666 Satanic housing crash coming?

Mortgage rates shoot up in response to market volatility, latest Freddie Mac data shows

The average 30-year mortgage rate rose more than 20 basis points last week

So long, mortgage rate stability.

Aftersixweeks of hovering between6.6%and 6.7%, mortgage rates rose sharply this week, according to Freddie Mac’s latest survey, reflecting recent bond market volatility.

The average 30-year fixed mortgage rate was 6.83% for the week through Wednesday, compared with 6.62% a week earlier. The average 15-year mortgage rate was 6.03%, up from 5.82% a week earlier.

Mortgage rates have been on a wild ride in recent weeks as the bond yields that underpin them whipsawed in the aftermath of President Trump’s tariff announcement and later delay of some levies. Most rate surveys showed a sharp rise last week, as 10-year Treasury yields approached 4.5%.

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https://finance.yahoo.com/news/mortgage-rates-shoot-up-in-response-to-market-volatility-latest-freddie-mac-data-shows-160015185.html

Big date for historical events. 250th anniversary of Paul Revere's ride today.

On This Day: Paul Revere begins midnight ride

On April 18, 1775, U.S. patriot Paul Revere began his famous ride through the Massachusetts countryside, crying out "The British are coming!" to rally the minutemen.

Other significant events on today's date:

In 1506, the cornerstone was placed for St. Peter's Basilica in Rome.

In 1906, an earthquake estimated at magnitude-7.8 struck San Francisco, collapsing buildings and igniting fires that destroyed much of what remained of the city. Researchers and historians concluded that about 3,000 people died in the quake and its aftermath, and roughly 250,000 were left homeless.

In 1912, three days after the sinking of Titanic, her survivors arrived in New York City aboard the RMS Carpathia.

In 1923, the original Yankee Stadium opened in New York. The stadium was demolished in 2010 after it was replaced a year prior by the new Yankee Stadium.

In 1942, Lt. Col. James Doolittle led a squadron of B-25 bombers in a surprise raid against Tokyo in response to the Japanese sneak attack on Pearl Harbor on Dec. 7, 1941.

In 1968, McCulloch Oil Corp. paid $2.24 million to buy London Bridge, which was sinking into the Thames under the weight of 20th century traffic. The oil company rebuilt the bridge bloc by block over Lake Havasu in Arizona.

In 1983, the U.S. Embassy in Beirut, Lebanon, was severely damaged by a car-bomb explosion that killed 63 people, including 17 Americans.

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https://www.upi.com/Top_News/2025/04/18/On-This-Day-Paul-Revere-begins-midnight-ride/9521744942810/

Illegal immigrant arrests: Grady Judd news conference

FOX 13 Tampa Bay

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pzlRie2PxyY