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Mortgage Rates Spike to 2026 Highs
U.S. NewsMarch 12, 2026

Mortgage Rates Spike to 2026 Highs

Mortgage rates are driven by the bond market. Although bonds only experienced moderate, steady weakness throughout the day, mortgage rates lurched higher by an amount typically seen when the market is reacting to big, breaking news. But there wasn't any of that sort of news on tap today--just downbe