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Market Updates Mortgage Rates This Week: 7.32% and the First Change-Up Since August After weeks of fastballs coming in high and tight, rates finally threw us a change-up. It’s not a home run for buyers, but it’s the first time since late August that the pitch came in a little slower. ⚾ The Numbers Here’s Freddie Mac’s survey from October 22, 2026: 30-year fixed: 7.32% (last week 7.40%, […]
Market Updates Mortgage Rates This Week: 7.40% and the Pitcher’s Holding the Runner ⚾ Rates didn’t budge this week. Like a pitcher staring down a runner at first, the market is holding still, and nobody’s stealing second just yet. Here’s the scoop. The Numbers Freddie Mac’s weekly survey (October 15, 2026): 30-year fixed: 7.40% (last week 7.40%, a year ago 6.27%) 15-year fixed: 6.71% (last week 6.73%, a year […]
Market Updates Mortgage Rates This Week: 7.40% and the Rates Keep Climbing like The Miz’s Fastball If mortgage rates were a pitcher, the radar gun would be smoking. For the fourth straight week, the 30-year fixed came in higher, and this one’s got some extra heat on it. The headline numbers (Freddie Mac, October 8, 2026) 30-year fixed: 7.40% (last week 7.28%, a year ago 6.30%) 15-year fixed: 6.73% (last week […]
Market Updates September 2026 Market Snapshot: Lancaster, Dauphin, Lebanon & York Counties It’s October, which means playoff baseball and the September real estate numbers are both in. One of those is more fun to watch. I’ll let you guess which. Here is the short version: prices held their ground, buyers have more homes to choose from in all four counties, and mortgage rates climbed back over 7%. […]
Market Updates Mortgage Rates This Week: The Fed Stepped Up to the Plate and Swung Week of September 14-18, 2026 Well, folks, the Federal Reserve just walked up to the plate and took a big cut. On Wednesday, September 16, the Fed raised its benchmark rate by 25 basis points to a range of 3.75%-4.00%. The vote was unanimous, and the Fed signaled more hikes could be on deck. Mortgage […]
Market Updates August 2026 Market Snapshot: Lancaster, Dauphin, Lebanon & York Counties I pulled the real county-level numbers straight from Bright MLS for August 2026 — Lancaster, Dauphin, Lebanon, and York Counties, the four counties I work across. Here’s what’s actually happening, county by county. Lancaster County Still the fastest market of the four: homes are averaging just 7 days on market, with only 1.58 months of […]
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