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Mortgage Rates Higher As Washington Scrambles For Fiscal Cliff Deal

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by Matthew Graham on December 31 2012, 1:26 PM

Mortgage rates moved moderately higher to end the year, reversing last week's trend of small improvements. In Washington, Fiscal Cliff negotiations have seemingly come to a head with a deal still possible before midnight tonight. That possibility has...
Mortgage Rates End Week At Best Levels, But Risks Persist

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by Matthew Graham on December 28 2012, 2:55 PM

Mortgage rates continued a moderate trend of improvement from mid-week, bringing rates to their best levels of the week on Friday. All of the recent day-over-day changes in rates have taken place on quite a small scale historically as broader markets...
Mortgage Rates Moderately Improved On Fiscal Cliff Headlines

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by Matthew Graham on December 27 2012, 2:30 PM

Mortgage rates moved slightly lower on Thursday after markets received their first Fiscal Cliff update of the week. Earlier this morning, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid said that over the Fiscal Cliff "looks like where we're headed." Stock prices and...
Mortgage Rates Mostly Unchanged, Markets Mostly Silent

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by Matthew Graham on December 26 2012, 12:57 PM

Mortgage rates remained essentially unchanged this week as markets are essentially still closed for the Christmas holiday. Technically, financial markets are open for business today, but the amount of business actually being conducted is extraordinarily...
Mortgage Rates Slightly Higher. Markets Closed Tomorrow

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by Matthew Graham on December 24 2012, 12:24 PM

Mortgage rates moved slightly higher on Monday, though there were no material market movements driving the change. Lenders are erring on the side of caution heading into the Christmas holiday. Bond markets (which encompass the Mortgage-Backed-Securities...
Mortgage Rates Fall As Hopes For Fiscal Cliff Progress Fade

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by Matthew Graham on December 21 2012, 1:26 PM

Mortgage rates fell moderately to end the week after the House of Representatives failed to pass a tax and spending bill aimed at averting Fiscal Cliff tax increases on Thursday night. This ended any hopes that a deal would be reached before Christmas...
Amid Political Uncertainty, Mortgage Rates Virtually Unchanged

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by Matthew Graham on December 20 2012, 1:33 PM

Mortgage rates were virtually unchanged on Thursday, continuing to operate in slightly better territory than the multi-month highs seen on Tuesday. That said, a combination of uncertainty in markets and varying approaches to year-end pricing strategies...
Mortgage Rates Fall Slightly From Recent Multi-Month Highs

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by Matthew Graham on December 19 2012, 2:55 PM

The tone of Fiscal Cliff news shifted from comprommisory back to combative today, helping Mortgage rates recover from Tuesday's multi-month highs . Interest rates rose quickly on the first two days of the week as markets sensed that Washington was beginning...
Mortgage Rates Rise To Multi-Month Highs On Fiscal Cliff Optimism

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by Matthew Graham on December 18 2012, 3:47 PM

Mortgage rates moved higher at the quickest pace in weeks on Tuesday as politicians convey an increasing sense of compromise regarding Fiscal Cliff negotiations. The broader move higher in rates had been somewhat gentler until today, beginning with the...
Mortgage Rates Slightly Higher To Begin The Week

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by Matthew Graham on December 17 2012, 2:24 PM

Mortgage rates moved slightly higher to begin the last full week of 2012 after fighting back against recent weakness on Friday. Bond markets did little to react to economic data or events today, instead moving higher in anticipation of events and trading...
Mortgage Rates Battle Back From Recent Highs

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by Matthew Graham on December 14 2012, 3:37 PM

Mortgage rates moved slightly lower to end the week after having risen to the highest levels of the month yesterday. That was part of a two day slide following Wednesday's FOMC announcement and an extension of weakness beginning with last Friday's Employment...
Mortgage Rates Edge Up To Highest Levels In December

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by Matthew Graham on December 13 2012, 4:01 PM

Mortgage rates continued higher on Thursday following stronger-than-expected economic data and continuing the losses after yesterday's FOMC announcement. There continues to be more stratification between lenders' rate offerings than normal. Some rate...
Mortgage Rates Move Higher Following Fed Announcement

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by Matthew Graham on December 12 2012, 4:09 PM

Mortgage rates are higher on average after today's monetary policy announcement from the Federal Reserve. Some lenders adjusted rates higher in the afternoon while others remain on their first rate sheet of the day. That has made for a bit of stratification...
Mortgage Rates Unchanged To Slightly Higher Before Fed Announcement

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by Matthew Graham on December 11 2012, 2:00 PM

Mortgage rates are little changed from Monday. Some lenders' rate sheets are slightly improved versus yesterday's, but a majority offered just slightly weaker rates. Today's political and economic events in the US were of little consequence to bond markets...
Mortgage Rates Hold Ground After Rising On Friday

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by Matthew Graham on December 10 2012, 1:27 PM

Mortgage rates are very slightly lower today compared to Friday's latest offerings. However, Friday's rates were the highest of the week after the stronger-than-expected jobs report gave a boost to stocks and did some damage to bond markets. With rates...

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