Thu, Jul 27 2017, 3:25 PM
Mortgage rates were mixed today, depending on the lender, but generally held fairly close to yesterday's levels. All this in spite of bond market weak...
Wed, Jul 26 2017, 5:06 PM
Mortgage rates were steady to slightly lower today, despite fairly substantial movement in underlying bond markets. Bond prices ultimately do more to ...
Tue, Jul 25 2017, 3:18 PM
Mortgage rates moved abruptly higher today, erasing the improvement seen last week. An entire week's worth of movement may or may not be worth stressi...
Mon, Jul 24 2017, 4:23 PM
Mortgage rates held steady today, which leaves them in line with the lowest levels in July. In underlying bond markets (bond movement directly impacts...
Fri, Jul 21 2017, 5:14 PM
Mortgage rates moved lower today, setting yet another new low for the month of July. For the past 2 weeks, rates have been pushing back against a fair...
Thu, Jul 20 2017, 5:59 PM
Mortgage rates held relatively steady today, keeping them in line with the lowest levels in more than 3 weeks. There was relatively little market move...
Wed, Jul 19 2017, 4:56 PM
Mortgage rates moved lower today, despite slightly weaker underlying bond markets. This has been an ongoing phenomenon in recent days. Bonds improve, ...
Tue, Jul 18 2017, 3:45 PM
Mortgage rates fell today, but continue lagging behind the movements seen in underlying bond markets. Part of that has to do with the timing of bond m...
Mon, Jul 17 2017, 4:59 PM
Mortgage rates are largely dictated by movements in bond markets--specifically mortgage-backed securities (MBS). When bonds improve, prices rise and i...
Fri, Jul 14 2017, 4:03 PM
Mortgage rates are experiencing increased volatility at the end of this week, which was to-be-expected given the calendar of events and economic data....
Thu, Jul 13 2017, 5:45 PM
Mortgage rates had their first great day in several weeks yesterday, but ended up giving back some of those gains today. Bond markets that underlie in...
Wed, Jul 12 2017, 4:26 PM
Mortgage rates had been holding in a narrow range near their highest levels in roughly 3 months over the past few days. Despite some stability in unde...
Tue, Jul 11 2017, 3:44 PM
Mortgage rates remained in a very narrow range near their highest levels in roughly 3 months today. If you're into splitting hairs, we could discuss t...
Mon, Jul 10 2017, 5:24 PM
Mortgage rates improved somewhat today, on average, but the gains were modest. Some lenders were unchanged from Friday afternoon's latest levels. That...
Fri, Jul 7 2017, 3:59 PM
Mortgage rates didn't move much higher today for most lenders. While that absence of additional weakness is "nice," the net effect is that rates remai...
Thu, Jul 6 2017, 3:02 PM
Mortgage rates resumed their recent trend higher today. Yesterday had been the first day since June 27th without noticeable weakness--raising some hop...
Wed, Jul 5 2017, 4:15 PM
Mortgage rates had been rising at an uncomfortable pace since June 27th. As of Monday, the average conventional 30yr fixed rate quote was 0.125% highe...
Mon, Jul 3 2017, 1:42 PM
Mortgage rates continue rising at an uncomfortable pace for anyone in the market to buy or refinance. Today was the 5th straight day of quicker-than-a...
Fri, Jun 30 2017, 3:43 PM
Mortgage rates moved higher for a 4th straight day to end the month of June. In terms of upward movement, this has been the worst week for mortgage ra...
Thu, Jun 29 2017, 4:08 PM
Mortgage rates are higher again today, with the average lender now back to levels not seen since May 16th, 2017. Unless you've been following every li...
Wed, Jun 28 2017, 4:39 PM
Mortgage rates moved moderately higher again today, as investors continued digesting the possibility of a "taper tantrum" in Europe. The US version of...
Tue, Jun 27 2017, 3:50 PM
Mortgage rates saw their biggest bounce higher in more than a week today as domestic bond markets (which dictate rates) followed a much bigger move in...
Mon, Jun 26 2017, 4:21 PM
Mortgage rates were steady to slightly lower today, depending on the lender. Underlying financial markets continue moving in a narrow range--something...
Fri, Jun 23 2017, 4:59 PM
Weeks like this are the reason that some mortgage rate analysis is only done once a week. There haven't been any significant developments in financial...
Thu, Jun 22 2017, 3:50 PM
Mortgage rates have been so little-changed in recent days that yesterday's coverage wouldn't need to be changed in order to apply perfectly today. Ind...
Wed, Jun 21 2017, 3:11 PM
Mortgage rates have been locked in an exceptionally narrow range for most of the month of June, but especially over the past 5 days. Given that mortga...
Tue, Jun 20 2017, 3:44 PM
Mortgage rates were steady to slightly lower today, with underlying bond markets essentially erasing the damage seen yesterday. This was neither here ...
Mon, Jun 19 2017, 4:17 PM
Mortgage rates were mostly flat again today, despite bond market weakness (lower bond prices generally mean higher rates). Between MBS (the mortgage-b...
Fri, Jun 16 2017, 4:37 PM
Mortgage rates were flat today, after weaker-than-expected construction data prompted a positive bounce for bond markets. In general, bonds (which dic...
Thu, Jun 15 2017, 3:05 PM
Mortgage rates rose moderately today, as bond markets generally bounced back from the best levels in 8 months yesterday. Despite the bounce, rates are...
Wed, Jun 14 2017, 5:10 PM
Mortgage rates fell convincingly today, though not all lenders adjusted rates sheets in proportion to the gains seen in bond markets (which underlie r...
Tue, Jun 13 2017, 3:20 PM
Mortgage rates moved modestly higher today, for most lenders. This had more to do with yesterday's market movement than today's. Bond markets were wea...
Mon, Jun 12 2017, 4:46 PM
Mortgage rates were either flat or slightly higher , depending on the lender today. Movement in underlying bond markets suggested a modest increase in...
Fri, Jun 9 2017, 4:13 PM
Mortgage rates moved higher for the second straight day amid a general lack of actionable information. Some investors noted that the results of the el...
Thu, Jun 8 2017, 3:09 PM
Mortgage rates rose modestly today after spending 2 days at the best levels in nearly 8 months. Financial markets were tuned in to several key events ...
Wed, Jun 7 2017, 4:01 PM
Mortgage rates managed to hold in line with 2017's lowest levels for a 2nd day, even though underlying bond markets suggested a move higher . That mea...
Tue, Jun 6 2017, 4:20 PM
Mortgage rates unexpectedly fell to new 7-month lows today, following bond market gains in the overnight hours (Asian and European trading sessions). ...
Mon, Jun 5 2017, 5:01 PM
Mortgage rates were modestly higher today after hitting the lowest levels since early November at the end of last week. Along with mid-April, this is ...
Fri, Jun 2 2017, 5:49 PM
Mortgage rates moved convincingly lower today following weaker-than-expected employment data from the Labor Department. The big "jobs report" showed o...
Thu, Jun 1 2017, 2:54 PM
Mortgage rates gave back yesterday's gains this morning following a stronger-than-expected employment report from ADP. While this is not the week's bi...
Wed, May 31 2017, 4:57 PM
Mortgage rates improved modestly today as lenders caught up with yesterday afternoon's market movements. Most lenders will issue mid-day changes in ra...
Tue, May 30 2017, 2:50 PM
Mortgage rates remained relatively unchanged again today. This continues the sideways trend leading into Memorial Day weekend. As the current week pro...
Fri, May 26 2017, 2:31 PM
Mortgage rates didn't move much today. Lenders that made detectable adjustments generally did so in a moderately positive direction. While this isn't ...
Thu, May 25 2017, 4:08 PM
Mortgage rates fell today despite relatively uneventful movement in underlying bond markets (which drive day to day changes in rates). The net improve...
Wed, May 24 2017, 3:35 PM
Mortgage rates moved moderately higher this morning, beginning the day at the highest levels in roughly 2 weeks. Afternoon events helped underlying bo...
Tue, May 23 2017, 3:54 PM
Mortgage rates began the day in decent shape with the average lender roughly unchanged versus yesterday. As the day progressed, bond markets (which di...
Mon, May 22 2017, 4:39 PM
Mortgage rates were slightly higher for the 3rd straight day, continuing a modest bounce back from the year's lowest rates last Wednesday. In a nutshe...
Fri, May 19 2017, 3:00 PM
Mortgage rates continued higher for the 2nd straight day after hitting the lowest levels in more than 7 months earlier this week. Wednesday's big move...
Thu, May 18 2017, 6:29 PM
Financial markets are still reeling from political headlines that first began circulating on Tuesday afternoon. While stock markets made a reasonable ...
Wed, May 17 2017, 5:06 PM
Mortgage rates surged significantly lower today, as a part of a broad-based market movement following a political scandal that began taking shape yest...
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