30-year Fixed Jumps to 7.45%

The rates themselves. As of Thursday, September 24, the 30-year fixed jumped 19 basis points in a single day to 7.45% on Mortgage News Daily’s daily index — the highest level since April 2024 — and it’s ticked up again since, sitting just under 7.5% as of...

August Pending Home Sales Move Higher

Pending home sales edged up in August 2026, but the modest monthly gain did not erase the broader slowdown. Contract signings rose 0.3% from July and fell 4.7% from a year earlier, according to the National Association of REALTORS® (NAR). August market snapshot The...