Mortgage rates hovered around a 4-year low last week, and that had both home owners and potential home buyers calling their lenders. Now, total mortgage application volume rose 11% from the previous week, according to the Mortgage Bankers Association's seasonally adjusted index. And last week, the average rate on the 30-year fixed was unchanged at 6.09% for conforming loans with 20% down.That's the lowest since 2022. Now, last year, that rate was 64 basis points higher. Applications to refinance a home loan ...

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But I think we need to be really soberminded about what's happening right now. S&P 500's flat year to date. >> Yeah, >> it's up 18% last 12 months.You know, Europe is up 6% year to date as we sit here. Asia's up eight even with the correction that we've seen in the last couple days. So, it's not like the markets have traded off and credit is just shrugging this whole thing off so far.And that's what we tend to watch more than equities. I think people are trying to assess, you know, what does this really mea ...

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