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Horticulture rates have climbed for another straight week, despite federal Reserve Cutting its first interest rate in about a year, underlining that a range of factor affects the cost of borrowing.
Freddy Mac reported on Thursday that the average rate at the benchmark is 30-year-old fixed Hostage roses Last week 6.34%, 6.3%. A year ago, according to its latest primary market survey, the rate was 6.12%.
The mortgage rate climbs for another straight week
When? Lenders set Mortgage rates, they look at broad market forces. These include the price of 10-year Treasury yield as well as the price of mortgage-supported securities (MBS). To banker,
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“The mortgage rates closely track 10-year-old treasury yields, which turn into real-time with new economic data and market expectations,” senior economic research analyst Hannah Jones told Realtor.com’s senior economic research analyst Hannah Jones.
Horticulture rates reach the lowest level since October 2024
Horticulture rates are also shaped by economy, inflation, government policies and global events. A borrower’s credit score, down page size, loan-to-i ratio, property type and debt option, according to the banker, help determine their specific rates.
Federal Reserve Board Chairman Jerome Powell held a news conference on June 18, 2025 after a Federal Open Market Committee meeting at Washington, DC. (Win McNamee / Getty Image / Getty Image)
On 17 September, the Federal Open Market Committee cut the Federal Funds Rate in 25 basis points since December 2024, along with the move, Fed Chair Zerome Powell emphasized that future decisions would remain data-deamen, stopping a stable speed of the cut, Jones said.
,Was investors Expecting strong guidance on additional cuts in 2025, and the trench between those expectations and alert messages of the fed pushed the 10 -year treasury yield, and with it, the mortgage rates, higher, “Jones told Fox Business.
Prior to the announcement of the Fed, the markets assumed that a rate was cut, so the treasury yield was dropped, and briefly drowned the hostage rates, he said.
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“According to the price of cuts cut before the Fed announcement, the mortgage rates were temporarily brought down,” Jones said, Jones said. “But because the Fed reduced the signal to further reducing a clear path, investors rearranged their approach, sent 10 years yield, and sent the mortgage rates back.”
Jiyi Joo, senior economist at realtor.com, said the rates are expected to live in a tight border as the markets weigh the implications of the government’s shutdown.
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“The time of this dissolution is particularly sensitive, after the Federal Reserve came immediately after the policy rates were cut in nine months.”
Fox Business’ Matthew Kazin contributed to this report.
