Thu, Mar 23 2017, 4:06 PM
Mortgage rates were slightly higher for the first time in 8 days as markets braced for the impact of political developments. The big issue of the day ...
Wed, Mar 22 2017, 3:44 PM
Mortgage rates were lower for the 7th day in a row today, further extending their push into the lowest levels of the month. At first, that positive mo...
Tue, Mar 21 2017, 4:14 PM
Mortgage rates continued lower today as political uncertainty sparked the biggest day of stock market losses since the election. In general, short ter...
Mon, Mar 20 2017, 3:58 PM
Mortgage rates were steady-to-slightly lower today, keeping them in line with the lowest levels in 2 weeks and very close to the lowest levels of the ...
Fri, Mar 17 2017, 2:56 PM
Mortgage rates managed to maintain the improvement seen since Wednesday's Fed announcement. While the Fed did indeed hike its policy rate, the hike wa...
Thu, Mar 16 2017, 1:12 PM
Mortgage rates are right in line with yesterday's levels, and yesterday saw rates fall at the fastest pace of the year, ultimately reaching the lowest...
Wed, Mar 15 2017, 4:43 PM
Mortgage rates fell at their fastest pace of the year following today's rate hike announcement from the Fed. If you're wondering why mortgage rates fe...
Tue, Mar 14 2017, 5:10 PM
Mortgage rates held steady today, on average, despite moderate improvements in underlying bond markets. Typically, bond market improvement results in ...
Mon, Mar 13 2017, 4:21 PM
Mortgage rates rose for the 10th time in the past 11 days today, bringing them very close to highest levels in 3 years. You'd have to go back to April...
Fri, Mar 10 2017, 4:14 PM
Mortgage rates held steady today, despite a key report from the Labor Department showing stronger-than-expected job creation in February. Typically, a...
Thu, Mar 9 2017, 5:38 PM
Mortgage rates rose again today, bringing them further into the highest levels of the year. If there's anything redeeming about the move it's that it ...
Wed, Mar 8 2017, 4:33 PM
Mortgage rates spiked, big-time, today. Underlying bond markets had already moved higher in rate overnight, but the trend was taken to a new level by ...
Tue, Mar 7 2017, 4:59 PM
Mortgage rates rose moderately today, keeping them in line with recent highs. The run to those highs took place largely over the past week as markets ...
Mon, Mar 6 2017, 5:19 PM
After moving higher for 5 days in a row, mortgage rates finally moved a bit lower today. The improvement was fairly small, however, merely undoing Fri...
Fri, Mar 3 2017, 4:08 PM
Mortgage rates rose by the smallest amount of the week today, but they rose nonetheless. That caps a streak of 5 straight days spent moving in an unfr...
Thu, Mar 2 2017, 4:14 PM
Mortgage rates were only modestly higher today, extending the recent losing streak to its 4th straight day. This keeps the average conventional 30yr f...
Wed, Mar 1 2017, 3:45 PM
Mortgage rates moved sharply higher today, bringing the average top tier 30yr fixed quote back to 4.25% from 4.125% previously. That doesn't exactly m...
Tue, Feb 28 2017, 2:32 PM
Mortgage rates moved higher today in most cases, but not by much. More interesting is the fact that rates held their ground as well as they did consid...
Mon, Feb 27 2017, 4:47 PM
Mortgage rates moved slightly higher after a strong run to the lowest levels of the year as of last Friday. In general, financial markets moved toward...
Fri, Feb 24 2017, 4:26 PM
Mortgage rates moved lower for 3rd straight day (and the 5th time in the past 6 days). That makes this the best winning streak of the year and it brin...
Thu, Feb 23 2017, 3:03 PM
Mortgage rates moved lower for the 4th time in 5 days today, bringing them to their lowest levels since February 9th. The caveat to any discussion of ...
Wed, Feb 22 2017, 3:56 PM
Mortgage rates began the day decidedly lower than yesterday, but most lenders ended up revising rates higher in the mid-morning hours due to bond mark...
Tue, Feb 21 2017, 4:14 PM
Mortgage rates were just slightly higher today, leaving them roughly in the center of a range that's persisted since mid-November. During that time th...
Fri, Feb 17 2017, 3:13 PM
Mortgage rates moved lower for a 2nd straight day. This helps undo virtually all of the damage done by the first 3 days of the week. In other words, t...
Thu, Feb 16 2017, 4:51 PM
After spending the past 5 business days moving higher, mortgage rates finally found their footing today. The improvement came in phases, with today's ...
Wed, Feb 15 2017, 4:29 PM
Mortgage rates rose for the 5th day in a row following a higher reading in this morning's inflation data and an upbeat Retail Sales report. In general...
Tue, Feb 14 2017, 4:34 PM
Mortgage rates moved higher for the 4th straight day today, following Fed Chair Janet Yellen's congressional testimony. It wasn't that Yellen's speech...
Mon, Feb 13 2017, 4:35 PM
Mortgage rates stood at their lowest levels in more than 2 months as of last Wednesday, but have since moved higher for 3 straight days . This leaves ...
Fri, Feb 10 2017, 3:05 PM
Mortgage rates continued higher today, bringing them back in line with Monday's levels. Part of the rise was due to weaker trading levels in bond mark...
Thu, Feb 9 2017, 5:26 PM
Mortgage rates finally moved higher after three straight days of solid improvement. If it's any consolation, today's rise wasn't on par with even one ...
Wed, Feb 8 2017, 4:47 PM
Mortgage rates fell for the third straight day today. Each day has seen moderate improvement. Taken together, they add up to a strong move lower from ...
Tue, Feb 7 2017, 4:48 PM
Mortgage rates moved lower again today as investors remained cautious amid political uncertainty at home and abroad. Stocks began the day higher but l...
Mon, Feb 6 2017, 4:36 PM
Mortgage rates moved lower today as investors sought safe haven from global political risk in the bond market. When investor demand for bonds increase...
Fri, Feb 3 2017, 5:28 PM
Mortgage rates were noticeably lower this morning as bond markets responded favorably to the important jobs report. While the headline job growth was ...
Thu, Feb 2 2017, 3:32 PM
Mortgage rates fell modestly today, but not enough to make it back to the lows seen earlier this week. 4.25% is still the most prevalent 30yr fixed ra...
Wed, Feb 1 2017, 5:05 PM
Mortgage rates were higher to end the day, but not as high as they might have been without the Fed Statement. The day began with a series of strong ec...
Tue, Jan 31 2017, 3:52 PM
Mortgage rates moved just a bit lower today, bringing them to their best levels in exactly 1 week. Most borrowers will see little-to-no difference bet...
Mon, Jan 30 2017, 4:40 PM
Mortgage rates fell modestly today , keeping rates near the lower end of the range seen since January 18th. The catch is that rates moved sharply high...
Fri, Jan 27 2017, 3:34 PM
Mortgage rates fell today, undoing enough of this week's damage to return precisely to levels seen last Friday. In simpler terms, rates ended the week...
Thu, Jan 26 2017, 3:17 PM
Mortgage rates moved higher for the 6th time in the past 7 business days, even after several lenders offered mid-day improvements in the afternoon. Th...
Wed, Jan 25 2017, 4:59 PM
Mortgage rates moved higher for the 5th time in the past 6 business days. The past 2 days have combined to bring rates a full .125% higher. That's the...
Tue, Jan 24 2017, 3:56 PM
Mortgage rates have been volatile recently, with 3 out of the past 5 business days seeing much-bigger-than-average moves. After improving nicely yeste...
Mon, Jan 23 2017, 5:21 PM
Mortgage rates fell somewhat significantly today, fully offsetting last week's rise. Specifically, today's average rates are back in line with those s...
Fri, Jan 20 2017, 4:40 PM
Mortgage rates rose slightly today, on average, but performances varied by lender and depending on the time of day. Rates were higher across the board...
Thu, Jan 19 2017, 3:57 PM
Freddie Mac's weekly mortgage rate survey came out this morning showing the lowest rates in 3 weeks (don't get excited). This happens due to the surve...
Wed, Jan 18 2017, 4:42 PM
Mortgage rates moved sharply higher today , more than erasing yesterday's improvement. In fact, in one fell swoop, rates essentially moved from the bo...
Tue, Jan 17 2017, 4:53 PM
Mortgage rates moved lower today , generally recovering the losses seen last Friday. This brings many lenders back in line with the lowest levels sinc...
Fri, Jan 13 2017, 3:44 PM
Mortgage rates moved higher today , even after many lenders offered mid-day improvements in the afternoon. Bond markets (which underlie rate movement)...
Thu, Jan 12 2017, 5:33 PM
Mortgage rates were mixed today , depending on the lender. Discrepancies between lenders have been higher than normal over the last 24 hours for sever...
Wed, Jan 11 2017, 3:57 PM
Mortgage rates fell today , in many cases to levels not seen in well over a month . The average lender was just a hair better than last Thursday, mean...