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This week in the market
Rates move the payment this week. Prices show what buyers cleared. Permits show what is authorized to come.
This week · November 5, 2026
Live7.18% · -6 bp WoW
Result. Rates move the payment now. The 30-year fixed averaged 7.18% as of November 5, 2026, down 6 basis points from the prior week (7.24%). Source: Freddie Mac Primary Mortgage Market Survey.
August 2026
444.6
Result. Prices show what buyers cleared, and they move slower than the rate. The U.S. FHFA purchase-only index (SA) was 444.6 as of August 2026.
September 2026
460,128units · -2.8% MoM · -2.7% YoY
Result. National building permits totaled 460,128 units in September 2026 (-2.8% MoM, -2.7% YoY). Permits show what supply is authorized to come. They sit further upstream than prices.
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