Today’s post is written by Michael Green, Senior Commercial Loan Originator with Counsel Mortgage Group, LLC. Mike writes monthly on the commercial mortgage market. Check back each month for his commentary. The graph immediately below is from 3-13-26, 2 weeks into the Iran War. In January, forecasters, economists, etc. were fairly unified in forecasting a...
Category: 10-Year T-Note
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PRESIDENT TRUMP IS IN YOUR CORNER FOR CRE
Today’s post is written by Michael Green, Senior Commercial Loan Originator with Counsel Mortgage Group, LLC. Mike writes monthly on the commercial mortgage market. Check back each month for his commentary. Where do you find the confidence to invest in CRE in the current economic and geopolitical environment? In our BLOG 2 months ago,...
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AMERICA NOW WITH TRUMP 2.0
Today’s post is written by Michael Green, Senior Commercial Loan Originator with Counsel Mortgage Group, LLC. Mike writes monthly on the commercial mortgage market. Check back each month for his commentary. The 10-year Treasury yield is more important to CRE than whatever the level of the federal funds rate may be. That’s why the recent...
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NOVEMBER 2024 INTEREST RATES AND VALUES UPDATE
The Fed reduced the Fed Funds rate by 0.75% in the last few months, but mortgage rates have not come down. Currently, the Freddie Mac Primary Mortgage Market Survey shows the 30-year fixed mortgage rate at 6.84%. You can see the rate increased after the Fed decreased the Fed Funds rate in mid-September. The Fed...
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MORTGAGE RATES DIPPED
MORTGAGE RATES DIPPED In our post last week, we showed you how the yield on the 10-year bond dipped under 4% and that is a leading indicator and mortgage rates may be coming down. Well, yesterday, Freddie Mac’s Primary Mortgage Market Survey showed the 30-year fixed mortgage at 6.47%, the lowest it has been in...
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WILL MORTGAGE RATES GO UP OR DOWN? LOOK TO THE 10-YEAR T-NOTE
In order to determine where mortgage rates will go on a day-to-day basis, we look at the yield on the 10-year Treasury Note. This is a leading indicator for mortgage rates. If the yield on the 10-year Note goes down, then mortgage rates typically follow. On the other hand, if the yield goes up, then...