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The Rate Decoder
Build a mortgage rate with your own hands, then you'll never misread a headline again.
Decoder
The Rate Decoder
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Build a mortgage rate with your own hands, then you'll never misread a headline again.
The 10-year Treasury today
The lender markup (the spread)
The mortgage rate that produces
Normal spread: 1.5 to 2 points. Stress pushes it near 3. The Fed funds rate isn't even in this formula.
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FED FUNDS
What the Fed actually moves
Credit cards, car loans, business credit lines. Not this.
HISTORY
6.3% now, 3% COVID low, 7.7% 50-year average
The early-80s peak topped 18%. Cheap is relative.
The headline I keep hearing, decoded
Which rate is it actually about? Write it down.
The market you're in is the market you've got.Fed funds, the 10-year, and your loan are three different animals.
Decode first, opine second.
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