Fed Rate Expectations Have Fully Erased The Tariff Impact (For Now)
The market is constantly making bets on where the Fed Funds Rate will end up…
sophia@loansites.comMay 10, 2025
Rates Move Up After Stronger Economic Data
Whether you refer to it as "strong," or "not as bad as feared," this week's…
Markets Calmed Down Immensely This Week—Lowest Rates Since April 7th
Please note that this newsletter is fiercely apolitical. There is no judgment on whether any…
sophia@loansites.comApril 26, 2025
Mortgage Rates Are Actually Much Lower This Week
Last week, there was a curious, but not uncommon juxtaposition of widespread headlines claiming "lower…
sophia@loansites.comApril 18, 2025
Biggest Weekly Jump For Rates In Quite a While. Will it Keep Going or Calm Down?
Whether we're talking about mortgage rates or a quintessential yard stick of the rate world…
sophia@loansites.comApril 12, 2025
Lowest Rates Since October as Tariffs Spark Staggering Volatility
It was a great week for fans of chaos, volatility, and low interest rates as…
sophia@loansites.comApril 5, 2025
Inflation Told Rates to Rise. Rates Didn’t Listen
Heading into the week, market watchers knew (or thought they knew) that Friday's PCE inflation data…
sophia@loansites.comMarch 29, 2025
If The Fed Didn’t Cut Rates This Week, Why Did Rates Fall?
Interest rates improved fairly steadily throughout the week with the biggest drop seen after Wednesday's…
sophia@loansites.comMarch 22, 2025
Interest Rates Had a Boring Week, And That’s a Good Thing
Rates rocketed lower with stunning consistency starting in late February. They finally bounced last week,…
sophia@loansites.comMarch 14, 2025
The Secret Reason That Rates Bounced This Week
There's a lot for financial markets to digest at the moment. Over the past few…
sophia@loansites.comMarch 8, 2025
