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Mortgage Rates Find Some Support

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by Matthew Graham on September 21 2017, 3:44 PM

Mortgage rates have been higher almost exclusively for the past 2 weeks. Yesterday was no exception as the Federal Reserve released a rate hike forecast that was slightly more optimistic than markets were expecting. By yesterday afternoon, the average...
Mortgage Rates Highest in More Than a Month After Fed

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by Matthew Graham on September 20 2017, 5:12 PM

Mortgage rates rose today following the announcement and--more importantly--the Fed's updated economic projections . The Fed holds 8 meetings a year. They release an official policy announcement after all of those. Four of the meetings are "special" and...
Rates Steady Near Recent Highs Ahead of Fed

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by Matthew Graham on September 19 2017, 4:36 PM

Mortgage rates remained unchanged today, on average. This keeps them in line with their highest levels in more than a month, though admittedly, there hasn't been much upward movement since the sharpest leg of the spike ended last Wednesday. Conventional...
Mortgage Rates Continue Pushing Recent Highs

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by Matthew Graham on September 18 2017, 3:55 PM

Mortgage rates resumed their recent uptrend today, after taking a quick break to end the week last Friday. The result is another push up to the highest levels in just over 3 weeks. The average scenario is being quoted rates that are about an eighth of...
Mortgage Rates Stabilize Ahead of Next Week's Big Fed Announcement

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by Matthew Graham on September 15 2017, 4:41 PM

Mortgage rates were steady to slightly lower on average today, confirming the end of a somewhat abrupt correction from last week's 2017 lows. In other words, rates rose quickly during the first days of the week and spent the last 3 days leveling off....
Mortgage Rates at 3-Week Highs

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by Matthew Graham on September 14 2017, 2:51 PM

Mortgage rates moved higher today, despite resilience in underlying bond markets. If you were to ask bonds, they'd vote for rates remaining flat--well, sort of. There is a timing issue that I brought to your attention yesterday where mortgage lenders...
Mortgage Rates Stabilize Despite More Bond Market Weakness

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by Matthew Graham on September 13 2017, 3:13 PM

Mortgage rates held steady today, and were slightly lower in some cases. That's not entirely logical at first glance because the bonds that dictate mortgage rates suggested the opposite. Considering a 2-day time frame helps us reconcile this paradox....
Worst 2 Days For Rates Since June

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by Matthew Graham on September 12 2017, 4:10 PM

Mortgage rates continued higher at a reasonably abrupt pace today as last week's themes have been completely reversed. What themes are those? Generally speaking, markets were undergoing a risk-aversion trade given the rising geopolitical tension surrounding...
Mortgage Rates Jolted Higher, Relatively

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by Matthew Graham on September 11 2017, 5:22 PM

Mortgage rates finally had a bad day , but everything's relative. This sort of bad day leaves the average lender quoting rates that would have been the best of 2017 any other time before last week. It's only when compared to last week that we'd consider...
More New 2017 Lows For Mortgage Rates

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by Matthew Graham on September 08 2017, 4:58 PM

Mortgage rates were slightly lower today, despite moderate weakness in underlying bond markets. This would typically coincide with higher rates, but mortgage lenders haven't been moving in lock-step with markets amid this week's higher volatility. The...
Mortgage Rates Little-Changed at 2017 Lows

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by Matthew Graham on September 07 2017, 3:06 PM

Mortgage rates didn't move much today, despite plenty of strength in underlying bond markets. This would normally coincide with lower rates, so what's the deal? The main issue is timing. Bond markets weakened yesterday afternoon. This would imply higher...
Mortgage Rates Lower, but Under Some Pressure

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by Matthew Graham on September 06 2017, 4:55 PM

Mortgage rates moved lower this morning, more by way of catching up with yesterday's market movement than anything. Specifically, bond markets (which underlie interest rates) were very little changed this morning. Because mortgage lenders hadn't fully...
Mortgage Rates Back in Line With 2017 Lows

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by Matthew Graham on September 05 2017, 4:04 PM

Mortgage rates moved lower today on a combination of factors. Chief among these were headlines over the weekend concerning more North Korean weapons testing--specifically, a detonation of its largest bomb ever on Sunday followed by reports from South...
Mortgage Rate Rally Stalls Despite Weak Jobs Report

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by Matthew Graham on September 01 2017, 2:24 PM

Mortgage rates were sideways to slightly higher today despite a weak reading of the Employment Situation (aka "the jobs report"). This is traditionally the most influential piece of economic data on any given month as far as bond markets (which drive...
Mortgage Rates Slightly Lower Ahead of Big Jobs Report

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by Matthew Graham on August 31 2017, 4:35 PM

Mortgage rates moved lower today--something they've been more likely to do in general since early July. The gradual downtrend brought them to their best levels of the year on Tuesday. Yesterday saw a modest bounce and today leaves us somewhere in between...

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