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Paul Knag, RateZip's founder, provides data-backed commentary on mortgage rates, home equity and HELOCs, savings and CD rates, housing affordability, and what Federal Reserve policy means for consumers.
Email: press@ratezip.com · Phone: 845-590-0908
On rate-news days — Freddie Mac survey Thursdays, CPI, jobs, and Fed decision days — we respond within the hour.
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Why quote RateZip
- Original data.RateZip's analysts track posted rates from major lenders daily across mortgage, home-equity, and deposit products — posted offers, not survey estimates.
- The RateZip Mortgage Demand Index. A proprietary series built from 15 years of reconciled consumer mortgage-demand data — a read on what borrowers are actually doing that no other outlet publishes. Explore the index.
- A licensed voice.RateZip's parent, Peklava LLC, is a licensed mortgage broker (NMLS #1592292). Commentary comes from someone in the actual mortgage market, not a content desk.
- Daily publication. Our rate report publishes every weekday with a named byline and reviewed methodology. Read today's report.
Data available to journalists
Custom cuts of our rate history and demand series are available on request for working press — day, week, and month rate movement by product and lender, demand-mix shifts by loan purpose, and deposit-rate trends. Attribution to "RateZip" with a link is the only ask. Email press@ratezip.com.
About Paul Knag
Paul Knag is the founder of RateZip, a financial data publisher tracking mortgage and deposit rates daily since 2007, and president of its parent Peklava LLC, a licensed mortgage broker (NMLS #1592292). A former executive at American Home Mortgage, he founded online lender MortgageSelect.com in 1998. He publishes the RateZip Mortgage Demand Index, a proprietary 15-year series on consumer mortgage demand, and edits RateZip's daily rate reports.
About RateZip
RateZip (ratezip.com) is a financial data publisher founded in 2007 that tracks posted mortgage, home-equity, and deposit rates from lenders and banks nationwide, serving more than 1.5 million visitors a month. RateZip publishes a daily mortgage rate report and the RateZip Mortgage Demand Index. RateZip is a Peklava LLC brand; Peklava is a licensed mortgage broker, NMLS #1592292.
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Peklava LLC, is a Duly Licensed Mortgage Broker and a Marketing Lead Generator, as required by law, in 24 states, with its main office located at 59 Grove Street, Unit 2J, New Canaan, CT 06840, Peklava LLC, DBA RateZip NMLS ID 1592292. NMLS Consumer Access