—ฎ๐—ด๐—ฒ ๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ณ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—น, ๐—บ๐˜† ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฝ๐˜‚๐˜๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฑ๐˜€ ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐˜ƒ๐—ถ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ฎ ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐˜๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—ฒ๐˜…๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ป ๐˜๐—ต๐—ผ๐˜€๐—ฒ ๐—ฏ๐—ถ๐—ด ๐—ฏ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ธ๐˜€ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—น๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฒ ๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€.

Getting a mortgage doesn't have to be frustrating and confusing. ๐Ÿ˜  If you have the right person guiding you through the process, it can be easy and more convenient! ๐Ÿ˜€

๐—œ๐—ณ ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚'๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ธ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ฎ๐—ฏ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐˜ ๐—ฏ๐˜‚๐˜†๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ฎ ๐—ต๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ฒ, ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ณ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ต๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ฒ ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚ ๐—ฎ๐—น๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐˜† ๐—ผ๐˜„๐—ป, ๐—น๐—ฒ๐˜ ๐—บ๐—ฒ ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐—ด๐˜‚๐—ถ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ.

There's never any obligation or fees when we talk. I can help you get a great low rate, find out how much home you can comfortably afford, and also help you get pre qualified or pre approved (ask me about the difference!).

I hope to hear from you soon!

๐Ÿก ๐—™๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐˜„๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ธ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐—ฆ๐—ฒ๐—ฝ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐Ÿฑ, ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฏ๐—Ÿ๐—ฎ๐˜€๐˜ ๐—ช๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ธ'๐˜€ ๐— ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜๐—ด๐—ฎ๐—ด๐—ฒ ๐—ฅ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ ๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—ฝ: ๐—ฅ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐—บ๐—ผ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐—น๐—ผ๐˜„๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐Ÿ‘Mortgage rates moved lower for th...
09/05/2023

๐Ÿก ๐—™๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐˜„๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ธ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐—ฆ๐—ฒ๐—ฝ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐Ÿฑ, ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฏ

๐—Ÿ๐—ฎ๐˜€๐˜ ๐—ช๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ธ'๐˜€ ๐— ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜๐—ด๐—ฎ๐—ด๐—ฒ ๐—ฅ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ ๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—ฝ: ๐—ฅ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐—บ๐—ผ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐—น๐—ผ๐˜„๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐Ÿ‘
Mortgage rates moved lower for the first time in a few weeks, as data showed the labor market is still strong but is normalizing and unemployment moved higher.

๐—ง๐—ต๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐—ช๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ธ'๐˜€ ๐— ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜๐—ด๐—ฎ๐—ด๐—ฒ ๐—ฅ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ ๐—™๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐˜€๐˜: ๐—ฅ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ธ๐—ฒ๐—น๐˜† ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—บ๐—ผ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ ๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐Ÿ‘Ž
This week we could see mortgage rates move off of the best levels seen last week, although we aren't likely to see them move too high too quickly. There is little in the way of economic data this week to set a direction, and rates are likely to move at least slightly day-to-day and could show some volatility during the day. Rates are likely near the lower end of the current range, and it may be a good idea to discuss locking in with your mortgage professional if you are in the process of obtaining a mortgage.

๐Ÿ—“๏ธ ๐—ช๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜'๐˜€ ๐—ฎ๐—ณ๐—ณ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐˜„๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ธ:
- Inflation data: Markets will speculate what next week's CPI consumer inflation data will show, and how it will affect future Fed rate hikes.
- Economic data: There is little in the way of data this week that will affect mortgage rates.
- The Fed: Markets are starting to price in one more Fed rate hike to come in November, which puts pressure on mortgage rates to move higher.

๐Ÿ˜Ž ๐Ÿ‰ ๐—›๐—ฎ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ ๐—ณ๐˜‚๐—ป ๐˜๐—ต๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐˜„๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ธ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฑ! ๐Ÿšค ๐Ÿฆ
09/01/2023

๐Ÿ˜Ž ๐Ÿ‰ ๐—›๐—ฎ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ ๐—ณ๐˜‚๐—ป ๐˜๐—ต๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐˜„๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ธ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฑ! ๐Ÿšค ๐Ÿฆ

๐Ÿก ๐—™๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐˜„๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ธ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐—”๐˜‚๐—ด๐˜‚๐˜€๐˜ ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿด, ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฏ๐—Ÿ๐—ฎ๐˜€๐˜ ๐—ช๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ธ'๐˜€ ๐— ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜๐—ด๐—ฎ๐—ด๐—ฒ ๐—ฅ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ ๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—ฝ: ๐—ฅ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐—บ๐—ผ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐˜€๐—น๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ต๐˜๐—น๐˜† ๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐Ÿ‘ŽMortgage rates hit new hi...
08/28/2023

๐Ÿก ๐—™๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐˜„๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ธ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐—”๐˜‚๐—ด๐˜‚๐˜€๐˜ ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿด, ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฏ

๐—Ÿ๐—ฎ๐˜€๐˜ ๐—ช๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ธ'๐˜€ ๐— ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜๐—ด๐—ฎ๐—ด๐—ฒ ๐—ฅ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ ๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—ฝ: ๐—ฅ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐—บ๐—ผ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐˜€๐—น๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ต๐˜๐—น๐˜† ๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐Ÿ‘Ž
Mortgage rates hit new highs early in the week before falling back to end the week only slightly higher. Fed Chair Jerome Powell's speech on Friday didn't contain any surprises, so basically left mortgage rates unaffected.

๐—ง๐—ต๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐—ช๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ธ'๐˜€ ๐— ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜๐—ด๐—ฎ๐—ด๐—ฒ ๐—ฅ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ ๐—™๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐˜€๐˜: ๐—ฅ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—น๐—ฑ ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ ๐˜ƒ๐—ผ๐—น๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—น๐—ฒ โš ๏ธ
This week will see mortgage rates react to lots of economic data, most of it about the labor market. If the data shows the labor market is beginning to soften, it could help mortgage rates take a break from recent increases. However, if markets see signs of further labor market strength, we could see mortgage rates creep higher. Rates are not likely to move much lower from here though.

๐Ÿ—“๏ธ ๐—ช๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜'๐˜€ ๐—ฎ๐—ณ๐—ณ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐˜„๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ธ:
- Labor market data: This week has lots of reports on the labor market, starting with Tuesday's Job Opening and Labor Turnover Survey, then Wednesday's ADP private payrolls report, Thursday's unemployment claims, and on Friday the data most likely to push mortgage rates higher or lower... non-farm payrolls and wage data.
- The Fed: Markets are starting to price in one more Fed rate hike to come in November, which puts pressure on mortgage rates to move higher.

๐Ÿก ๐—™๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐˜„๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ธ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐—”๐˜‚๐—ด๐˜‚๐˜€๐˜ ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿญ, ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฏ๐—Ÿ๐—ฎ๐˜€๐˜ ๐—ช๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ธ'๐˜€ ๐— ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜๐—ด๐—ฎ๐—ด๐—ฒ ๐—ฅ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ ๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—ฝ: ๐—ฅ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐—บ๐—ผ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐Ÿ‘ŽMortgage rates continued to rise l...
08/21/2023

๐Ÿก ๐—™๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐˜„๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ธ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐—”๐˜‚๐—ด๐˜‚๐˜€๐˜ ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿญ, ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฏ

๐—Ÿ๐—ฎ๐˜€๐˜ ๐—ช๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ธ'๐˜€ ๐— ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜๐—ด๐—ฎ๐—ด๐—ฒ ๐—ฅ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ ๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—ฝ: ๐—ฅ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐—บ๐—ผ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐Ÿ‘Ž
Mortgage rates continued to rise last week and hit the highest levels of the year, without any signs of a weakening economy or a softening jobs market. Talk of a recession, which would have helped bring mortgage rates back down, has all but disappeared and has been replaced with talk of a soft landing... the term used for seeing cooling inflation while maintaining a strong labor market and economy.

๐—ง๐—ต๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐—ช๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ธ'๐˜€ ๐— ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜๐—ด๐—ฎ๐—ด๐—ฒ ๐—ฅ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ ๐—™๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐˜€๐˜: ๐—ฅ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—น๐—ฑ ๐—ด๐—ฒ๐˜ ๐˜„๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜€๐—ฒ ๐Ÿ‘Ž
The outlook right now is that rates could continue higher, and may not see improvement without some help from next month's labor and inflation reports. Rates already starting this week out higher than last week, as bond yields rise and mortgage bonds lose ground.

๐Ÿ—“๏ธ ๐—ช๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜'๐˜€ ๐—ฎ๐—ณ๐—ณ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐˜„๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ธ:
- The Fed: Mortgage rates will not move much lower until expectations for future Fed rate cuts start to grow. Instead of cuts though, we could see markets price in another Fed rate hike before the end of the year, which would pressure mortgage rates even higher.
- Jackson Hole Symposium: Fed Chair Powell will speak about the outlook of the economy on Friday morning, and we could see mortgage rates affected by his speech.

๐Ÿ“ˆ โš ๏ธ ๐— ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜๐—ด๐—ฎ๐—ด๐—ฒ ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐—บ๐—ผ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฟ... ๐—ก๐—ข๐—ช ๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ถ๐—บ๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ฏ๐˜‚๐˜†! ๐Ÿ WHAT? ๐ŸคฏSeriously... and ๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐˜„๐—ต๐˜†:๐Ÿ‘‰ ๐—ช๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ป ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฟ...
08/18/2023

๐Ÿ“ˆ โš ๏ธ ๐— ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜๐—ด๐—ฎ๐—ด๐—ฒ ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐—บ๐—ผ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฟ... ๐—ก๐—ข๐—ช ๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ถ๐—บ๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ฏ๐˜‚๐˜†! ๐Ÿ 

WHAT? ๐Ÿคฏ

Seriously... and ๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐˜„๐—ต๐˜†:

๐Ÿ‘‰ ๐—ช๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ป ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฟ, ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐—น๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜€ ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐˜๐—ถ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป, resulting in a wider selection and a better price. It's no secret that inventory is low, and it's hard to find a home in this market that doesn't turn into a bidding war. Higher rates help reduce the number of home shoppers and offers, resulting in less competition for homes and a better price.

๐Ÿ‘‰ ๐—œ๐˜'๐˜€ ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ธ๐—ฒ ๐—ฝ๐˜‚๐˜๐˜๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—บ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐˜† ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฏ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ธ. Rates have moved higher, but so are home prices. Although you'll be paying more in interest, you'll be building equity as home prices rise as well as paying down your loan. While there is no guarantee that home prices will continue to move higher, tight inventory makes it likely.

๐Ÿ‘‰ ๐—š๐—ฒ๐˜ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ต๐—ผ๐˜‚๐˜€๐—ฒ ๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐—ฎ ๐—น๐—ผ๐˜„๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ ๐—ป๐—ผ๐˜„ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ด๐—ฒ๐˜ ๐—น๐—ผ๐˜„๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ ๐—น๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ. When rates fall, home prices usually move higher as demand drives up the offers. Waiting for rates to fall means you may not be saving anything at all, and could possibly end up with a higher payment instead. If you buy now, you can always look into refinancing when rates fall, and you'll have the lower purchase price AND the lower rate!

Give me a call, email, text, or DM me to talk more about how I can help you own a home, since these rates are not going lower anytime soon.

๐Ÿก ๐—™๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐˜„๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ธ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐—”๐˜‚๐—ด๐˜‚๐˜€๐˜ ๐Ÿญ๐Ÿฐ, ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฏ๐—Ÿ๐—ฎ๐˜€๐˜ ๐—ช๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ธ'๐˜€ ๐— ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜๐—ด๐—ฎ๐—ด๐—ฒ ๐—ฅ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ ๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—ฝ: ๐—ฅ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐—บ๐—ผ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐Ÿ‘ŽMortgage rates moved higher last w...
08/14/2023

๐Ÿก ๐—™๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐˜„๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ธ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐—”๐˜‚๐—ด๐˜‚๐˜€๐˜ ๐Ÿญ๐Ÿฐ, ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฏ

๐—Ÿ๐—ฎ๐˜€๐˜ ๐—ช๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ธ'๐˜€ ๐— ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜๐—ด๐—ฎ๐—ด๐—ฒ ๐—ฅ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ ๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—ฝ: ๐—ฅ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐—บ๐—ผ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐Ÿ‘Ž
Mortgage rates moved higher last week, despite consumer inflation data coming in at or better than expectations. Rates started the day Thursday improved, but most lenders repriced to worse rates as the day progressed and markets lost ground. Friday was another bad day for rates.

๐—ง๐—ต๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐—ช๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ธ'๐˜€ ๐— ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜๐—ด๐—ฎ๐—ด๐—ฒ ๐—ฅ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ ๐—™๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐˜€๐˜: ๐—ฅ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—น๐—ฑ ๐—บ๐—ผ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ ๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐Ÿ‘Ž
This week doesn't show any signs that rates may improve, and there isn't a lot of economic data to look to for help. The outlook right now is that rates may move to the highest levels of the year this week, and are not likely to improve much from here in the foreseeable future.

๐Ÿ—“๏ธ ๐—ช๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜'๐˜€ ๐—ฎ๐—ณ๐—ณ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐˜„๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ธ:
- Economic data: Not much on the calendar this week that will affect rates, but markets will be watching Tuesday's retail sales data and Thursday's unemployment claims. Signs of a strong economy are not good for mortgage rates.
- The Fed: Mortgage rates will struggle to improve if markets increase expectations that the Fed could raise its policy rate again this year. Mortgage rates will not move much lower until the Fed begins cutting its policy rate, which isn't expected to happen until sometime next year at the earliest.

๐Ÿก ๐—™๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐˜„๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ธ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐—”๐˜‚๐—ด๐˜‚๐˜€๐˜ ๐Ÿณ, ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฏ๐—Ÿ๐—ฎ๐˜€๐˜ ๐—ช๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ธ'๐˜€ ๐— ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜๐—ด๐—ฎ๐—ด๐—ฒ ๐—ฅ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ ๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—ฝ: ๐—ฅ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐˜€๐—น๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ต๐˜๐—น๐˜† ๐˜„๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜€๐—ฒ ๐Ÿ‘ŽMortgage rates once again saw a l...
08/07/2023

๐Ÿก ๐—™๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐˜„๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ธ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐—”๐˜‚๐—ด๐˜‚๐˜€๐˜ ๐Ÿณ, ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฏ

๐—Ÿ๐—ฎ๐˜€๐˜ ๐—ช๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ธ'๐˜€ ๐— ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜๐—ด๐—ฎ๐—ด๐—ฒ ๐—ฅ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ ๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—ฝ: ๐—ฅ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐˜€๐—น๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ต๐˜๐—น๐˜† ๐˜„๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜€๐—ฒ ๐Ÿ‘Ž
Mortgage rates once again saw a lot of volatility, this time moving steadily higher through the week before improving Friday on weaker than expected jobs data.

๐—ง๐—ต๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐—ช๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ธ'๐˜€ ๐— ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜๐—ด๐—ฎ๐—ด๐—ฒ ๐—ฅ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ ๐—™๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐˜€๐˜: ๐—ฅ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—น๐—ฑ ๐—ถ๐—บ๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ ๐Ÿ‘
This week brings new inflation data, as well as a slew of Treasury auctions that could cause some volatility for mortgage rates. However, the current outlook is that the data will be good for rates.

๐Ÿ—“๏ธ ๐—ช๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜'๐˜€ ๐—ฎ๐—ณ๐—ณ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐˜„๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ธ:
- Inflation data: Consumer inflation data comes out Thursday, with wholesale inflation data coming out on Friday. If the data shows that inflation is moving lower, mortgage rates could improve on the news. However, if the data shows inflation is heating back up we could see mortgage rates move higher, although that is much less likely.
- Treasury auctions: Mortgage rates are influenced by the price of Treasuries, and a large issuance of new debt this week could push yields higher, which would also mean slightly higher mortgage rates could follow.
- The Fed: Mortgage rates currently reflect the belief that the Fed is done raising rates, but if strong economic data causes markets to anticipate another potential hike we could see mortgage rates move higher.

๐Ÿก ๐—™๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐˜„๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ธ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐—๐˜‚๐—น๐˜† ๐Ÿฏ๐Ÿญ, ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฏ๐—Ÿ๐—ฎ๐˜€๐˜ ๐—ช๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ธ'๐˜€ ๐— ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜๐—ด๐—ฎ๐—ด๐—ฒ ๐—ฅ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ ๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—ฝ: ๐—ฅ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐˜€๐—น๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ต๐˜๐—น๐˜† ๐˜„๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜€๐—ฒ ๐Ÿ‘ŽMortgage rates saw a lot of volati...
07/31/2023

๐Ÿก ๐—™๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐˜„๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ธ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐—๐˜‚๐—น๐˜† ๐Ÿฏ๐Ÿญ, ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฏ

๐—Ÿ๐—ฎ๐˜€๐˜ ๐—ช๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ธ'๐˜€ ๐— ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜๐—ด๐—ฎ๐—ด๐—ฒ ๐—ฅ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ ๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—ฝ: ๐—ฅ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐˜€๐—น๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ต๐˜๐—น๐˜† ๐˜„๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜€๐—ฒ ๐Ÿ‘Ž
Mortgage rates saw a lot of volatility last week, improving on Wednesday after the Fed meeting only to jump unexpectedly on Thursday when economic data came in showing the economy is not slowing down at all and a recession is unlikely. Rates rebounded a bit on Friday, but still ended the week higher.

๐—ง๐—ต๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐—ช๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ธ'๐˜€ ๐— ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜๐—ด๐—ฎ๐—ด๐—ฒ ๐—ฅ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ ๐—™๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐˜€๐˜: ๐—ฅ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—น๐—ฑ ๐—บ๐—ผ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ ๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐Ÿ‘Ž
Mortgage rates are more likely to creep higher than to improve much, but a lot depends on the jobs data that comes in this week. Rates are not likely to move significantly lower from here unless we see signs of labor market weakness and a slowing economy, which doesn't look likely.

๐Ÿ—“๏ธ ๐—ช๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜'๐˜€ ๐—ฎ๐—ณ๐—ณ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐˜„๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ธ:
- Economic data: There are multiple reports this week about the labor market, but Friday's jobs and wage data are most likely to have the biggest effect. Signs of a strong labor market with lots of new jobs created and low unemployment could push rates higher. Data showing labor market weakness would be a surprise.
- The Fed: With lots of data between now and the September Fed meeting, mortgage rates do not yet reflect any future Fed rate hikes. If expectations grow the Fed will continue hiking, mortgage rates will move higher.

๐Ÿ˜ณ "The Fed just hiked mortgage rates!!!"โŒ (Don't panic, this isn't true!)Many people confuse rate increases made by the ...
07/27/2023

๐Ÿ˜ณ "The Fed just hiked mortgage rates!!!"

โŒ (Don't panic, this isn't true!)

Many people confuse rate increases made by the Fed (to the fed funds rate) with an increase in mortgage rates. However, that's not the case.

Why is that? ๐Ÿคทโ€โ™‚๏ธ

โœ… The simple answer is that the Fed rate hikes are intended to slow down the economy and hopefully curb inflation. The Fed does not set mortgage rates or any other consumer rates, but all of those rates are affected by the Fed's rate hikes. When markets anticipate the Fed will raise rates, mortgage rates do move higher, but months in advance of actual rate hikes. Remember when rates moved higher in June? That was when markets anticipated that a July Fed rate hike was likely, and reacted. Once the Fed actually raised rates yesterday, markets had already anticipated the hike and it had been factored into current mortgage rates.

Although it is a bit more complex than that, the main takeaway here is that ๐Ÿ‘‰ MORTGAGE RATES DID NOT GET WORSE! ๐Ÿ‘ˆ

In fact, the rates you have access to may even have improved.

If you'd like me to take a look at your situation and see what rates are available to you, reach out anytime. I'd love to help you.

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