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Emanuel Stewart March 24, 2025

What’s Ahead For Mortgage Rates This Week – March 24th, 2025

The previous week had the Federal Reserve making their first rate decision since the Trump administration had taken office. With many uncertainties about the current direction of things, the Federal Reserve had decided there would not be any change necessary to the current rates. Stating that the current inflation and economic conditions have largely been a result of the Trump administration’s policies on tariffs. Chairman Powell has been strongly dovish at this point, stating they would need to “see how things actually work out.” There were a slew of other minor data releases but none were far reaching in their impact on the economy and current direction of things.

FOMC Rate Decision

Faced with pressing concerns over the impact tariffs will have on a slowing economy, the rate-setting Federal Open Market Committee kept its key borrowing rate targeted in a range between 4.25%-4.5%, where it has been since December. Markets had been pricing in virtually zero chance of a move at this week’s two-day policy meeting.

Primary Mortgage Market Survey Index

• 15-Yr FRM rates saw an increase of 0.03% with the current rate at 5.83%
• 30-Yr FRM rates saw an increase of 0.02% with the current rate at 6.67%

MND Rate Index

• 30-Yr FHA rates saw a decrease of -0.13% for this week. Current rates at 6.15%
• 30-Yr VA rates saw a decrease of -0.13% for this week. Current rates at 6.17%

Jobless Claims

Initial Claims were reported to be 223,000 compared to the expected claims of 225,000. The prior week landed at 221,000.

What’s Ahead

Next week should feature a slew of data releases, most notably the GDP Estimates, S&P Global US Manufacturing / Services PMI estimates, Consumer Confidence, Consumer Sentiment (Univ. of Michigan), and Personal Income & Spending.

Filed Under: Financial Reports Tagged With: Financial Report, Jobless Claims, Mortgage Rates

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