Keith Gumbinger

1 week ago | cnet.com | Katherine Watt |Keith Gumbinger

Despite President Trump's decision to implement a 90-day pause on reciprocal tariffs for most countries, which calmed some nerves, mortgage rates aren't likely to fall anytime soon. You can blame disarray in the bond market. Treasury bond yields are directly linked to mortgage rates; when bond yields rise, so do borrowing costs on home loans.