Tue, Dec 22 2015, 5:39 PM
Mortgage rates bounced slightly higher today, ending a 4-day winning streak that began with last Wednesday's Fed rate hike. Generally speaking, t...
Mon, Dec 21 2015, 6:44 PM
Mortgage rates continued a trend of small, steady improvements into the new week today. This marks the 4th straight day of a winning streak that ...
Fri, Dec 18 2015, 4:44 PM
Mortgage rates maintained their paradoxical descent following this week's Fed rate hike. The paradox can be accounted-for in several ways, but th...
Thu, Dec 17 2015, 4:59 PM
Mortgage rates continued modestly lower today as financial markets continue sorting out their reaction to yesterday's Fed rate hike. As a reminde...
Wed, Dec 16 2015, 6:40 PM
Mortgage rates moved just slightly lower today, despite the long-awaited Fed rate hike. Once again, that's LOWER mortgage rates and a HIGHER Fed ...
Tue, Dec 15 2015, 4:57 PM
Mortgage rates jumped again today, moving to the highest levels more than a month ahead of tomorrow's hotly anticipated Fed Announcement. Many le...
Mon, Dec 14 2015, 5:10 PM
Mortgage rates moved quickly higher today, more than erasing Friday's strong performance. If fact, most lenders are at their highest levels in mo...
Fri, Dec 11 2015, 6:18 PM
Mortgage rates recovered yesterday's losses in many cases, and moved even lower in many other cases. The mortgage sector was one of the tamer per...
Thu, Dec 10 2015, 5:21 PM
Mortgage rates moved moderately higher today, bringing them to the worst levels in exactly one week. That said, the movement over that time has b...
Wed, Dec 9 2015, 4:41 PM
Mortgage rates held steady for a second straight day, but only when considering the end-of-day rate sheets. The morning hours were similar on eac...
Tue, Dec 8 2015, 5:17 PM
Mortgage rates held steady today after spending the past 2 business days recovering from the worst day in more than 2 years last Thursday. As we ...
Mon, Dec 7 2015, 5:01 PM
Mortgage rates continued lower at a decent pace today, further eroding the big move higher seen last Thursday. While the average lender isn't qui...
Fri, Dec 4 2015, 5:26 PM
Mortgage rates fought back today , following their biggest single-day jump in more than 2 years on Thursday. Today's significant event was the Emp...
Thu, Dec 3 2015, 7:13 PM
Mortgage rates were crushed today , moving higher at the fastest single-day pace since 2013. The average lender saw a full eighth point hike in 30...
Wed, Dec 2 2015, 5:05 PM
Coming off their best day in over a month, mortgage rates held mostly steady today,
although some lenders were slightly higher. This is somew...
Tue, Dec 1 2015, 4:24 PM
Mortgage rates had their best day in over a month today. It was also the first day with any legitimate movement in nearly three weeks. Over that...
Mon, Nov 30 2015, 5:40 PM
Mortgage rate drama has been on an unapologetic, no-holds-barred, "couldn't-care-less" sort of vacation for the past 2-3 weeks . There have only...
Fri, Nov 27 2015, 1:58 PM
Mortgage rates did absolutely nothing today. In fact, some lenders were not even open for business today. Those who were, generally made no disc...
Wed, Nov 25 2015, 5:12 PM
Mortgage rates broke from tradition today by maintaining an almost perfectly flat trajectory leading up to Thanksgiving. This time of year is typ...
Tue, Nov 24 2015, 4:47 PM
Mortgage rates held steady today on average, with a few lenders improving almost imperceptibly. The most prevalently-quoted conventional 30yr fix...
Mon, Nov 23 2015, 4:32 PM
Mortgage rates rose today for most lenders, albeit modestly. In fact, several lenders were unchanged from Friday's latest levels with the rest ...
Fri, Nov 20 2015, 4:37 PM
Mortgage rates started the day slightly lower compared to yesterday's latest offerings. Mid-day weakness in bond markets resulted in most lenders...
Thu, Nov 19 2015, 4:42 PM
Mortgage rates moved nicely lower today, relative to the recent, plodding improvements. This brings most lenders back to their lowest levels sinc...
Wed, Nov 18 2015, 4:57 PM
Mortgage rates were just slightly higher today, keeping them in a holding pattern just shy of 4-month highs. This after an abrupt move higher fro...
Tue, Nov 17 2015, 5:26 PM
Mortgage rates had an interesting day today, with most lenders beginning at slightly higher levels, but improving by the end of the day. The aver...
Mon, Nov 16 2015, 4:53 PM
Mortgage rates moved slightly lower for the third straight day and have now spent 4 days without moving higher. Like the previous two business da...
Fri, Nov 13 2015, 5:03 PM
For the third straight day, mortgage rates have avoided moving any higher . Each of the past two days have seen only modest improvements. That ...
Thu, Nov 12 2015, 5:08 PM
Mortgage rates finally had a winning day, but just barely . Underlying bond markets were actually mixed on the day, but this gave lenders enough s...
Tue, Nov 10 2015, 3:50 PM
Mortgage rates did something they haven't done on any other day so far this month. They avoided moving higher. While that's a welcome change, to...
Mon, Nov 9 2015, 4:14 PM
Mortgage rates continued pressing into the highest levels since July --themselves the highest levels of the year. In just over a week, the most ...
Fri, Nov 6 2015, 5:26 PM
Mortgage rates leaped significantly higher today, following an exceptionally strong jobs report. Typically released on the first Friday of every ...
Thu, Nov 5 2015, 4:17 PM
Mortgage rates rose at a slightly gentler pace today, but that's little consolation considering that any move higher increasingly pushes into the ...
Wed, Nov 4 2015, 4:15 PM
Mortgage rates maintained their upward momentum today, rising to the highest levels since late September after Janet Yellen confirmed the Fed's ra...
Tue, Nov 3 2015, 4:38 PM
Mortgage rates rose at a quicker pace today, bringing them up to the highest levels in more than a month. October saw several of the more aggress...
Mon, Nov 2 2015, 5:03 PM
Mortgage rates continued slightly higher today, after hitting 1-month highs late last week. In general, the mortgage rate environment has been un...
Fri, Oct 30 2015, 3:10 PM
Mortgage rates avoided any further damage today after moving to the highest levels in a month yesterday. The past two days made for the sharpest ...
Thu, Oct 29 2015, 5:01 PM
Mortgage rates continued heading higher at a fairly quick pace today, extending the move that began after yesterday's Fed Announcement. That migh...
Wed, Oct 28 2015, 5:11 PM
Mortgage rates moved quickly lower after today's Fed Announcement. While the Fed was, by no means, expected to hike rates in October, there was a...
Tue, Oct 27 2015, 5:30 PM
Mortgage rates were sideways to slightly lower today, depending on the lender. Whereas some rate sheets were carbon copies of yesterday's latest ...
Mon, Oct 26 2015, 5:03 PM
Mortgage rates moved slightly higher today on average despite strength in underlying bond markets. Normally, when bond markets improve, rates dro...
Fri, Oct 23 2015, 4:41 PM
Mortgage rates were slightly higher today, but did a good job of holding their ground considering the volatile market conditions. Rates take thei...
Thu, Oct 22 2015, 4:11 PM
Mortgage rates continued lower today, largely getting caught up with yesterday's underlying market movements. Lenders were likely being cautious ...
Wed, Oct 21 2015, 4:02 PM
Mortgage rates bounced back
to some extent today, after yesterday's bigger move higher. The bond
markets that underlie mortgage rates actuall...
Tue, Oct 20 2015, 4:35 PM
Mortgage rates were moderately higher today, ending a 4 day streak near the lowest levels in more than 5 months. To be fair, the streak isn't tec...
Mon, Oct 19 2015, 4:27 PM
It wouldn't have taken much for mortgage rates to outdo themselves in terms of volatility when compared to the past few business days. Last Thu...
Fri, Oct 16 2015, 5:13 PM
Mortgage rates had a tremendously uneventful day, holding roughly the same levels as those seen yesterday and the day before. In this case, a lac...
Thu, Oct 15 2015, 4:48 PM
Mortgage rates managed to hold their ground for the most part today. This is good to see, considering that the broader bond market had a tougher ...
Wed, Oct 14 2015, 5:13 PM
Mortgage rates dropped quickly today, getting them much of the way back to lows seen at the beginning of the month. For context, there has only b...
Tue, Oct 13 2015, 4:33 PM
Mortgage rates moved lower today , erasing only some of the weakness that dominated the previous week. In other words, rates were significantly hi...
Fri, Oct 9 2015, 5:48 PM
Mortgage rates were generally quiet today as bond markets wound down ahead of the 3-day weekend. While stock markets and many businesses will be ...