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Mortgage Rates Push Further Into 6-Month Lows

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by Matthew Graham on May 07 2014, 3:15 PM

Mortgage rates continued pushing into the lowest levels in more than 6 months after a docile congressional testimony from Fed Chair Yellen this morning. Financial markets and mortgage lenders were cautious ahead of the 10am speech, but improved afterward...
Mortgage Rates Fall Back to Best Levels of 2014

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by Matthew Graham on May 06 2014, 3:36 PM

Mortgage rates fell back to their lowest levels of 2014, with most lenders in similar territory to last Friday. Market movement was moderate, but grew increasingly positive for MBS (the mortgage-backed-securities that dictate lenders' rates) as the day...
Mortgage Rates Rise Meagerly from 6 Month Lows

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by Matthew Graham on May 05 2014, 3:35 PM

Mortgage rates moved up just slightly today, after hitting the lowest levels in 6 months at the end of last week. Some lenders who didn't get too aggressive with Friday's improvements were actually in better shape today, but on average, rates were just...
Mortgage Rates Take Wild Ride to 6-Month Lows

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by Matthew Graham on May 02 2014, 2:26 PM

Mortgage rates and many other areas of financial markets moved in shockingly counterintuitive ways after today's big jobs report. Nonfarm payroll creation stood at 288k in April, significantly higher than the 210k forecast. This is the single most important...
Mortgage Rates Drop to 3-Month Lows Ahead of Important Data

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by Matthew Graham on May 01 2014, 3:12 PM

Mortgage rates fell at the fastest pace in over a month today bringing them to their lowest levels since early February. The motivation for a move of this size isn't readily apparent, but tomorrow's Employment Situation Report is likely a factor. The...
Mortgage Rates Improve on Weak GDP, Tame Fed Announcement

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by Matthew Graham on April 30 2014, 3:27 PM

Mortgage rates fell at a solid pace today following a reading on 1st Quarter GDP that was much weaker than expected. Downbeat economic data tends to benefit bond prices, including the mortgage-backed-securities (MBS) that most directly influence rates...
Mortgage Rates Slightly Higher Ahead of GDP and Fed

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by Matthew Graham on April 29 2014, 2:23 PM

Mortgage rates were slightly higher today as a result of bond market weakness late yesterday and again this morning. Some of that weakness has been erased this afternoon, but trading levels in MBS (the mortgage-backed-securities that most directly affect...
Mortgage Rates Hold Steady; Potential Volatility Ahead

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by Matthew Graham on April 28 2014, 2:45 PM

Mortgage rates held almost perfectly steady today, with a handful of lenders offering slightly lower costs while others were slightly higher. Once again, weakness in global equities markets provided a benefit for the bond markets that drive mortgage rates...
Mortgage Rates End Week at Best Levels

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by Matthew Graham on April 25 2014, 2:44 PM

Mortgage rates moved lower today, reaching their best levels of the week. Slumping stocks and geopolitical concerns contributed to positivity in the bond market, and when bond markets improve (specifically "mortgage-backed-securities," or MBS), rates...
Mortgage Rates Hold Steady Despite Stronger Data

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by Matthew Graham on April 24 2014, 3:06 PM

Mortgage rates held were mostly sideways today. In cases where rate sheets differed from yesterday, the tendency was toward just slightly higher rates. The move was small enough that this would only affect the up-front cost component of most quotes, meaning...
Mortgage Rates Erase 2 Days of Weakness

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by Matthew Graham on April 23 2014, 3:14 PM

Mortgage rates moved lower at a healthy pace today, more than erasing the past two days of weakness, but leaving most of last Thursday's weakness intact. Some of the gains were attributable to today's much weaker than expected reading on New Home Sales...
Mortgage Rates Drift Higher Again

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by Matthew Graham on April 22 2014, 2:47 PM

Mortgage rates drifted higher for the second straight day despite a relatively flat day for underlying bond markets. Rates pushed into their 2-week highs yesterday, but are still well under the levels seen in the first week of April. Today's weakness...
Mortgage Rates Edge up to 2-Week Highs

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by Matthew Graham on April 21 2014, 3:13 PM

Mortgage rates were just slightly higher today, extending a more forceful move higher last Thursday. Whereas markets reacted to deescalating tension in Ukraine and stronger domestic economic reports last week, the current week is off to a slow start....
Mortgage Rates Sharply Higher to End The Week

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by Matthew Graham on April 17 2014, 2:38 PM

Mortgage rates moved sharply higher today on a combination of factors including strong economic data, developments in Ukraine, and prevailing market momentum. That momentum risked turning negative as soon as Monday, when rates ended their impressive 7...
Mortgage Rates Slightly Higher, but Remain Near Recent Lows

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by Matthew Graham on April 16 2014, 1:43 PM

Mortgage rates were slightly highe r today as investors continued to pull back from yesterday's geopolitically motivated buying spree. Tensions in Ukraine had created a short term spike in demand for fixed income securities like Treasuries and the mortgage...

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