
30-Year Mortgage Rate Hits 7.45%, a Two-Year High
The benchmark 30-year fixed mortgage rate surged to 7.45%, its steepest level since early 2024, as rising Treasury yields and a hawkish Federal Reserve posture signal renewed financial tightening…
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Lennar (LEN) fell 5.4% and D.R. Horton (DHI) lost 3.8% after hot inflation data raised rate worries
1d ago
Lennar (LEN) led homebuilders higher as D.R. Horton rose 4.4% on hopes of relief for mortgage rates.
Oct 16
Up from 7.03% a week earlier, the rate is at its highest since Trump took office, weighing on Lennar (LEN).
Oct 7
August's 615,000 pace barely topped July's floor; rates rose from 6.67% to 7.25% after the Fed hike.
Sep 24
August starts hit 1.24M (ITB -1.1%), an 8% miss as 6.76% rates deter builders for a second straight month.
Sep 17
Lennar (LEN) faces Q3 results Wednesday; analysts expect a 35% EPS drop as mortgage buydown costs gut margins.
Sep 13

The benchmark 30-year fixed mortgage rate surged to 7.45%, its steepest level since early 2024, as rising Treasury yields and a hawkish Federal Reserve posture signal renewed financial tightening…

Lennar's Q3 EPS miss and 9.2% new-order decline prompt a FY26 delivery cut to 80,000-81,000 homes, confirming 7% mortgage rates have strangled housing demand.

Existing home sales fell 2% in August to a 3.98 million annualized rate as surging interest rates pushed 30-year mortgage costs back toward 7%, swelling supply to a multi-year high while freezing…

The 30-year Treasury yield retests its 5.34% August high as the Fed's unanimous hike and Warsh's hawkish dot plot extend the worst long-end selloff since 2006.

Fresh Census Bureau construction data due Thursday is set to extend one of the deepest residential building slowdowns since 2020, coinciding with Lennar's sharpest quarterly profit decline in five…

Lennar's Q3 FY2026 earnings fell more than 35% year-over-year - its worst showing since 2020 - as mortgage rates near 6.76% hit new-home orders and gross margins simultaneously.

The 10-year Treasury yield pulled back from its 5.041% peak after the Federal Reserve's unexpected hold decision eased tightening pressure on long-dated debt, offering relief to homebuilders and…

30-year fixed mortgage rates hit 6.97% for a third straight session ahead of the FOMC, deepening an affordability crisis shutting buyers out of the fall housing market.

The 30-year fixed mortgage rate crossed 7.07% Thursday for the first time since May 2025, hammering homebuilder stocks and pushing Lennar shares 3.5% lower amid deepening affordability concerns.

Homebuilders, mortgage REITs, and real estate investment trusts rally in unison as easing bond yields reduce borrowing costs and revive investor appetite for yield-sensitive equities.

The 30-year fixed mortgage rate hit a seven-week low of 6.43% in early July 2026, easing affordability pressure on homebuyers as US housing markets slowly stabilize.

President Trump refused to sign the most sweeping U.S. housing legislation in decades on June 24, declaring voter-ID reform a national emergency and conditioning the bill's future on Congress…
Lennar's Q2 revenue fell short of Wall Street estimates at $7.9B as persistently elevated mortgage rates triggered a temporary pause in housing demand, forcing the builder to trim its full-year…

Nominal home price growth has stalled near zero nationally while inflation-adjusted values have declined for ten straight months, marking the broadest housing market cooling since 2024.