As anyone who’s shopped for a mortgage recently can confirm, high rates are no fun. But in recent weeks, borrowers have caught a break from an unlikely source: investors who buy mortgage bonds. Wall Street's improving sentiment toward the housing market has pushed the 30-year fixed-rate mortgage to roughly 6.34% in recent weeks. That's down from just below 7% at the start of 2025, even as other economic conditions remain choppy – and suggesting investors are starting to see a sort of equilibrium in the ho ...