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Mortgage Rates Edge Closer To All-Time Lows

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by Matthew Graham on April 30 2012, 3:54 PM

Mortgages Rates are moderately improved to begin the week, taking them slightly lower than than April's best two days (4/10 and 4/23) and as close as they've been to all-time lows in several months. This further solidifies the Conventional 30yr Fixed...
Mortgage Rates Hold Steady To End Historically Flat Week.

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by Matthew Graham on April 27 2012, 1:47 PM

Mortgages Rates are unchanged from yesterday, capping an extremely flat and historically low week. The FOMC events on Wednesday gave lenders some pause as they were generally more conservative with pricing. Even so, the variations left the entire week...
Mortgage Rates Battle Back To Previous Lows

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by Matthew Graham on April 26 2012, 6:22 PM

Mortgages Rates are back down to Tuesday's levels, near the lowest in several months. Yesterday's FOMC-related events caused lenders to price rate sheets somewhat conservatively before the actual information was released. Since then, markets have calmed...
Mortgage Rates Slightly Higher After FOMC Events

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by Matthew Graham on April 25 2012, 3:35 PM

Mortgages Rates are higher today, following the FOMC Announcement , Member Forecasts and Press Conference. The actual text of the Fed's announcement and the actual levels of it's future forecasts did not cause the move higher in rates. Rather, weaker...
Mortgage Rates Steady to Slightly Higher

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by Matthew Graham on April 24 2012, 3:20 PM

Mortgages Rates are unchanged in some cases and slightly higher in others. Overall, the difference between today's offerings and yesterday's is fairly minimal and is more likely to be seen in the form of slightly higher closing costs (or lower lender...
Mortgage Rates Lowest Since February To Begin Potentially Volatile Week

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by Matthew Graham on April 23 2012, 2:49 PM

Mortgages Rates are back to their lowest levels since February. For an increasing number of lenders, current rates begin to shift the balance towards 3.875% as being the only Best-Execution Rate for Conventional 30yr Fixed Loans. Best-Ex is currently...
Mortgage Rates End Equivocal Week In Equivocal Territory

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by Matthew Graham on April 20 2012, 1:17 PM

Mortgages Rates are microscopically higher today, but there is little effect on Best-Execution rates and only minor affects on the closing costs associated with those rates. In other words, the actual interest rate for any given scenario should be the...
Mortgage Rates Slightly Improved; Continue to Hold Range

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by Matthew Graham on April 19 2012, 2:58 PM

Mortgages Rates continued to operate in the same range that has dominated the past three weeks although the closing costs associated with prevailing rates fell slightly. The net effect is that rates are very slightly lower , very close to the best offerings...
Mortgage Rates Remain Stable, Bigger Threats in Week Ahead

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by Matthew Graham on April 18 2012, 2:49 PM

Mortgages Rates were flat to slightly improved today. Most lenders improved pricing by very small amounts while a few were slightly worse than yesterday. On average, rate offerings are in line with those seen yesterday and on Thursday of last week. Rates...
Mortgage Rates Slightly Higher, But Still In Good Shape

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by Matthew Graham on April 17 2012, 3:34 PM

Mortgages Rates rose slightly today after hitting their lowest levels since late February yesterday. While that leaves yesterday and 4/10 as two best days for mortgage rates over the past month and a half, today's offerings are still better than those...
Lowest Mortgage Rates Since Late February

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by Matthew Graham on April 16 2012, 2:32 PM

After closing out the previous week with slight gains Mortgages Rates have done the same to begin the current week. On average, this brings rates to their best levels since late February , however, rates were in similar territory on Tuesday 4/10. The...
Mortgage Rates End Week Close To Best Levels

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by Matthew Graham on April 13 2012, 3:36 PM

Mortgages Rates improved slightly today, but that slight improvement brings them close to the best levels of the week. This also means rates continue to operate fairly close to all-time lows. We've recently noted a greater-than-normal degree of stratification...
Mortgage Rates Hold Ground Despite Market Weakness

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by Matthew Graham on April 12 2012, 4:00 PM

Mortgages Rates held their ground today and in many cases, carved out small improvements over yesterday's offerings. This keeps us in some of the best territory in recent months in terms of Best-Execution rates. However, t here continues to be a greater...
Mortgage Rates Hit Snag Following Recent Improvements

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by Matthew Graham on April 11 2012, 4:43 PM

Recent improvements in Mortgages Rates hit a snag today , and rose to fall roughly in line with Friday's levels. However, with the exception of the past 3 days, Friday's rate sheet offerings were the strongest since early March. There continues to be...
Mortgage Rates Inch Back Into Historically Low Territory

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by Matthew Graham on April 10 2012, 3:33 PM

Mortgages Rates improved again today , though some lenders' rates were little changed. This marks the second day of moderate improvement and consolidation after a strong move lower by most lenders on Friday. There's a greater-than-normal variability between...

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