Mon, Feb 25 2019, 3:24 PM
Mortgage rates were very nearly unchanged today, although the average lender was just slightly higher. Investors reacted to news over the weekend that...
Fri, Feb 22 2019, 6:12 PM
Mortgage rates are most directly affected by the day to day movement in the bond market. It's interesting to consider that bonds improved quite a bit ...
Thu, Feb 21 2019, 4:03 PM
Mortgage rates may be close to their lowest levels in more than a year, but they were slightly higher versus yesterday. Yesterday's rates were close e...
Wed, Feb 20 2019, 4:46 PM
Mortgage rates finally broke from their recent "back-and-forth" pattern of the past 7 business days and moved lower for the 2nd day in a row . Althoug...
Tue, Feb 19 2019, 3:47 PM
Mortgage rates fell modestly today, making it the 7th straight business day where they've moved in the opposite direction from the previous day. This ...
Fri, Feb 15 2019, 3:01 PM
Mortgage rates were slightly higher today, marking the 6th day in a row where they've reversed course versus the previous day. This is the sort of beh...
Thu, Feb 14 2019, 4:43 PM
Mortgage rates recovered today after rising to the highest levels in a week as of yesterday. The improvement followed a much-weaker-than-expected Reta...
Wed, Feb 13 2019, 4:41 PM
Mortgage rates hadn't changed much over the past few business days, even though they arguably should have moved a bit higher yesterday. That made toda...
Tue, Feb 12 2019, 4:32 PM
Mortgage rates were roughly unchanged yet again today, although the average lender was charging microscopically higher fees compared to yesterday. The...
Mon, Feb 11 2019, 3:55 PM
Mortgage rates held their ground fairly well today, despite the fact that underlying bond markets were weaker. Bond market weakness is associated with...
Fri, Feb 8 2019, 5:36 PM
Mortgage rates may not be quite as low as they were on January 31st, but they nonetheless managed to end at the lowest levels of this week . Unlike Ja...
Thu, Feb 7 2019, 5:37 PM
Thursday plays host to vastly more mortgage rate articles than any other day of the week. This has to do with the regular weekly release of Freddie Ma...
Wed, Feb 6 2019, 2:47 PM
Mortgage rates moved lower for the second straight day after rising moderately on Friday and Monday. This brings the average lender to the second lowe...
Tue, Feb 5 2019, 5:03 PM
Mortgage rates stabilized today, after moving higher somewhat quickly following several strong economic reports on Friday. If you'd like to revisit th...
Mon, Feb 4 2019, 4:08 PM
Mortgage rates continued moving higher today as Fridays unfortunate series of events seems to have motivated a big bounce. What events are those? Name...
Fri, Feb 1 2019, 7:01 PM
Mortgage rates fell significantly yesterday, extending a reaction to the Federal Reserve's announcement and press conference from Wednesday. The Fed w...
Thu, Jan 31 2019, 4:31 PM
Mortgage rates fell more triumphantly today, extending their reaction to yesterday's Federal Reserve announcement. The Fed isn't in direct control of ...
Wed, Jan 30 2019, 4:15 PM
Mortgage rates fell moderately today, largely in response to the Federal Reserve's policy announcement. The Fed is in charge of setting a key short-te...
Tue, Jan 29 2019, 4:01 PM
Mortgage rates didn't move yesterday, despite a moderate amount of improvement in underlying bond markets. When bonds improve, rates tend to move lowe...
Mon, Jan 28 2019, 4:23 PM
Mortgage rates didn't move at all today, on average, but that's likely to change throughout the course of the week--possibly several times. Interest r...
Fri, Jan 25 2019, 6:00 PM
Mortgage rates were only slightly higher today, and didn't rise enough to make it above the levels that showed up somewhat abruptly on Wednesday. That...
Thu, Jan 24 2019, 3:45 PM
Mortgage rates jumped to the highest levels in 2019 yesterday, even if only by a small margin. It was one of the few abrupt moves we've seen in recent...
Wed, Jan 23 2019, 3:06 PM
Mortgage rates jumped a bit today, as lenders got caught up with the bond market movements from last Friday. It's fair to wonder why they wouldn't hav...
Tue, Jan 22 2019, 4:06 PM
Mortgage rates were higher heading into the end of the previous week. To make matters worse, as of Friday afternoon, it didn't look like the average l...
Fri, Jan 18 2019, 3:47 PM
Mortgage rates rose gently today. Most mortgage borrowers (and many mortgage professionals, for that matter) wouldn't be aware of slightly more alarmi...
Thu, Jan 17 2019, 3:28 PM
Mortgage rates were technically steady today. In fact, as of this writing, most lenders are offering slightly better terms compared to yesterday, but ...
Wed, Jan 16 2019, 4:13 PM
Mortgage rates rose modestly today after spending the past 2 days moving sideways. It was really yesterday's market weakness that caused today's move....
Tue, Jan 15 2019, 4:44 PM
Mortgage rates were unchanged yet again today. Given that rates are based on trading levels in underlying bond markets, it's no surprise to learn that...
Mon, Jan 14 2019, 3:50 PM
Mortgage rates held their ground today, keeping them in line with long-term lows achieved over the past 2 weeks. To be fair, it was the previous week ...
Fri, Jan 11 2019, 6:11 PM
Mortgage rates improved today, breaking a 3-day streak with effectively no change. This gets us part of the way back down to the long-term lows achiev...
Thu, Jan 10 2019, 4:50 PM
Mortgage rates were unchanged again today, despite moderate weakness in underlying bond markets. Bonds are the primary ingredient used in determining ...
Wed, Jan 9 2019, 6:29 PM
Mortgage rates held steady today, after moving higher for the past 3 days. Underlying market movement was slightly calmer than it has been in recent d...
Tue, Jan 8 2019, 3:36 PM
Mortgage rates rose moderately for the 3rd day in a row today, bringing them to the highest levels since December 31st for the average lender. In outr...
Mon, Jan 7 2019, 5:08 PM
Mortgage rates were higher again today, extending a 2-day move from the lowest levels since early 2018. The size and pace of the late 2018 improvement...
Fri, Jan 4 2019, 4:42 PM
Mortgage rates hit the lowest levels in nearly a year as of yesterday afternoon. In general, they've had a one track mind for the better part of two m...
Thu, Jan 3 2019, 4:37 PM
Mortgage rates have been plummeting , depending on your definition of the word. To be sure, the past 2 months have no competition in nearly 3 years. T...
Wed, Jan 2 2019, 4:49 PM
Mortgage rates didn't have much to celebrate in 2018--at least not until the last few months. But those last few months were quite nice! Despite uncer...
Mon, Dec 31 2018, 2:05 PM
Mortgage rates moved lower again today--this time in a slightly more noticeable way. More than anything, this was a reflection of last Friday's market...
Fri, Dec 28 2018, 4:27 PM
Mortgage rates moved lower by an almost imperceptible amount today. The improvement was enough to bring the average lender to the lowest levels since ...
Thu, Dec 27 2018, 4:48 PM
Mortgage rates were unchanged to slightly lower today, which is a major victory considering how yesterday left off. Specifically, bond markets had wea...
Wed, Dec 26 2018, 4:10 PM
Mortgage rates were unchanged in some cases today and higher in others. The discrepancy is a result of the timing of today's market movements. The mos...
Mon, Dec 24 2018, 12:43 PM
Mortgage rates did nothing interesting today, as is typical for the days before and after a major holiday. Tangentially related and significantly more...
Fri, Dec 21 2018, 3:59 PM
Mortgage rates were steady to slightly higher yet again today. This reinforces our sense from yesterday that rates may have already found their post-F...
Thu, Dec 20 2018, 4:48 PM
Mortgage rates were steady to slightly higher today. As such, they remain quite close to their lowest levels in roughly 4 months--a distinction achiev...
Wed, Dec 19 2018, 4:26 PM
Mortgage rates fell today even though the Fed "raised rates." What's up with that? There are all kinds of rates. Some are fixed. Some are adjustable. ...
Tue, Dec 18 2018, 4:01 PM
Mortgage rates fell today as lenders got caught up with the friendly move in the bond market that we noted yesterday. Incidentally, today's bond marke...
Mon, Dec 17 2018, 4:55 PM
Mortgage rates were fairly flat yet again today. Unlike Friday, today's market movement made a case for a bit of a drop. "Market gains" mean different...
Fri, Dec 14 2018, 5:25 PM
Mortgage rates didn't move much today, and that's arguably a good thing. When the week began, we discussed the need for rates to cool-off after last w...
Thu, Dec 13 2018, 2:59 PM
Mortgage rates fell moderately today, helping them move part of the way back down toward their lowest levels in more than 3 months (seen back on Frida...
Wed, Dec 12 2018, 6:24 PM
Mortgage rates rose more noticeably today as a part of a 3 day bounce after hitting the lowest levels in roughly 3 months at the end of last week. Whe...
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