Mon, Nov 3 2014, 4:15 PM
Mortgage rates continued higher today, edging up to their worst levels in nearly a month. The most prevalently-quoted conforming 30yr fixed rate...
Fri, Oct 31 2014, 3:40 PM
Mortgage rates drifted inconsequentially higher to end the month, remaining well-within the recent range, albeit closer to the higher end. The mo...
Thu, Oct 30 2014, 3:48 PM
Mortgage rates pulled back
to hold near 4 percent after rising to the highest levels in 3 weeks.
After yesterday's Fed announcement, the mos...
Wed, Oct 29 2014, 4:36 PM
Mortgage rates rose to the highest level in 3 weeks
after today's Fed Announcement. The move was a two-part process with
initial rate shee...
Tue, Oct 28 2014, 4:08 PM
Mortgage rates were almost universally sideways today with very few lenders changing rate sheets noticeably from yesterday. As such, the most ...
Mon, Oct 27 2014, 3:47 PM
Mortgage rates were almost perfectly unchanged
over the weekend. Most lenders are still right in line with Friday's
most prevalently-quote...
Fri, Oct 24 2014, 5:19 PM
Mortgage rates caught a break today and were able to ease just slightly lower heading into the weekend. This is somewhat refreshing because yest...
Thu, Oct 23 2014, 5:38 PM
Mortgage rates did as expected and departed their recently more stable range today. Unfortunately, we got the less enjoyable of the two potential ...
Wed, Oct 22 2014, 4:15 PM
Mortgage rates had their single flattest
day since October 2nd today. This is the polar opposite of last week's
exceptional volatility. The...
Tue, Oct 21 2014, 4:18 PM
Mortgage rates continue to bide their time , holding just under 4 percent on average. Some borrowers might see their quote move up .125% from yeste...
Mon, Oct 20 2014, 3:32 PM
Mortgage rates returned to levels best characterized as "under 4 percent" today after drifting higher on Friday. Last Wednesday was the first fo...
Fri, Oct 17 2014, 3:58 PM
Mortgage rates moved slightly higher today, continuing a pull back from the best levels in 16 months on Wednesday. That said, apart from the first...
Thu, Oct 16 2014, 3:31 PM
Mortgage rates were forced to give back some of the tremendous improvements seen yesterday as financial markets corrected after the wild swing. Ap...
Wed, Oct 15 2014, 5:03 PM
Mortgage rates went on a truly epic ride today. From the opening bell to the closing bell, the mortgage-backed-securities (MBS) that underlie mort...
Tue, Oct 14 2014, 4:56 PM
Mortgage rates continued living the dream today, falling decisively past last week's lows to claim another instance of "best rates since June 2013....
Fri, Oct 10 2014, 4:47 PM
Mortgage backed securities and treasuries opened in opposite directions this morning. MBS opened a few ticks worse than yesterday, while the benchm...
Thu, Oct 9 2014, 4:18 PM
The rally of the last 4 days continued this morning with the Fannie
Mae 3.5 MBS opening up 7 ticks higher than yesterday’s close. The excitement...
Wed, Oct 8 2014, 5:14 PM
Mortgage rates put on quite the show today, bringing the crowd to the edge of their seats before knocking it out of the park. Home-runs these days...
Tue, Oct 7 2014, 4:44 PM
Mortgage rates continued lower today at an exceptionally strong pace . The most prevalently-quoted conforming 30yr fixed rate for the very best s...
Mon, Oct 6 2014, 2:31 PM
Mortgage rates started the week off well , falling back in line with the lowest levels in a month .
Rates are close to those seen on Wednesday...
Fri, Oct 3 2014, 3:03 PM
Mortgage rates were just slightly higher on average today, but retained a majority of the improvement seen on October 1st. That's impressive con...
Thu, Oct 2 2014, 3:13 PM
Mortgage rates were mixed today , depending on the lender. Some rate sheets were slightly better or worse than yesterday's latest, but the broader ...
Wed, Oct 1 2014, 4:39 PM
Mortgage rates moved definitively lower today , restoring almost all of the ground lost during September's weakness. This has been a gradual proces...
Tue, Sep 30 2014, 3:54 PM
Mortgage rates were slightly higher today leaving September s one of only 3 months this year with noticeable upward movement. Things could have be...
Mon, Sep 29 2014, 3:19 PM
Mortgage rates fell at a healthy pace today, bringing them to the lowest levels since September 9th. Gains in bond markets help rates move lower a...
Fri, Sep 26 2014, 4:17 PM
Mortgage rates rose just slightly today, but the move was so small that some lenders are unchanged or even a bit better than yesterday. On top of ...
Thu, Sep 25 2014, 3:55 PM
Mortgage rates fell back in line with recent lows
after a disconcerting move higher yesterday. In general, rates are
still in the process of b...
Wed, Sep 24 2014, 3:55 PM
Mortgage rates moved higher today ,
ending a winning streak that began last Friday. That positivity
provided a much-needed push back against th...
Tue, Sep 23 2014, 3:45 PM
Mortgage rates were lower for a 3rd straight day, effectively confirming that markets hadn't merely paused for reflection on a determined move to n...
Mon, Sep 22 2014, 4:16 PM
Mortgage rates continued lower at a moderate pace for a second straight day, raising hopes that markets might be pushing back against the existing ...
Fri, Sep 19 2014, 3:18 PM
Mortgage rates moved slightly lower
today after hitting the highest levels in more than 4 months
yesterday. There were no significant economic...
Thu, Sep 18 2014, 3:49 PM
Mortgage rates only moved slightly higher today for most lenders. Some lenders were unchanged from yesterday, but on average, rates inched up to m...
Wed, Sep 17 2014, 5:30 PM
Mortgage rates moved higher at a moderate pace today after the Fed reiterated their intentions regarding the gradual tightening of monetary policy....
Tue, Sep 16 2014, 3:12 PM
Mortgage rates experienced their first genuine improvement of the month today. The gains were nothing if not very small, but they ended an uncom...
Mon, Sep 15 2014, 4:22 PM
Mortgage rates managed to hold steady today, which matches the very best performance of any other day in September. In other words, rates have e...
Fri, Sep 12 2014, 3:18 PM
Mortgage rates have now endured an insulting 10 straight days without improving. While a few of those have resulted in 'unchanged' levels, most ...
Thu, Sep 11 2014, 3:00 PM
Mortgage rates were essentially unchanged today. Most lenders were microscopically lower in terms of closing costs, though several went the othe...
Wed, Sep 10 2014, 3:37 PM
Mortgage rates continued moving higher at a fairly quick pace today. Some borrowers may now start to see rate quotes moving up an eighth of a po...
Tue, Sep 9 2014, 3:12 PM
Mortgage rates finally delivered an unequivocal performance today. Unfortunately, it wasn't the kind we were hoping for. Rates moved higher at t...
Mon, Sep 8 2014, 3:39 PM
Mortgage rates were higher OR lower today, depending on the lender. Some of the differences in pricing strategies have to do with Friday afterno...
Fri, Sep 5 2014, 4:11 PM
Mortgage rates were lower out of the gate this morning after the weaker-than-expected jobs report fueled bond market gains. As bond prices rise,...
Thu, Sep 4 2014, 3:44 PM
Mortgage rates ended the day fairly well mixed between higher and lower compared to yesterday. This is heavily dependent on the lender in questi...
Wed, Sep 3 2014, 3:56 PM
Mortgage rates started the day heading higher after overnight news of a potential ceasefire in Ukraine caused investors to quickly sell safe-have...
Tue, Sep 2 2014, 3:42 PM
Mortgage rates were higher today, ending nearly a week and a half of modest improvements. While no individual day stood out during that time, the ...
Fri, Aug 29 2014, 2:49 PM
Mortgage rates barely budged today. A few lenders were a bit higher than yesterday. A few more were a bit lower, but most hadn't moved enough to ...
Thu, Aug 28 2014, 3:45 PM
Mortgage rates fell modestly for an impressive sixth straight day today. Yet again, we're seeing little attention paid to the events in the US tha...
Wed, Aug 27 2014, 4:35 PM
Mortgage rates fell by an almost imperceptible amount today. Some lenders were actually unchanged or slightly higher. The actual NOTE rates ...
Tue, Aug 26 2014, 3:16 PM
So many questions have been raised by the surprising state of affairs in the world of mortgage rates this year. Why did rates move in the opp...
Mon, Aug 25 2014, 3:25 PM
Mortgage rates were steady for some lenders today, and slightly lower for others. The movement wasn't nearly enough to affect rates themselves, meani...
Fri, Aug 22 2014, 3:22 PM
Mortgage rates moved lower for a second straight day following a much-anticipated speech from Federal Reserve Chair Yellen in Jackson Hole. Whil...