Mortgage Rates Today, Apr. 11, 2025: Rates Are Up This Week, Not Down.
Freddie Mac's weekly mortgage rate survey is often out of date by the time it's published each Thursday. This week, it's wildly wrong.
April 11, 2025 3 MIN
Freddie Mac's weekly mortgage rate survey is often out of date by the time it's published each Thursday. This week, it's wildly wrong.
Today's CPI inflation report is often consequential for mortgage rates.
Basis trades: A big danger for mortgage rates. Plus today's Fed minutes.
Yesterday was a bad day for mortgage rates. But severe uncertainty means the rollercoaster ride may continue.
How long will stock indices and mortgage rates, buffeted by tariff fears, continue to fall? That depends on the news.
Jobs reports, such as today's, often move mortgage rates more than any other monthly data. But are markets too traumatized by tariffs to even notice? Stand by.
The tariffs announced yesterday afternoon are more severe than most expected. And that could be good for mortgage rates — for now.
We'll know at 4 p.m. (EST) the full extent of current tariff plans. Nobody knows what those are nor how markets will react to them.
