DFW Market Brief, Episode 25 — Monday, October 26, 2026

Kyler Hood's DFW Market Brief · Oct 26, 2026 · 2m

Freddie Mac's weekly survey put the 30-year fixed at 7.32 percent, down from 7.40 percent and the first weekly decline since August 20. A small move down from a 52-week high, not a turn. What that move is worth in dollars, what the survey actually measures, and why a builder buydown means nobody's real quote looks like the headline.

The numbers from this episode:

30-year fixed: 7.32 percent for the week ending October 22, down from 7.40 percent, first weekly decline since August 20, down from the 52-week high; a year ago it was 6.19 percent (Freddie Mac)

15-year fixed: 6.68 percent, down from…