Thu, May 28 2015, 5:44 PM
Mortgage rates barely budged today. Those that budged moved almost imperceptibly lower from yesterday's latest rate sheets. In general, there was...
Wed, May 27 2015, 5:04 PM
Mortgage rates moved sideways-to-slightly lower in most cases today, but only after underlying bond markets fought back from morning weakness. B...
Tue, May 26 2015, 5:20 PM
Mortgage rates were just slightly lower in
most cases today. Last Friday, rates did a bit better than the
underlying market weakness would h...
Fri, May 22 2015, 3:48 PM
Mortgage rates were unchanged on average today, though some lenders were slightly higher or lower than yesterday's latest rate sheets. This is a...
Thu, May 21 2015, 3:38 PM
Mortgage rates moved tentatively lower today. The pace was only slightly better than yesterday when it was all but undetectable. To those expec...
Wed, May 20 2015, 5:18 PM
Mortgage rates are ending the day very close to unchanged , following what was--by all rights--a supportive reading of the Fed's April Meeting Min...
Tue, May 19 2015, 3:41 PM
Mortgage rates continued higher at an unsettling pace today, following an exceptionally strong reading on Residential Construction data. This part...
Mon, May 18 2015, 4:34 PM
Mortgage rates moved higher out of the gate for a second straight week, though today's jump was smaller than last Monday's. The most prevalent con...
Fri, May 15 2015, 4:52 PM
Mortgage rates improved for a second day, and ended at their lowest levels for a second straight week. The most prevalent conventional 30yr fixe...
Thu, May 14 2015, 3:29 PM
Mortgage rates finally caught a break today. This is quite a welcome development (indeed, yesterday's commentary pointed out that no breaks were b...
Wed, May 13 2015, 3:31 PM
Mortgage rates can't catch a break . They're not much higher than yesterday, but yesterday was already the worst of 2015 .
Actually, it's the b...
Tue, May 12 2015, 3:55 PM
Mortgage rates moved disconcertingly higher again today, despite the fact that underlying market levels actually improved during the day. Guaran...
Mon, May 11 2015, 4:49 PM
Mortgage rates moved quickly
back to their recent highs today as investors race to reposition for a
perfect storm of risks. The biggest risk i...
Fri, May 8 2015, 4:14 PM
Mortgage rates had been under heavy attack for several weeks before finally striking back yesterday. The counterattack could only go so far with...
Thu, May 7 2015, 4:54 PM
Mortgage rates finally dug in their heels and made some slight improvements today . For the past 4 days, they'd moved higher at the fastest pace ...
Wed, May 6 2015, 3:54 PM
Mortgage rates are having a rough couple of weeks. Yesterday saw rates approach the previous 2015 highs set on March 6th. Today's rates moved s...
Tue, May 5 2015, 3:49 PM
Mortgage rates haven't been able to catch a break recently. Case in point, over the past 3 weeks, there have only been two days where rates manage...
Mon, May 4 2015, 4:18 PM
Mortgage rates continued higher today, extending a troubling move up to the highest levels since early March. Normally, movement in domestic inter...
Fri, May 1 2015, 3:49 PM
Mortgage rates are in the midst of a serious move higher . This requires some context though, because not all serious moves higher are the same. ...
Thu, Apr 30 2015, 4:45 PM
Mortgage rates held their ground today, and in some cases, managed to improve after yesterday's rout. This result was far from guaranteed during t...
Wed, Apr 29 2015, 5:07 PM
Mortgage rates moved firmly up to the highest levels since March 17th. Incidentally, there was a Fed Announcement on March 18th and another Fed An...
Tue, Apr 28 2015, 4:08 PM
Mortgage rates made it right to the doorstep of tomorrow's big-ticket events with very little movement over the past 5-6 weeks. Once at the door...
Mon, Apr 27 2015, 3:55 PM
Mortgage rates haven't been moving much lately, and today was no exception .
Some lenders were a hair better than Friday while others were just...
Fri, Apr 24 2015, 3:45 PM
Mortgage rates barely budged again today, which means they've been able to hold under an important ceiling as we head into next week's Fed Announce...
Thu, Apr 23 2015, 5:16 PM
Mortgage rates didn't move much today. While a few lenders were modestly improved, most were unchanged or offering slightly higher rates. This st...
Wed, Apr 22 2015, 4:06 PM
Mortgage rates finally broke out of a persistent sideways grind today. Unfortunately, rates moved higher at a fairly brisk pace . Whereas most...
Tue, Apr 21 2015, 3:38 PM
Mortgage rates are on the warpath , blazing a ferocious trail in a more sharply sideways
direction than we've seen in recent memory. This w...
Mon, Apr 20 2015, 4:38 PM
Mortgage rates figure if they can't be pushing down to new record lows, they might as well pass the time by shooting for different records. This...
Fri, Apr 17 2015, 4:32 PM
Mortgage rates barely budged yet again today despite more volatility in underlying financial markets. This is the 3rd day in a row with similar ...
Thu, Apr 16 2015, 3:18 PM
Mortgage rates were unchanged again today , continuing a trend of minimal movement that has been intact for all but one day since Monday April 6th...
Wed, Apr 15 2015, 4:13 PM
Mortgage rates were unchanged to slightly higher today, though that depends largely on the individual strategies of the lender in question. Some...
Tue, Apr 14 2015, 4:11 PM
Mortgage rates improved today following a slightly weaker reading on Retail Sales data this morning. It seems that bond markets were waiting to ...
Mon, Apr 13 2015, 4:49 PM
Mortgage rates didn't move much over the weekend in terms of lenders' rate sheets. Most are offering the same conventional 30yr fixed rate of 3.75...
Fri, Apr 10 2015, 3:14 PM
Mortgage rates were at their highest levels in more than a week yesterday, but have fallen back to the best levels in 4 days today, on average....
Thu, Apr 9 2015, 3:55 PM
Mortgage rates moved only moderately higher today, but it was enough to bring them to April's worst levels. The bond market trading that underlies...
Wed, Apr 8 2015, 4:26 PM
Mortgage rates managed a
fairly uneventful day despite the presence of some bigger-ticket
events. Actually, those events turned out to be the ...
Tue, Apr 7 2015, 3:56 PM
Mortgage rates began the day moving slightly higher , further adding to the bounce back from Friday's 2-month lows. This time around, however, th...
Mon, Apr 6 2015, 3:55 PM
Mortgage rates have now given back the ground gained after Friday's big jobs report. To put that in perspective, rates are now modestly higher t...
Fri, Apr 3 2015, 12:07 PM
Mortgage rates scored a major victory today at the expense of the labor market. Recent examples of the Employment Situation Report (the big "jobs ...
Thu, Apr 2 2015, 5:12 PM
Mortgage rates bounce higher today on average. Some lenders remained close to unchanged, but they generally were the same lenders that hadn't impr...
Wed, Apr 1 2015, 4:58 PM
Mortgage rates fell appreciably today , this time at the fastest pace of the current winning streak. In fact, it was the biggest move lower since t...
Tue, Mar 31 2015, 4:46 PM
Mortgage rates fell again today
extending a 3 day winning streak after shooting abruptly higher in the
middle of last week. That damage hasn't...
Mon, Mar 30 2015, 3:59 PM
Mortgage rates fell moderately
to begin the week, but haven't yet returned to recent lows. Even so,
the improvement is a relief considering ra...
Fri, Mar 27 2015, 4:21 PM
Mortgage rates had one of their least exciting days of the week today, moving just modestly lower from yesterday's latest levels. The trading ra...
Thu, Mar 26 2015, 3:51 PM
Mortgage rates rose rapidly today, almost completely erasing the improvement following last week's Fed Announcement. This is especially ironic consid...
Wed, Mar 25 2015, 3:23 PM
Mortgage rates finally moved noticeably higher today, something they haven't done on 11 out of the last 12 days. Yesterday, I pointed out that su...
Tue, Mar 24 2015, 3:14 PM
Mortgage rates fell again today , extending an exceptionally strong 2+ week move back to lower levels after an exceptionally weak 5 week move to 201...
Mon, Mar 23 2015, 4:33 PM
Mortgage rates continued lower today, reaching levels not seen since February 9th. This further solidifies the positive move that followed last we...
Fri, Mar 20 2015, 4:58 PM
Mortgage rates moved modestly lower on average today after doing an admirable job of holding their ground amid weaker market conditions yesterday. ...
Thu, Mar 19 2015, 4:24 PM
Mortgage rates moved higher over the course of the day today as financial markets underwent a correction following yesterday's big move lower in ra...
Get Mortgage Rate Watch by Email
