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 ...
Wed, Jul 29 2015, 5:10 PM
Mortgage rates had an exceptionally boring day despite the presence of the Fed Announcement. Major communications from the Fed (which include ann...
Tue, Jul 28 2015, 5:43 PM
Mortgage rates bucked the recent trend of steady, modest improvements to end just slightly higher today. That said, the move was just as small as m...
Mon, Jul 27 2015, 4:48 PM
Mortgage rates continued modestly lower for the 5th straight day, further extending Friday's push to the lowest levels of July. Even so, most borro...
Fri, Jul 24 2015, 5:32 PM
Mortgage rates barely budged for an impressive 7th straight day. Refreshingly, all but one of those days have seen rates budge slightly lower. I...
Thu, Jul 23 2015, 6:15 PM
Mortgage rates are looking like they've exhausted the playbook in terms of making big moves down the field, yet they continue to pick up a few yar...
Wed, Jul 22 2015, 5:28 PM
Mortgage rates haven't made any sudden moves recently. Not only that, but most of the moves have been in a friendly direction this month. There...
Tue, Jul 21 2015, 3:47 PM
Mortgage rates reversed course today, getting back in line with the recent trend of slow, steady improvements. The average lender is now back in...
Mon, Jul 20 2015, 5:48 PM
Mortgage rates did move microscopically higher today, but that's about the worst thing to be said about them. In fact, it's one of the only thin...
Fri, Jul 17 2015, 5:40 PM
Mortgage rates continued the recent trend of very small improvements today. Most lenders are essentially unchanged, and while a few rate sheets ...
Thu, Jul 16 2015, 5:36 PM
Mortgage rates are doing a great job of holding their ground after two days of solid improvement. If we look closely enough, today's rate sheets a...
Wed, Jul 15 2015, 5:49 PM
Mortgage rates once again focused more on domestic issues today as Greece had not yet voted to approve its bailout by the time US markets closed....
Tue, Jul 14 2015, 4:01 PM
Mortgage rates took a break from reacting to headlines coming out of Europe and focused instead on domestic economic data. That turned out to be...
Mon, Jul 13 2015, 5:03 PM
Mortgage rates didn't move much today , but are slightly higher for most lenders by the afternoon. Rates were noticeably higher in the morning, b...
Fri, Jul 10 2015, 5:42 PM
Mortgage rates move sharply higher for a 2nd straight day, now fully erasing all of the improvement seen since July 1st. The same risky, volatil...
Thu, Jul 9 2015, 6:57 PM
Mortgage rates rose fairly quickly
today, ending the best 4-day winning streak since early March. On a
positive note, this only takes us bac...
Wed, Jul 8 2015, 6:59 PM
Mortgage rates moved lower at a healthy pace today, ultimately hitting the best levels in just over a month. It was the 4th straight day of impr...
Tue, Jul 7 2015, 5:37 PM
Mortgage rates put in a more mixed performance today, owing to volatility in underlying markets. The day began well, following overnight improve...
Mon, Jul 6 2015, 5:58 PM
Mortgage rates moved lower with more conviction to begin the week as global markets reacted to weekend events in Europe. Specifically, Greece ...
Thu, Jul 2 2015, 5:22 PM
Mortgage rates made an anti-climactic move lower today after the big jobs report proved slightly disappointing to markets. Stocks and bond yie...
Wed, Jul 1 2015, 5:39 PM
Mortgage rates gave up recently-enjoyed gains today. This brings them to the week's highest levels (and the 3rd highest in 2015) a day before th...
Tue, Jun 30 2015, 4:10 PM
Mortgage rates had their 2nd straight day of improvements today--something that's been uncommon since the beginning of May. Additionally, the ...
Mon, Jun 29 2015, 5:31 PM
Mortgage rates spiked to the highest levels of the year on Friday after hovering close to them for several days. But news out of Europe over the...
Fri, Jun 26 2015, 5:22 PM
Mortgage rates were already hovering near 2015 highs as of yesterday. Today's spike sent them easily above the previous annual high , set on Ju...
Thu, Jun 25 2015, 5:56 PM
Mortgage rates remained near recent highs for
a 2nd straight day after rising quickly on the first two days of the
week. With the exceptio...
Wed, Jun 24 2015, 5:17 PM
Mortgage rates barely budged in most cases today. Some lenders were just slightly better. Others were worse. The average rate quote is unchang...
Tue, Jun 23 2015, 4:24 PM
Mortgage rates , true to recent form, can't catch a break . Just when we think we might be seeing a glimmer of hope, we're treated to several days...
Mon, Jun 22 2015, 4:39 PM
Mortgage rates had been walking a slow, steady path of improvement since hitting 8 month highs on June 10th. From then on, there were only 2 d...
Fri, Jun 19 2015, 3:18 PM
Mortgage rates took a few more steps in the right direction today and have now made it back to levels not seen since the beginning of June. On...
Thu, Jun 18 2015, 4:22 PM
Mortgage rates had a far calmer day compared to yesterday's volatility. Morning hours brought stronger economic data. While this did put some p...
Wed, Jun 17 2015, 5:20 PM
Mortgage rates had a wild ride today. Underlying bond markets were significantly weaker leading up to the afternoon's Fed events. During this t...
Tue, Jun 16 2015, 4:54 PM
Mortgage rates moved only slightly lower today, belying the amount of positive market movement in the mortgage-backed-securities (MBS) that nor...
Mon, Jun 15 2015, 6:24 PM
The Fed doesn't set mortgage rates , but changes in Fed policy are more than capable of sending shockwaves
through the markets that affect mo...
Fri, Jun 12 2015, 6:10 PM
Mortgage rates looked like they might come down a bit today. The morning hours were generally positive for bond markets, including mortgage-back...
Thu, Jun 11 2015, 5:24 PM
Mortgage rates were at their highest levels since early October as of yesterday afternoon, and in general, have been in the throes of the most aggr...
Wed, Jun 10 2015, 5:25 PM
Mortgage rates continued pressing into new highs for 2015. Most lenders are now quoting conventional 30yr fixed rates 4.25% on top tier scenarios....
Tue, Jun 9 2015, 3:43 PM
Mortgage rates bounced back up to the highest levels of 2015 today. Yet again, it was a frustrating and seemingly serendipitous move, unable to be...
Mon, Jun 8 2015, 3:46 PM
Mortgage rates were just slightly lower today, but only erased a small portion of Friday's move to 2015 highs. Friday notwithstanding, today's rat...
Fri, Jun 5 2015, 5:12 PM
Mortgage rates are officially having a bad June. It's not quite as bad as February, but February began with rates very close to all-time lows, and...
Thu, Jun 4 2015, 4:09 PM
Mortgage rates bounced back ever-so-slightly today, ultimately doing very little to erase the damage done so far this week. The most prevalently-q...
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