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DEVELOPING · 24 SEP → 29 SEP 2026 · 6 EDITIONS · 23 OUTLETS

U.S. mortgage rates rise above 7% as housing affordability pressures persist

How this story moved: how many newsrooms carried it at each run, when each one picked it up, how our summary's headline changed, and which figures and names held from the first reports to the latest. Everything here is counted from the coverage; none of it is a judgement of anyone's motives.

OUTLETS CARRYING THE STORY, RUN BY RUN

0 11 23 25 Sep 26 Sep 27 Sep 28 Sep 29 Sep 25 Sep 00:20 UTC · U.S. mortgage rate rises above 7% for first time in 20 months 25 Sep 18:17 UTC · U.S. mortgage rates rise above 7% for first time in 20 months 26 Sep 12:10 UTC · U.S. mortgage rates rise above 7% for first time in 20 months 28 Sep 00:09 UTC · U.S. mortgage rates rise above 7% as Treasury yields surge 28 Sep 06:13 UTC · U.S. mortgage rates rise above 7% as housing affordability pressures persist

HOW OUR HEADLINE CHANGED · 7 HEADLINES

  1. 2026-09-24

    Mortgage Rates Rise Above 7% for First Time Since May 2024

  2. 2026-09-24

    Average U.S. 30-year mortgage rate rises above 7%

  3. 2026-09-24

    Average 30-year U.S. mortgage rate rises above 7%

  4. 25 Sep, 00:20 UTC

    U.S. mortgage rate rises above 7% for first time in 20 months

  5. 25 Sep, 18:17 UTC

    U.S. mortgage rates rise above 7% for first time in 20 months

  6. 28 Sep, 00:09 UTC

    U.S. mortgage rates rise above 7% as Treasury yields surge

  7. 28 Sep, 06:13 UTC

    U.S. mortgage rates rise above 7% as housing affordability pressures persist

WHAT HELD, WHAT CAME LATER

From the first reports to the latest

  • Nothing ran from the first third of the coverage to the last.

Entered the story later

  • Nothing new took hold after the first third.