February 2013 - Mortgage Rate Watch

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Delinquency Rate Hits Post Housing Crisis Low for Freddie Mac; Mortgage Rates Finally Level Off Despite Market Volatility

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Mortgage Rates Aggressively Flat To End The Month

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by Matthew Graham on February 28 2013, 4:17 PM

Mortgage rates are even more sharply unchanged today than they were yesterday, which at least saw some consensus toward strength in the morning and weakness in the afternoon. In contrast, today's movements in the secondary mortgage market were completely...
Mortgage Rates Start Strong, But Move Higher In Afternoon

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by Matthew Graham on February 27 2013, 3:48 PM

Mortgage rates are unchanged to slightly higher , after beginning the day in slightly better territory vs yesterday and weakening in to the afternoon hours. As is occasionally the case, interest rates took cues from equities markets and the European currency...
Mortgage Rates Lowest In More Than Two Weeks

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by Matthew Graham on February 26 2013, 3:24 PM

Mortgage rates moved lower today , extending their rally following yesterday's Italian election news. The situation in Italy continued to represent an unknown when trading got underway in the US and combined with Fed Chairman Bernanke offering no surprises...
Mortgage Rates Drop At Fastest Pace In Three Weeks After Italian Elections

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by Matthew Graham on February 25 2013, 4:26 PM

Mortgage rates moved lower today by the widest margin in over three weeks. The faster-paced movement is courtesy of political tensions in Italy surrounding the country's elections over the past two days. Markets had expected a Bersani victory, which would...
Mortgage Rates Finish The Week Near Recent Highs

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by Matthew Graham on February 22 2013, 2:36 PM

Mortgage rates were slightly higher today, despite moderate improvements in underlying bond markets. This is primarily due to fairly pronounced weakness late in the day yesterday combined with the fact that bond markets opened in even weaker territory...
Mortgage Rates Bounce Back Moderately From Recent Highs

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by Matthew Graham on February 21 2013, 4:09 PM

Mortgage rates fell slightly today, pulling back in line with recent offerings after rising to their highest levels in 7 months yesterday. Today's improvements can be traced partly to overnight market movements in Europe. This helped US trading begin...
Mortgage Rates Inch To New 7 Month Highs

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by Matthew Graham on February 20 2013, 4:53 PM

Mortgage rates avoided the larger-scale swings that they might have considering the important data on tap today. Instead, they merely began the day just barely into their worst levels in about 7 months (depends on the lender, some are improved, others...
Mortgage Rates Start Stronger, Higher In The Afternoon

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by Matthew Graham on February 19 2013, 3:52 PM

Mortgage rates began the day flat to slightly lower before market weakness in the afternoon caused many lenders to release negatively revised rate sheets. Not all lenders took part in the "reprice," but the net effect is an average Best-Execution rate...
Mortgage Rates Unchanged To Slightly Higher Heading Into 3-Day Weekend

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by Matthew Graham on February 15 2013, 1:36 PM

Mortgage rates moved modestly higher for some lenders today, while others remained closer to unchanged territory. Following Wednesday's swing to 6-month highs, this leaves the average rate sheet somewhere between there and yesterday's. In terms of the...
Mortgage Rates Recover Modestly After Treasury Auction

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by Matthew Graham on February 14 2013, 3:18 PM

Mortgage rates moved slightly lower this afternoon after beginning the day in line with yesterday's worst levels of the year. Things looked relatively bleak as domestic market participants were greeted with flat trading levels vs Wednesday's late day...
Mortgage Rates Jump To Highest Levels Of The Year

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by Matthew Graham on February 13 2013, 4:13 PM

Mortgage rates surged higher at their quickest pace since late January on Wednesday eclipsing the previous highs of the year seen around the same time. For many lenders--and for the first time since mid 2012, this takes Best-Execution for 30yr Fixed,...
Mortgage Rates Slightly Lower Despite Market Weakness

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by Matthew Graham on February 12 2013, 3:30 PM

Mortgage rates continued to inch lower on Tuesday as part of a two day move back down from recent highs. The change in rates compared to yesterday's latest offerings isn't enough to change the prevailing Best-Execution rate for 30yr Fixed, Conventional...
Mortgage Rates Moderately Improved To Begin The Week

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by Matthew Graham on February 11 2013, 3:18 PM

Mortgage rates backed down from recent highs to begin the week, with moderate improvements to the costs associated with prevailing rates. This means that the movement between Friday and today isn't enough to change the actual interest rates you're likely...
Mortgage Rates Back In Line With Recent Highs

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by Matthew Graham on February 08 2013, 4:16 PM

Mortgage rates rose purposefully today, as mortgage-backed-securities (MBS) coped with tough trading conditions for a variety of reasons. Lenders who released rate sheets early in the morning were forced to reprice negatively as markets deteriorated,...
Mortgage Rates Sideways To Slightly Higher

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by Matthew Graham on February 07 2013, 3:42 PM

Mortgage rates began the day in decent territory, with most lenders unchanged to slightly lower in cost vs yesterday. Trading in Mortgage-backed-securities, which had already pulled back from their better levels late in the morning, took a sharper turn...

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