Wed, Apr 27 2016, 4:48 PM
Mortgage rates caught a break today! After having moved sideways or higher for the past 7 days, and spending the last 3 at the highest levels in mor...
Tue, Apr 26 2016, 4:32 PM
Mortgage rates remained in line with their highest levels in a month for the third straight day . The average lender is now quoting convention...
Mon, Apr 25 2016, 5:07 PM
Mortgage rates didn't move much , if at all, today. That's not exactly what we want to see right now considering they're as high as they've been sin...
Fri, Apr 22 2016, 5:00 PM
Mortgage rates continued higher today, solidifying this week as the worst one in quite a while. Not since the first week i n November have rates ...
Thu, Apr 21 2016, 4:41 PM
Mortgage rates picked right up where they left off yesterday: pushing into the highest levels of the month. This week has seen the fastest rise in ...
Wed, Apr 20 2016, 5:15 PM
Mortgage rates jumped significantly higher today, relative to the almost perfectly flat trend that's been intact for more than a week. We were alre...
Tue, Apr 19 2016, 3:42 PM
Mortgage rates held steady again today , despite some weakness in underlying bond markets. When it comes to setting rates for the day lender rate sh...
Mon, Apr 18 2016, 4:37 PM
Mortgage rates held steady today , leaving them just off the lowest levels in nearly three years. Market conditions were somewhat volatile surroundi...
Fri, Apr 15 2016, 4:23 PM
Mortgage rates improved slightly today , bringing them back toward the lowest levels in nearly three years. With all of the headlines to that effect ...
Thu, Apr 14 2016, 3:26 PM
It's that time again! Thursday rolls around and Freddie Mac releases its weekly mortgage rate survey. Most major media outlets subsequently craft he...
Wed, Apr 13 2016, 4:41 PM
Mortgage rates pulled up just slightly today after spending the past few days near 3-year lows. The weakness in rates is in line with our discus...
Tue, Apr 12 2016, 4:18 PM
Mortgage rates managed to hold steady today despite weakness in underlying bond markets. That means the rates being offered by lenders are subst...
Mon, Apr 11 2016, 3:20 PM
Mortgage rates were little changed today , keeping them in line with the lowest levels in nearly 3 years. Specifically, there have only been 2-3 ...
Fri, Apr 8 2016, 2:38 PM
Mortgage rates didn't necessarily improve today --some lenders were worse-off actually--but merely holding steady on average, rates are ending the...
Thu, Apr 7 2016, 4:46 PM
Mortgage rates moved lower today , but not by much. Bond market levels typically dictate mortgage rate changes in fairly short order. Oftentimes...
Wed, Apr 6 2016, 4:10 PM
Mortgage rates moved higher today , pulling away from yesterday's long-term lows. Today's move wasn't extreme, by any means. It simply brings ra...
Tue, Apr 5 2016, 4:22 PM
Mortgage rates moved lower today , continuing the recent trend of improvement. Investors are feeling more cautious after Fed Chair Janet Yellen e...
Mon, Apr 4 2016, 5:07 PM
Mortgage rates stayed steady today , beginning the first full week of April right in line with the lowest levels in roughly 6 weeks, depending on ...
Fri, Apr 1 2016, 5:18 PM
Mortgage rates continued lower today , despite a fairly strong showing in the Employment Situation report. The so-called 'jobs report' is the mos...
Thu, Mar 31 2016, 4:12 PM
Mortgage rates dropped again today, continuing a recent trend of improvement and bringing us to the best levels seen since March 1st. Market vol...
Wed, Mar 30 2016, 5:20 PM
Mortgage rates held steady in most cases today, though several lenders continued to improve. The average lender is at least down to 3.75% in t...
Tue, Mar 29 2016, 5:00 PM
Mortgage rates moved decisively lower today, following a speech from Fed Chair Janet Yellen. While she accomplished it in several ways, Yellen's...
Mon, Mar 28 2016, 5:22 PM
Mortgage rates were decidedly mixed today, depending on the lender. Some were in better shape compared to last Thursday (markets were closed on ...
Thu, Mar 24 2016, 4:18 PM
Mortgage rates reversed course today, heading back toward the higher levels seen earlier in the week. It's no mystery that rates have been payin...
Wed, Mar 23 2016, 5:27 PM
Mortgage rates moved slightly lower today, recovering some of their losses from the first two days of the week. The average lender continues to ...
Tue, Mar 22 2016, 5:37 PM
Mortgage rates moved higher again today, casting a bigger shadow on last week's improvements. Rates haven't yet returned to the higher levels se...
Mon, Mar 21 2016, 5:39 PM
Mortgage rates moved higher to begin the new week as stocks and oil prices moved up from Friday afternoon's lows. Today's increases cast a shad...
Fri, Mar 18 2016, 3:56 PM
Mortgage rates didn't move much today, but of the lenders with noticeable differences versus yesterday, most were just slightly lower. That mean...
Thu, Mar 17 2016, 3:51 PM
Almost any major media outlet that covers financial news will have a story out today regarding this week's mortgage rates being higher than last week'...
Wed, Mar 16 2016, 5:19 PM
Mortgage rates moved lower today, but the amount was not only smaller than underlying market movement suggested, it also varied widely from lend...
Tue, Mar 15 2016, 5:06 PM
Mortgage rates were essentially unchange d today, despite implied weakness in underlying bond markets. In other words, rates should have move...
Mon, Mar 14 2016, 4:20 PM
Mortgage rates moved slightly lower today, for the second time in March. Unfortunately, the improvement did little to erase the recent weakness, ...
Fri, Mar 11 2016, 5:14 PM
Mortgage rates moved slightly higher again today, pushing farther into the highest territory since late January. Today's move wasn't that big, in a...
Thu, Mar 10 2016, 5:26 PM
Mortgage rates continued higher today, making it back to levels last seen in late January. Today's key event was a policy announcement from the Eur...
Wed, Mar 9 2016, 4:43 PM
Mortgage rates bounced higher today, moving all the way back to the highest levels since early February. While that sounds quite dramatic, the same...
Tue, Mar 8 2016, 4:46 PM
Mortgage rates moved lower today, regaining a good amount of the ground lost over the past few days. The average lender rate sheet is back in lin...
Mon, Mar 7 2016, 5:10 PM
Mortgage rates moved only slightly higher today on average. Some lenders were effectively unchanged from Friday, which is impressive considering t...
Fri, Mar 4 2016, 5:10 PM
Mortgage rates moved only moderately higher today after the Employment Situation report came out much stronger than expected. The all-important jo...
Thu, Mar 3 2016, 4:31 PM
Mortgage rates began the day slightly higher, on average, but managed to make it back in line with yesterday's levels by the afternoon. Some lend...
Wed, Mar 2 2016, 4:38 PM
Mortgage rates continued farther into to the highest levels since early February today. The current territory is important in the bigger pi...
Tue, Mar 1 2016, 5:03 PM
Mortgage rates moved quickly higher today, bringing them to levels not seen since early February. It continues to be the case that context is impor...
Mon, Feb 29 2016, 5:10 PM
Mortgage rates were slightly lower today, recovering only some of the weakness seen over the past several business days. Apart from last Friday, to...
Fri, Feb 26 2016, 5:55 PM
Mortgage rates moved higher again today--this time at a slightly quicker pace--bringing averages up to the highest levels in at least a week. That ...
Thu, Feb 25 2016, 4:39 PM
Mortgage rates were slightly higher today, and that leaves them much higher than the long-term lows seen 2 weeks ago. Of course "much" is a relativ...
Wed, Feb 24 2016, 4:30 PM
Mortgage rates generally held their ground today. In fact, rates were lower than yesterday's, on average, but quite a few lenders raised rates from...
Tue, Feb 23 2016, 4:22 PM
Mortgage rates experienced some volatility today, but ended up in slightly stronger territory on average. At first, rates were higher, as underlyin...
Mon, Feb 22 2016, 5:27 PM
Mortgage rates maintained recent sideways momentum today, holding inside a narrow range established last week. This range is particularly interesti...
Fri, Feb 19 2016, 4:17 PM
Mortgage rates improved slightly today, on average, despite modest weakness in underlying bond markets. We discussed this possibility yesterday in ...
Thu, Feb 18 2016, 8:09 PM
Mortgage rates finally held their ground today, earning back some of the ground lost over the past 3 days. While a substantial gap remains between ...
Wed, Feb 17 2016, 4:44 PM
Mortgage rates were just a bit higher in most cases today, although some lenders were effectively unchanged from yesterday. If you happened to stop...
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