Bill Bodnar of the Mortgage Market Guide says the financial markets continue to be volatile and are caught between a hawkish Fed and multiple rate hikes along with weak retail sales and sliding consumer sentiment.

If 2020 taught the mortgage lending industry anything, it was that recruiting is a foundational skill for the effective management of growing home finance enterprises.

U.S. long-term mortgage rates have retreated after recent weekly gains, as the closely watched 30-year loan dipped back below 3%. So reports the Associated Press.