Fri, Sep 18 2015, 2:50 PM
Mortgage rates continued a strong move lower today as momentum continued following yesterday's Fed Announcement. While the Fed doesn't dictate mo...
Thu, Sep 17 2015, 5:07 PM
Mortgage rates came roaring back today after the Fed held steady at record-low policy rates. While the Fed Funds Rate doesn't directly dictate mo...
Wed, Sep 16 2015, 3:50 PM
Mortgage rates almost made it through the past two months without any major move higher (except those moves that were correcting the major moves l...
Tue, Sep 15 2015, 5:14 PM
Mortgage rates had been holding their breath and waiting calmly for Thursday's big announcement from the Fed. Today saw the breath-holding come to ...
Mon, Sep 14 2015, 5:23 PM
Mortgage rates are officially holding their breath ahead of Thursday's FOMC Announcement. It's not mortgages, specifically, but the entire bond m...
Fri, Sep 11 2015, 3:56 PM
Mortgage rates are doing absolutely everything in their power to avoid making any sudden movements ahead of next week's potential volatility. I...
Thu, Sep 10 2015, 4:21 PM
Mortgage rates were not able to build on yesterday's modest improvements. Most lenders ended up back in line with their worst recent levels. Tha...
Wed, Sep 9 2015, 5:42 PM
Mortgage rates ended the day in just slightly stronger territory compared to yesterday's latest levels. This definitely wasn't the case if you lo...
Tue, Sep 8 2015, 5:31 PM
Mortgage rates moved back up into their recent indecisive range today, foiling a halfhearted attempt to move lower late last week. Much of the in...
Fri, Sep 4 2015, 4:22 PM
Mortgage rates fell to their lowest levels in more than a week today, following the release of August's official employment figures. The previous...
Thu, Sep 3 2015, 6:08 PM
Mortgage rates continued their recent trend of almost imperceptible movement today. This time, things improved ever-so-slightly with most lenders...
Wed, Sep 2 2015, 5:53 PM
Mortgage rates were almost flat again today . Most lenders were just a hair higher in costs vs yesterday. The most prevalent conventional 30yr fi...
Tue, Sep 1 2015, 6:39 PM
Mortgage rates didn't move much today.
Whether or not you see today's rates in better shape vs yesterday
depends on how your lender approache...
Mon, Aug 31 2015, 4:18 PM
Mortgage rates moved moderately higher today as bond traders adjusted their holdings for the end of the month. Mortgage rates are dictated by tra...
Fri, Aug 28 2015, 3:37 PM
Mortgage rates didn't move much today. Depending on the lender, effective rates were either slightly higher or lower vs yesterday, with the avera...
Thu, Aug 27 2015, 4:44 PM
Mortgage rates were just barely higher today, greatly decreasing the momentum in a now 3-day losing streak. The timing of these movements is impo...
Wed, Aug 26 2015, 4:25 PM
Mortgage rates continued slightly higher today , though they appeared to have second thoughts about that at first. In fact, several lenders made m...
Tue, Aug 25 2015, 5:55 PM
Mortgage rates moved higher today as global markets managed to avoid the same sort of panicked volatility seen yesterday. The month-long trend to...
Mon, Aug 24 2015, 5:37 PM
Mortgage rates did manage to move lower again today. And that move does bring them to the best levels in more than 3 months. But apart from that...
Fri, Aug 21 2015, 5:12 PM
Mortgage rates moved moderately lower yet again. This extends a winning streak that began on July 14th, making it the longest positive trend in 2...
Thu, Aug 20 2015, 7:01 PM
Mortgage rates continued lower today, bringing most lenders to their best levels in more than 3 months. The average conventional 30yr fixed rate ...
Wed, Aug 19 2015, 7:40 PM
Mortgage rates dropped today --largely in response to the release of the Minutes from the most recent Fed meeting. The Minutes don't convey any po...
Tue, Aug 18 2015, 5:34 PM
Mortgage rates moved back up today, but continue holding well-inside last week's range. "Movement" is a relative term these days considering it's...
Mon, Aug 17 2015, 5:58 PM
Mortgage rates improved just slightly today, but for most lenders, it was enough to erase the weakness seen last Friday. Behind the move was much...
Fri, Aug 14 2015, 2:32 PM
Mortgage rates were just slightly higher on average for a third straight day. Much of this week was spent focusing on the effects of China's deci...
Thu, Aug 13 2015, 5:07 PM
Mortgage rates continued higher today as the recent volatility in global markets subsided. Treasury yields and mortgage rates both benefited from...
Wed, Aug 12 2015, 5:44 PM
Mortgage rates were lower at first today, but most lenders sent out negative reprices in the afternoon, bringing rates back to unchanged levels. ...
Tue, Aug 11 2015, 6:14 PM
Mortgage rates dropped quickly today, bringing many lenders back to quoting conventional 30yr fixed rates of 3.875% for top tier scenarios. The m...
Mon, Aug 10 2015, 5:39 PM
Mortgage rates moved slightly higher today, erasing the modest improvements seen on Friday. There wasn't much movement in the secondary mortgage ...
Fri, Aug 7 2015, 7:25 PM
Mortgage rates were surprisingly calm today , especially in light of the fact that the big jobs report was released this morning. This report has ...
Thu, Aug 6 2015, 8:01 PM
Mortgage rates made up some of their recently lost ground today, moving slightly lower in concert with falling stock prices. Bonds (which include...
Wed, Aug 5 2015, 6:21 PM
Mortgage rates continued their retreat from recent lows for a 2nd straight day after this morning's data suggested the service sector was at its s...
Tue, Aug 4 2015, 7:26 PM
After hitting the best levels in just over 2 months yesterday, mortgage rates bounced moderately higher today. The move brings them back above ...
Mon, Aug 3 2015, 6:08 PM
Mortgage rates continued lower today , adding to an already impressive streak of improvement that began in mid-July. Much of that improvement has ...
Fri, Jul 31 2015, 9:02 PM
Get out your calendar. Flip, swipe, or glance back at May 29th. That's where we have to go to see mortgage rates any lower than they are today....
Thu, Jul 30 2015, 3:08 PM
Mortgage rates were very close to unchanged despite market volatility surrounding the release of today's GDP figures. GDP can occasionally cause a ...
Wed, Jul 29 2015, 5:10 PM
Mortgage rates had an exceptionally boring day despite the presence of the Fed Announcement. Major communications from the Fed (which include ann...
Tue, Jul 28 2015, 5:43 PM
Mortgage rates bucked the recent trend of steady, modest improvements to end just slightly higher today. That said, the move was just as small as m...
Mon, Jul 27 2015, 4:48 PM
Mortgage rates continued modestly lower for the 5th straight day, further extending Friday's push to the lowest levels of July. Even so, most borro...
Fri, Jul 24 2015, 5:32 PM
Mortgage rates barely budged for an impressive 7th straight day. Refreshingly, all but one of those days have seen rates budge slightly lower. I...
Thu, Jul 23 2015, 6:15 PM
Mortgage rates are looking like they've exhausted the playbook in terms of making big moves down the field, yet they continue to pick up a few yar...
Wed, Jul 22 2015, 5:28 PM
Mortgage rates haven't made any sudden moves recently. Not only that, but most of the moves have been in a friendly direction this month. There...
Tue, Jul 21 2015, 3:47 PM
Mortgage rates reversed course today, getting back in line with the recent trend of slow, steady improvements. The average lender is now back in...
Mon, Jul 20 2015, 5:48 PM
Mortgage rates did move microscopically higher today, but that's about the worst thing to be said about them. In fact, it's one of the only thin...
Fri, Jul 17 2015, 5:40 PM
Mortgage rates continued the recent trend of very small improvements today. Most lenders are essentially unchanged, and while a few rate sheets ...
Thu, Jul 16 2015, 5:36 PM
Mortgage rates are doing a great job of holding their ground after two days of solid improvement. If we look closely enough, today's rate sheets a...
Wed, Jul 15 2015, 5:49 PM
Mortgage rates once again focused more on domestic issues today as Greece had not yet voted to approve its bailout by the time US markets closed....
Tue, Jul 14 2015, 4:01 PM
Mortgage rates took a break from reacting to headlines coming out of Europe and focused instead on domestic economic data. That turned out to be...
Mon, Jul 13 2015, 5:03 PM
Mortgage rates didn't move much today , but are slightly higher for most lenders by the afternoon. Rates were noticeably higher in the morning, b...
Fri, Jul 10 2015, 5:42 PM
Mortgage rates move sharply higher for a 2nd straight day, now fully erasing all of the improvement seen since July 1st. The same risky, volatil...
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