Federal Reserve
The Federal Reserve started a rate-cutting cycle on Sept. 18, 2025, lowering its benchmark interest rate by 50 basis points (bps) to a range of 4.75% to 5%. The cut was the first since March 2020 after the Fed raised interest rates to a 23-year high point to cool the economy and quell inflation. The Fed cut rates two more times in 2024, each by 25 basis points. It has not cut interest rates so far in 2025.
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The headwinds facing the mortgage industry
Jul 29, 2022On today’s episode, Editor in Chief Sarah Wheeler talks with Managing Editor James Kleimann about Fed rate hikes, home price appreciation, second-quarter earnings, layoffs and more. Articles related to this episode: Fed’s interest rate hike to create less competition in the housing market US economy contracts in Q2, enters ‘technical recession’ HousingWire Daily examines the […]
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Fed’s interest rate hike to create less competition in the housing market
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Logan Mohtashami: Did the Fed blink?
Jul 28, 2022 -
The Fed admits the economy is slowing
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Fed hikes rate by 75 bps, back to 2018 level
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The nation’s housing market is on a correction course
Jul 25, 2022 -
Loan officer poaching and what to expect from the Fed
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Purchase mortgage rates rise ahead of Federal Reserve meeting
Jul 21, 2022 -
Inflation hits highest level in 40 years as housing market sputters
Jul 13, 2022 -
Purchase mortgage rates fall 40 bps amid recession fears
Jul 07, 2022 -
Logan Mohtashami on what the Fed gets wrong about housing
Jul 07, 2022 -
US housing market is at a crossroads
Jun 29, 2022
