Mortgage rates had a fairly decent day yesterday as far as most lenders are concerned. A few lenders saw fit to bump rates up in the afternoon following a day of weakness in the bond market (which directly affects the rates lenders can offer). Because a majority of lenders did NOT make that mid-day adjustment, they were always likely to do so with today's first rate sheets--especially if bonds didn't improve overnight. Not only did bonds not improve today, but they weakened a bit more. This made lenders' decisions easy. With that, the average conventional 30yr fixed quote moved back up to leve... (read more)