Mortgage Rates Hold Near Recent Highs as Market Awaits Fresh Economic Data

Mortgage rates are sitting close to the higher end of their recent range after a small move upward on Thursday. Rates climbed quickly after the Federal Reserve’s late October meeting, but since then, they’ve stayed in a tight window throughout November. Yesterday’s average rate was near the low end of that range, and today it shifted back toward the top.

Because the overall change is small, there’s not much deeper market activity to examine. There was no major economic data released today that pushed the bond market weaker. Instead, the slight increase appears tied to the reopening of the federal government, which has been expected to put mild upward pressure on rates.

This follows earlier warnings that markets might react with higher yields once the shutdown officially ended. That pattern is showing up now, although the movement is still limited.

Looking ahead, bigger changes in mortgage rates will depend on the economic reports that are about to return now that federal agencies are open again. These reports especially inflation and employment data—usually have a strong influence on mortgage pricing. However, updated release dates have not yet been provided, so markets are waiting to see when the data will resume.

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