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Sunday brief · August 30, 2026
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Fast Home Loan Daily reads public rate, housing, CRE, and occupancy series the way a newsroom does: dated, sourced, and finished when the print is finished. We do not originate loans or take applications.
Lending tape: national 30-year 6.81% as of 2026-08-28. Freddie Mac weekly 6.66% as of 2026-08-27. Read the 2026-08-30 rate note. That is an index, not a quote.
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Sunday recap: there is no new official print. Lenders are still pricing off Friday’s 6.81% 30-year, a three-week high after Warsh. Next daily index is Monday afternoon.
Existing-home turnover stays pinned to the 6.81% 30-year. The official housing series to watch this week are Census construction prints and the next existing-home sales release — not a teaser lock.
Friday’s 10-year CMT closed at 4.73%. That Treasury print, not a lender teaser, is still the reference for takeout cost, land basis, and the next bid on income property.
Operators should read Census vacancy and BLS rent of primary residence against a three-week-high purchase rate. Turnover math changed. Marketing copy did not.
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Existing-home turnover, new supply, and the lock-in effect
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Cap rates, takeout costs, and land that still has to pencil
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