Mon, Aug 19 2013, 5:19 PM
Mortgage rates were convincingly higher today ,
continuing last week's move toward the levels not seen in over two
years. Those levels were re...
Fri, Aug 16 2013, 5:42 PM
Mortgage rates rose sharply again today , with best-execution up to 4.75 in
most cases, after another round of economic data failed to conv...
Thu, Aug 15 2013, 5:12 PM
Mortgage rates rose sharply today ,
after the large batch of economic data did nothing to suggest the Fed
will move any slower to reduce their ...
Wed, Aug 14 2013, 4:56 PM
Mortgage rates leveled off today ,
after moving abruptly higher on Tuesday. Bond markets, including MBS
(the mortgage-backed-securities that m...
Tue, Aug 13 2013, 3:09 PM
Mortgage rates were abruptly higher today ,
moving back toward the highs of the month and erasing most of the
improvements seen since the Emplo...
Mon, Aug 12 2013, 3:55 PM
Mortgage rates began the day in much better
shape compared to Friday's latest offerings, but market volatility in
the afternoon prompted most ...
Fri, Aug 9 2013, 3:21 PM
Mortgage rates moved lower for a third straight day ,
ending the week at their best levels. Rates are currently just shy of
July 23rd lows. W...
Thu, Aug 8 2013, 5:34 PM
Mortgage rates moved lower again today, hitting their best levels since July 23rd. That achievement is mostly a factor of what has been an extremely ...
Wed, Aug 7 2013, 4:48 PM
Mortgage rates moved slightly lower today, taking them to their best levels since last Tuesday. Rate movements have generally been very small over th...
Tue, Aug 6 2013, 4:35 PM
Mortgage rates were flat again today, making
this the 7th day out of the past 9 with almost no movement. This week,
the lack of movement is e...
Mon, Aug 5 2013, 4:33 PM
Mortgage rates were essentially unchanged today. Whereas
rates where sharply lower on Friday (after being sharply higher on
Wednesday mornin...
Fri, Aug 2 2013, 4:11 PM
Mortgage rates fell sharply today, matching
the pace of yesterday's abrupt move higher. By the end of the day most
lenders were close to thei...
Thu, Aug 1 2013, 5:16 PM
Mortgage rates rose abruptly today, moving
highest levels since July 9th as financial markets prepare for
tomorrow's important Employment Sit...
Wed, Jul 31 2013, 4:56 PM
Mortgage rates are deceptively unchanged here
at the end of the trading day, but that was far from the case this
morning. Rates were signific...
Tue, Jul 30 2013, 3:10 PM
Mortgage rates were essentially unchanged today ,
with some lenders in marginally better shape while others were
marginally worse. Some of thi...
Mon, Jul 29 2013, 4:04 PM
Mortgage rates were slightly higher
to begin a week that could end with much bigger swings. Today,
however, was relatively tame with market c...
Fri, Jul 26 2013, 5:25 PM
Mortgage rates improved today ,
capitalizing on friendly market movements that arrived too late in
yesterday's session to make it onto rate she...
Thu, Jul 25 2013, 4:00 PM
Mortgage rates began the day moderately higher ,
but as market conditions improved most lenders released improved rate
sheets bringing offering...
Wed, Jul 24 2013, 3:48 PM
Mortgage rates were higher again
today, but this time at the quickest pace in nearly two weeks. It was a
clear departure from the recent tren...
Tue, Jul 23 2013, 5:14 PM
Mortgage rates bounced slightly higher
today, bringing them almost perfectly back in line with Friday's
levels. Trading conditions in the und...
Mon, Jul 22 2013, 4:14 PM
Mortgage rates were lower again
to begin the week as weaker-than-expected economic data helped rates
improve slightly in the morning. The ove...
Fri, Jul 19 2013, 4:15 PM
Mortgage rates were slightly lower
this morning, but many lenders offered improved rate sheets as the day
progressed, bringing average just ba...
Thu, Jul 18 2013, 5:14 PM
Mortgage rates rose modestly for
the first time in 6 business days today. For most lenders, the
movement was far from abrupt, and although it...
Wed, Jul 17 2013, 4:54 PM
Mortgage rates improved moderately today,
making it back to levels not seen since July 3rd. That makes today
something of a symbolic victory ...
Tue, Jul 16 2013, 5:06 PM
Mortgage rates held almost perfectly steady
today. Any lenders that offered noticeably different rates were
generally in slightly lower terri...
Mon, Jul 15 2013, 5:14 PM
Mortgage rates moved lower
to start the week, adding on to last week's solid recovery from 2yr
highs a week before. As expected, rates took t...
Fri, Jul 12 2013, 5:16 PM
Mortgage rates
didn't manage the same sort of surge lower as that seen yesterday. In
fact, some lenders were unchanged, but on average, rates f...
Thu, Jul 11 2013, 7:32 PM
Mortgage rates
were lower today right out of the gate, continuing a move set in motion
by comments from Fed Chairman Bernanke late in yesterday'...
Wed, Jul 10 2013, 7:22 PM
Mortgage rates
moved higher today, taking them back in line with Monday's offerings on
average. The weakness came in two stages. The first rou...
Tue, Jul 9 2013, 4:56 PM
Mortgage rates
logged a second day of solid improvements following Friday's frantic
move higher. By the end of the day, rates had recovered mor...
Mon, Jul 8 2013, 5:21 PM
Mortgage rates
recovered roughly one third of the ground lost on Friday, though this
varies from lender to lender. For the sake of perspective,...
Fri, Jul 5 2013, 5:23 PM
Historical data has its limitations when it comes to mortgage rates .
For instance, the longest-running series are only updated once a week,
m...
Wed, Jul 3 2013, 3:01 PM
Mortgage rates moved higher today ,
and more convincingly compared to yesterday's moderate weakness.
Despite the fact that this move is still i...
Tue, Jul 2 2013, 4:42 PM
Mortgage rates leveled off today ,
with most lenders roughly in line with yesterday's offerings while
others were slightly higher in cost. Thes...
Mon, Jul 1 2013, 3:58 PM
Mortgage rates continued lower today ,
extending a recovery from recent 2-yr highs that peaked last Monday.
Lenders got on board with said reco...
Fri, Jun 28 2013, 5:07 PM
After surging lower yesterday, mortgage rates managed to hold on to most of those improvements, ending a week that stands as a welcome push back again...
Thu, Jun 27 2013, 9:34 PM
Even though the most common weekly rate survey was out today showing a
significant increase in rates, it was merely catching up to the move we
alr...
Wed, Jun 26 2013, 5:07 PM
Mortgage rates added a second day of improvement to yesterday's more tentative gains, falling just slightly faster than any other day this month.
...
Tue, Jun 25 2013, 5:29 PM
Mortgage rates actually improved in
many cases today though we'd note that lender pricing strategies and
day over day price movements are about...
Mon, Jun 24 2013, 5:16 PM
Mortgage rates finally lost less ground than
they have over the past few business days. The problem is that this
still left room for rates to ...
Fri, Jun 21 2013, 5:49 PM
Mortgage rates have had a far worse week than than you've been told anywhere else, and today was even more freakishly destructive
than the prev...
Thu, Jun 20 2013, 6:30 PM
Mortgage rates
are reprising past trauma, now matching the scope of the late 2010
sell-off, with the past two days matching the scope of Black We...
Wed, Jun 19 2013, 11:34 PM
Mortgage rates have seen better days . If the past 2 months of calamitous volatility and almost daily cost hikes weren't enough, today brings the C...
Tue, Jun 18 2013, 4:05 PM
Mortgage rates began the day higher ,
though many lenders repriced in the middle of the day with improved
offerings after bond markets began imp...
Mon, Jun 17 2013, 4:14 PM
Mortgage rates rose in the afternoon ,
after beginning the day unchanged to slightly higher compared to Friday
afternoon. That means lenders re...
Fri, Jun 14 2013, 5:12 PM
Mortgage rates were significantly lower
to start the day, and despite rising slightly in the afternoon, managed
to end the week at the lowest l...
Thu, Jun 13 2013, 6:47 PM
Mortgage rates moved decidedly lower
in most cases, bringing them to their lows of the week on average. The
bond markets that drive rate chang...
Wed, Jun 12 2013, 4:56 PM
Mortgage rates moved higher today ,
keeping them locked in this week's new, higher range. The movement
wasn't enough to change the actual rate ...
Tue, Jun 11 2013, 7:30 PM
Mortgage rates moved lower today ,
recovering yesterday's weakness and making it back inside the highs
seen last Thursday. The bond markets tha...
Mon, Jun 10 2013, 3:21 PM
Mortgage rates continued higher today ,
further extending the push into fresh 15-month highs confirmed on
Friday. The secondary mortgage marke...