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Buying Florida · Dec 4, 2025 · 4m

✅ Why mortgage rates can rise even when the Fed cuts rates

Mortgage rates don’t move directly with the Fed Funds Rate. Instead, they are primarily driven by the 10-year Treasury yield and investor expectations about inflation, recession risk, and future Fed policy.

Here are the main reasons this disconnect happens:

1. Markets expected the rate cut already

If investors already priced in the Fed’s cut weeks or months beforehand, then the cut itself is old news.

When the announcement hits, mortgage rates may not fall—and often rise if the Fed hints at fewer future cuts.

2. Fed cuts can signal…