Mortgage rates didn't budge, compared to yesterday's, which leaves them in line with their highest levels since late June.  A small majority lenders have moved up from quoting conventional 30yr fixed rates of 3.375% to 3.5% during the course of this week, and a several are already as high as 3.625% for top tier scenarios.  That's about as stratified as it gets when it comes to each lenders' best possible rate on any given scenario.  The stratification is a product of market volatility, all-time lows in benchmark rates (like US Treasuries) earlier this month, and varying lender strategies with respect to their business flow.  

Mortgage rates were unchanged again today, making three out of the past 4 days where rates haven't budged and 6 out of the past 7 days where rates moved by 0.01% or less, on average.  That's an exceptionally narrow range, and it speaks to indecision in financial markets ahead of this week's major central bank announcements.  That's where the Fed and the Bank of Japan give the official word on their monetary policy, which includes setting short term rates and spelling out various stimulus efforts.  

Mortgage rates moved slightly higher today, and are now effectively at the highest levels in month.  That sounds a bit more dire than it is, though, because there hasn't been much movement in the bigger picture--especially over the past few days.  In fact, there's quite a good chance that you'd receive the same quote today as you would have late last week.  For most borrowers, that's in the mid 3.5% neighborhood when it comes to conventional, 30yr fixed loans.  

Mortgage rates moved slightly lower today, although that's only true for lenders who issued mid-day improvements following the Fed's policy announcement.  Markets were, by no means, expecting the Fed to hike rates today, but there was a decent enough chance they would telegraph their intention to hike.  Such a move is certainly in the Fed's playbook, but if that's what they were shooting for today, it didn't show.  

Mortgage rates fell at the quickest pace in more than a month today as lenders priced-in the market improvements seen after yesterday's Fed Announcement.  Even though quite a few lenders offered improvements yesterday afternoon, the so-called "reprices" were conservative compared to improvements implied by trading levels in mortgage-backed-securities (the bonds that most directly affect mortgage rates).  

Mortgage rates enjoyed another strong day, falling to the best levels in exactly 2 weeks.  Rates were actually set to move higher early this morning, but a much weaker-than-expected reading on Q2 GDP helped drive demand for bonds.  Better buying pushes bond prices higher and rates lower.  The strength in bond markets gave lenders the peace of mind needed in order to offer even better terms than yesterday.  The most prevalent conventional 30yr fixed rate is quickly returning to 3.375% on top tier scenarios.