Wed, Jul 2 2014, 5:36 PM
Mortgage rates moved higher today ,
once again at faster pace than most of the recent movement higher or
lower. The weakness in mortgage market...
Tue, Jul 1 2014, 4:02 PM
Mortgage rates finally made a move higher
today as financial markets transitioned from 2nd to 3rd quarter trading
strategies. Most frequently,...
Mon, Jun 30 2014, 2:49 PM
Mortgage rates were unchanged today.
More often than not, when the average rate is unchanged, it's due to a
balance between some lenders offer...
Fri, Jun 27 2014, 5:09 PM
Mortgage rates moved lower again ,
with the best options available in the morning hours. After that, bond
markets including MBS (the mortgage-b...
Thu, Jun 26 2014, 4:52 PM
Mortgage rates moved just slightly lower on average, though some lenders were unchanged or higher. The most prevalently quoted conforming 30yr fi...
Wed, Jun 25 2014, 3:48 PM
Mortgage rates fell nicely today
following the much weaker-than-expected reading on Q1 GDP. The
improvement takes average rates to their lowes...
Tue, Jun 24 2014, 3:42 PM
Mortgage rates were slightly lower
today, but did not move much from yesterday's latest levels. Some
lenders are even in slightly higher terri...
Mon, Jun 23 2014, 5:04 PM
Mortgage rates were slightly lower
this morning, but moved higher in the afternoon, ultimately matching
Friday's latest offerings. Despite som...
Fri, Jun 20 2014, 3:38 PM
Mortgage rates moved modestly lower again today.
While that leaves them a bit higher than the best rates of this year,
it enables an important...
Thu, Jun 19 2014, 5:10 PM
Mortgage rates moved very slightly lower
today depending on the lender. Some lenders had passed along fairly
aggressive improvements with mid-...
Wed, Jun 18 2014, 4:46 PM
Mortgage rates moved modestly lower
by the end of the day, but didn't break any new ground on the week.
The afternoon brought the week's main ...
Tue, Jun 17 2014, 3:43 PM
Mortgage rates erased yesterday's improvement, ending
up back at levels consistent with the middle of last week.
Stronger-than-expected inflat...
Mon, Jun 16 2014, 3:09 PM
Mortgage rates improved again today despite stronger-than-expected economic data. When economic reports are better than forecast, rates tend to move ...
Fri, Jun 13 2014, 2:33 PM
Mortgage rates staged a modest comeback
this afternoon after starting the day in line with the highest levels
of the week. As underlying marke...
Thu, Jun 12 2014, 3:43 PM
Mortgage rates made a stronger mover lower
today, following a well-received 30yr Treasury auction. Treasury
yields don't directly dictate mort...
Wed, Jun 11 2014, 4:24 PM
Mortgage rates took the day off from
their fairly pervasive move higher. Day-over-day rates have been the
same or higher for 8 out of the last...
Tue, Jun 10 2014, 4:15 PM
Mortgage rates continued higher today
adding to a losing streak that has only seen one day of improvement in
the last 9. Rate sheets now most ...
Mon, Jun 9 2014, 3:11 PM
Mortgage rates rose moderately
today. Market conditions were exceptionally quiet and after trading
opened in the secondary mortgage market, th...
Fri, Jun 6 2014, 3:24 PM
Mortgage rates remained very close
to yesterday's latest levels, though that varies depending on the time
of day. Though they returned closer ...
Thu, Jun 5 2014, 3:25 PM
Mortgage rates finally ended
a 5-day losing streak, moving lower for the first time since May 28th.
Today's big order of business was the Euro...
Wed, Jun 4 2014, 3:39 PM
Mortgage rates were higher yet again
today. This time around, the move wasn't quite as brisk as the past
few days. In fact, morning rate shee...
Tue, Jun 3 2014, 3:42 PM
Mortgage rates continued moving higher
at a relatively brisk pace today. The historically normal sources of
market guidance--like economic dat...
Mon, Jun 2 2014, 3:09 PM
Mortgage rates moved higher
today, returning in line with the same "sharply sideways" levels seen
just before the most recent push to 2014 lows...
Fri, May 30 2014, 3:51 PM
Mortgage rates continued slightly higher
today. This had more to do with a market-based continuation of
yesterday's momentum than it did wit...
Thu, May 29 2014, 3:49 PM
Mortgage rates began the day in even better shape than yesterday, but market volatility prompted most lenders to raise rates in the afternoon .
...
Wed, May 28 2014, 3:28 PM
After tying the record for most consecutive days with no change, mortgage rates moved significantly lower today .
The significance isn't due t...
Tue, May 27 2014, 3:03 PM
Mortgage rates were slightly higher
this morning, but mid-day market improvements led many lenders to
adjust rates lower into the afternoon. T...
Fri, May 23 2014, 1:24 PM
Mortgage rates didn't budge
today--not one little bit. It's one thing for lenders to be adjusting
rate sheets at various points in the day, be...
Thu, May 22 2014, 2:58 PM
Mortgage rates ,
once again, are ending the day essentially unchanged compared to the
previous day. Morning rate sheets were in stronger territ...
Wed, May 21 2014, 3:16 PM
Mortgage rates
held almost perfectly steady today, despite the potentially important
release of last month's meeting minutes from the FOMC (aka...
Tue, May 20 2014, 3:37 PM
Mortgage rates
improved modestly today, making it back in line with Friday's levels.
These aren't the very best rates of 2014, but they're clo...
Mon, May 19 2014, 3:10 PM
Mortgage rates
began the day in roughly the same territory as Friday afternoon. Some
lenders were in slightly better shape while others were s...
Fri, May 16 2014, 3:20 PM
Mortgage rates
were slightly higher today, continuing a move from yesterday that saw
most of the early gains evaporate by the end of the day. ...
Thu, May 15 2014, 4:13 PM
Mortgage rates
kept moving lower today as European markets continued to provide an
unexpectedly large boost in demand for domestic bond markets...
Wed, May 14 2014, 3:40 PM
Mortgage rates fell today
as the European Central Bank looks increasingly ready for a new round
of easing in June. More accommodative moneta...
Tue, May 13 2014, 3:22 PM
Mortgage rates
moved lower today after an especially weak report on Retail Sales
fueled demand for fixed-income investments like
mortgage-bac...
Mon, May 12 2014, 2:13 PM
Mortgage rates continued higher
today, adding to the corrective rebound from last week's 6-month lows.
There were no significant events or n...
Fri, May 9 2014, 2:02 PM
Mortgage rates
rose today, pulling back just slightly after spending 6 of the last 7
days in an aggressive move to the lowest levels in more th...
Thu, May 8 2014, 3:15 PM
Mortgage rates added just slightly
to yesterday's improvements, inching just a bit lower into the best
levels in more than 6 months. The bon...
Wed, May 7 2014, 3:15 PM
Mortgage rates continued pushing
into the lowest levels in more than 6 months after a docile
congressional testimony from Fed Chair Yellen th...
Tue, May 6 2014, 3:36 PM
Mortgage rates
fell back to their lowest levels of 2014, with most lenders in similar
territory to last Friday. Market movement was moderate, ...
Mon, May 5 2014, 3:35 PM
Mortgage rates
move up just slightly today, after hitting the lowest levels in 6
months at the end of last week. Some lenders who didn't get t...
Fri, May 2 2014, 2:26 PM
Mortgage rates
and many other areas of financial markets moved in shockingly
counterintuitive ways after today's big jobs report. Nonfarm payr...
Thu, May 1 2014, 3:12 PM
Mortgage rates fell at the fastest pace in over a month today
bringing them to their lowest levels since early February. The
motivation for ...
Wed, Apr 30 2014, 3:27 PM
Mortgage rates fell at a solid pace
today following a reading on 1st Quarter GDP that was much weaker than
expected. Downbeat economic data ...
Tue, Apr 29 2014, 2:23 PM
Mortgage rates were slightly higher today
as a result of bond market weakness late yesterday and again this
morning. Some of that weakness h...
Mon, Apr 28 2014, 2:45 PM
Mortgage rates
held almost perfectly steady today, with a handful of lenders offering
slightly lower costs while others were slightly higher. ...
Fri, Apr 25 2014, 2:44 PM
Mortgage rates
moved lower today, reaching their best levels of the week. Slumping
stocks and geopolitical concerns contributed to positivity ...
Thu, Apr 24 2014, 3:06 PM
Mortgage rates
held were mostly sideways today. In cases where rate sheets differed
from yesterday, the tendency was toward just slightly high...
Wed, Apr 23 2014, 3:14 PM
Mortgage rates
moved lower at a healthy pace today, more than erasing the past two
days of weakness, but leaving most of last Thursday's weakne...
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