Thu, Oct 8 2015, 5:01 PM
Mortgage rates moved modestly higher today , depending on the lender. Once again, pricing strategies remained widely variable due to market volati...
Wed, Oct 7 2015, 3:49 PM
Mortgage rates put in another day with minimal movement today. If there was a detectable bias, it was toward slightly higher rates, but many lend...
Tue, Oct 6 2015, 4:58 PM
Mortgage rates managed to hold their ground in
most cases today. That's a refreshing turn of events considering the
forceful move higher seen...
Mon, Oct 5 2015, 3:52 PM
Mortgage rates moved substantially higher today in the context of recent day-to-day changes. In the broader context, we're still talking about 30...
Fri, Oct 2 2015, 1:55 PM
Mortgage rates had a wild day today . If you've spoken to a mortgage originator about rates any time in the past 24 hours, it's important to under...
Thu, Oct 1 2015, 4:02 PM
Mortgage rates can seemingly do no wrong this week. They fell again today--this time making it firmly into territory not seen since late April. ...
Wed, Sep 30 2015, 3:34 PM
Mortgage rates had another great day , with most lenders maintaining or improving upon yesterday's 4-month lows. Given that we'd have to go back t...
Tue, Sep 29 2015, 5:58 PM
Mortgage rates began the day moderately lower. As equities markets failed to mount any counterattack to recent losses, bond markets surged--inclu...
Mon, Sep 28 2015, 5:23 PM
Mortgage rates moved noticeably lower today, getting the average lender back in line with some of last week's best levels. For most, that means c...
Fri, Sep 25 2015, 5:01 PM
Mortgage rates rose moderately today
as investors moved back into riskier assets this morning. Stock
markets made solid gains in premarket tr...
Thu, Sep 24 2015, 4:47 PM
Mortgage rates ended the day roughly in line with yesterday's latest levels on average. Rates were lower earlier this morning as bond markets got o...
Wed, Sep 23 2015, 3:03 PM
Mortgage rates held their ground fairly well today, despite moderate weakness in underlying bond markets (which normally translates to higher rate...
Tue, Sep 22 2015, 3:49 PM
Mortgage rates got back on track today after giving up a fair amount of last week's gains yesterday. Most lenders are very close to Friday aftern...
Mon, Sep 21 2015, 5:07 PM
Mortgage rates couldn't maintain last week's impressive move lower following the Fed Announcement. At the time, rates were moving lower for ECONO...
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 ...
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