Wed, May 18 2011, 4:50 PM
Although borrowing costs rose today, the newly updated Best-Execution mortgage rate offering we discussed yesterday remains unchanged. Unfortunat...
Tue, May 17 2011, 4:28 PM
The mortgage rate "wall" is beginning to crack.
Unlike previous sessions where borrowing costs didn't rally enough to affect the position of the ...
Mon, May 16 2011, 3:49 PM
Mortgage rates failed to improve last week and home loan borrowing costs moved mostly sideways. On Friday we said rates had hit a wall . Today tha...
Fri, May 13 2011, 4:51 PM
Home loan borrowing costs have hit a wall.
Since reaching the best
levels of the year on Friday of last week, rates have been unable to
improve ...
Thu, May 12 2011, 4:10 PM
Best-Execution mortgage rates are unchanged vs. yesterday's offerings.The closing costs tied to those
rates actually moved marginally lower today. Th...
Wed, May 11 2011, 5:15 PM
Despite some volatility earlier in the day, Best-Execution mortgage rates
and borrowing costs are unchanged vs. yesterday's offerings.
After spen...
Tue, May 10 2011, 3:46 PM
After spending the first four months of 2011 in a tight range, the primary
mortgage market is still in the midst of a potentially significant shift l...
Mon, May 9 2011, 3:36 PM
After spending the first four months of 2011 in a tight range, the primary
mortgage market is now in the midst of a potentially significant shift low...
Fri, May 6 2011, 2:57 PM
After spending the first four months of 2011 in a tight range, the primary mortgage market is now in
the midst of a potentially significant shift low...
Thu, May 5 2011, 5:12 PM
After spending the first four months of 2011 in a tight range, we're now in
the midst of a potentially significant shift lower in home loan
borrowin...
Wed, May 4 2011, 2:36 PM
After spending the first four months of 2011 in a tight range, we may be witnessing the early stages of a significant shift lower in home loan borrow...
Mon, May 2 2011, 4:42 PM
Home loan borrowing costs ended last week near their most aggressive levels of the year. Little has changed from Friday...check out this chart of ...
Fri, Apr 29 2011, 3:35 PM
Home loan borrowing costs ended the week near their most aggressive levels of the year.
The chart below illustrates how borrowing costs have behav...
Thu, Apr 28 2011, 5:24 PM
Home loan borrowing costs improved enough today to say Best-Execution
mortgage rates could be considered "in the process of" a shift lower. This does...
Wed, Apr 27 2011, 4:26 PM
Today's much anticipated high risk event, the FOMC Statement and subsequent press
conference, leaves fence-sitters unscathed as no changes in home lo...
Tue, Apr 26 2011, 5:19 PM
Although home loan borrowing costs improved slightly today, Best Execution
mortgage rates remain in a holding pattern ahead of tomorrow's high-risk F...
Mon, Apr 25 2011, 4:54 PM
Best Execution mortgage rates have moved into a holding pattern ahead of a high-risk event in the week ahead. It's going to take a sustained effort, c...
Fri, Apr 22 2011, 11:07 AM
Mortgage rates are unchanged today as bond markets are closed for Good
Friday.
Yesterday, wewrote that loan pricing was in a holding pattern until...
Thu, Apr 21 2011, 3:19 PM
Home loan borrowing costs rose almost imperceptibly today, not nearly enough
to affect the Best-Execution mortgage rate.
Loan pricing still seems...
Wed, Apr 20 2011, 4:24 PM
Home loan borrowing costs rose slightly today, Best-Execution
mortgage rates were unchanged. It seems like loan pricing may be in a holding pattern ...
Tue, Apr 19 2011, 6:17 PM
Home loan borrowing costs improved slightly today, though Best-Execution mortgage
rates were unchanged. This extends a rate-watcher friendly trend ...
Mon, Apr 18 2011, 4:55 PM
Home loan borrowing costs went on a winning streak last week, helping the Best Execution conventional 30-year fixed mortgage rate dip back down to 4.8...
Fri, Apr 15 2011, 4:32 PM
Home loan borrowing costs moved lower today, bringing the
Best-Execution conventional 30 year fixed mortgage rate back down to 4.875%.
Take a lo...
Thu, Apr 14 2011, 5:34 PM
Home loan borrowing costs were roughly unchanged today. This is surprising because loan pricing should have worsened given the behavior of the second...
Wed, Apr 13 2011, 3:41 PM
Home loan borrowing costs were
roughly unchanged today after reprices for the better erased morning loan pricing weakness.
Whereas yesterday's im...
Tue, Apr 12 2011, 4:33 PM
Home loan borrowing costs declined significantly today, leading to an
improvement in the conventional 30-year fixed Best-Execution mortgage rate.
...
Mon, Apr 11 2011, 4:50 PM
After being stuck in the same spot for over a month, home loan borrowing costs shot higher last Wednesday at their most violent pace since early Febru...
Fri, Apr 8 2011, 4:10 PM
Mortgage rates moved higher this week following a RELEASE
OF STORED ENERGY.
The chart below graphs the average origination closing costs tie...
Thu, Apr 7 2011, 3:33 PM
Following yesterday's abrupt move higher, home loan borrowing costs spent the day feeling
out their new range. Best-Execution mortgage
rates and ...
Wed, Apr 6 2011, 4:38 PM
After being stuck in the same spot for over a month, home loan borrowing costs shot higher today at their most violent pace
since early February. Bes...
Tue, Apr 5 2011, 4:10 PM
Home loan borrowing costs inched modestly higher today. Best-Execution mortgage rates didn't budge.
As noted on several occasions, the broader bond...
Mon, Apr 4 2011, 3:35 PM
After drifting
progressively higher for seven straight sessions, we've finally seen some
stabilization and even modest improvements in home loan bor...
Fri, Apr 1 2011, 4:41 PM
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Thu, Mar 31 2011, 4:42 PM
A seven day losing streak was finally put to an end yesterday.... just
in time for a
high-risk event. The official Employment Situation Report w...
Wed, Mar 30 2011, 4:55 PM
After SEVEN consecutive days of marginal increases, home loan
borrowing
costs finally stabilized today. This does not necessarily mean that
cost...
Tue, Mar 29 2011, 4:34 PM
Home loan borrowing costs drifted marginally higher for the seventh consecutive session today. The trend is not your friend! HERE is a chart.
...
Mon, Mar 28 2011, 4:17 PM
After hitting 2011 lows on a steady "flight to safety", home loan
borrowing costs have drifted incrementally higher in six of the last six
trading...
Fri, Mar 25 2011, 5:52 PM
Home loan borrowing costs moved incrementally higher this week. There is reason to be concerned about this directional drift....
Although today's ...
Thu, Mar 24 2011, 5:46 PM
From where you sit
there appears to be little volatility in mortgage rates. Today was the FIFTH
consecutive session where loan pricing either rem...
Wed, Mar 23 2011, 7:30 PM
After looking like they might improve this morning, home loan
borrowing costs ended the day unchanged, making today the FIFTH
consecutive session w...
Tue, Mar 22 2011, 4:51 PM
Home loan borrowing costs moved slightly higher today. This is the
fourth consecutive session where loan pricing has worsened by a thin
margin. Be...
Mon, Mar 21 2011, 5:23 PM
Home loan borrowing costs got slightly more expensive today. Best-execution mortgage rates were unchanged.
News today that Treasury would begin s...
Fri, Mar 18 2011, 4:07 PM
Mortgage rates got slightly more expensive today. Best-execution rates were unchanged.
It was a quiet session overall. Little movement was seen in ...
Thu, Mar 17 2011, 3:56 PM
Mortgage rates worsened today.
The
level of panic lessened overnight in Japan, and despite several somewhat
alarming headlines, the overall pan...
Wed, Mar 16 2011, 6:31 PM
Mortgage rates improved today as the situation in Japan deteriorated and a feeling of panic poured through global markets, spurring on another flight ...
Tue, Mar 15 2011, 6:13 PM
CURRENT MARKET : The "Best
Execution" conventional 30 year
fixed mortgage rate is still 4.875%. For those looking to permanently
buy
down thei...
Mon, Mar 14 2011, 4:44 PM
Home loan borrowing costs improved slightly today, though Best-Execution rates remained the same.
Nervous
tensions surrounding the potential econ...
Fri, Mar 11 2011, 3:09 PM
Consumer borrowing costs lost a very small amount of
ground today. Mortgage rates are still about aggressive as they've been since late January thou...
Thu, Mar 10 2011, 4:25 PM
You'll have to look closely in order to see a difference between the
introductory paragraphs of today's commentary and yesterday's...
Today's 30...
Wed, Mar 9 2011, 5:16 PM
If yesterday gave fence-sitters a taste of the downside risks associated with floating, today shared the rewards.
Today's 10-year Treasury note...