Thu, Jan 8 2015, 4:13 PM
Mortgage rates continued drifting slightly higher after a strong move to 19 month lows on Tuesday. The caveat is that today's rates are only hig...
Wed, Jan 7 2015, 5:03 PM
Mortgage rates moved slightly higher today, but remained close to the lowest they've been since May 2013. The only day with any lower rates sinc...
Tue, Jan 6 2015, 3:33 PM
Mortgage rates are on an absolute tear. In the past 2 days, they've rocketed a full eighth of a point lower. They're a full quarter point lower t...
Mon, Jan 5 2015, 5:10 PM
Mortgage rates have fallen substantially in the first week of 2015. While a few of the most aggressive lenders have been able to offer top tier bo...
Fri, Jan 2 2015, 12:43 PM
Mortgage rates improved significantly to kick off the new year. The gains are a combination of actual improvement in bond markets and lenders lowe...
Wed, Dec 31 2014, 12:46 PM
Mortgage rates drifted just slightly higher today
amid extra quiet trading conditions. Bond markets (which include the
mortgage-backed-secu...
Tue, Dec 30 2014, 5:09 PM
Mortgage rates fell today . The move wasn't big, but it was enough to claim the 5th best spot of 2014 . The 4 other days were consecutive and beg...
Mon, Dec 29 2014, 4:38 PM
Mortgage rates continued chipping away at the moderately abrupt increases seen last week. Today's gains were indirectly a result of political inst...
Fri, Dec 26 2014, 11:12 AM
Mortgage rates bounced back moderately
today, erasing Wednesday's losses. Unfortunately, Wednesday's losses
weren't very big compared to Tuesd...
Wed, Dec 24 2014, 1:11 PM
Mortgage rates continued higher today as lenders opted for typically conservative holiday pricing strategies. The bond markets that most directly ...
Tue, Dec 23 2014, 5:09 PM
Mortgage rates moved decisively higher today, fueled primarily by the lack of market participation common to this holiday week. Light staffing lev...
Mon, Dec 22 2014, 2:59 PM
Mortgage rates are fairly hilarious today, though they're not hilariously higher or lower than they were on Friday. Rather, the entertainment come...
Fri, Dec 19 2014, 4:27 PM
Mortgage rates found their footing today, moving slightly lower after spending the past two days rising at the quickest pace in months. Most lend...
Thu, Dec 18 2014, 3:00 PM
Mortgage rates moved higher at a much quicker pace today. This runs counter to the most widely-circulated weekly rate report from Freddie Mac, whi...
Wed, Dec 17 2014, 5:23 PM
Mortgage rates rose at an acceptable pace
today, following the FOMC Announcement and press conference. Rates are
driven by bond markets (mortg...
Tue, Dec 16 2014, 3:14 PM
Mortgage rates fell decisively today, bringing some lenders back in line with rate sheets seen on May 22nd, 2013. That's significant because it wa...
Mon, Dec 15 2014, 4:37 PM
Mortgage rates held steady today on average, but were slightly higher or lower depending on the lender. In either case, there hasn't been much mov...
Fri, Dec 12 2014, 4:16 PM
Mortgage rates improved again today rounding out an entire week of gains. They're nothing to shake a stick at, either. Although the most prevalen...
Thu, Dec 11 2014, 4:06 PM
Mortgage rates didn't move much today, depending on the lender. Lenders that reissued improved rate sheets yesterday afternoon are generally in th...
Wed, Dec 10 2014, 3:59 PM
Mortgage rates moved only slightly lower
today, but it was enough to bring the end-of-day average to the lowest
in more than a year an a half. ...
Tue, Dec 9 2014, 3:55 PM
Mortgage rates fell again today, bringing them very close to their lowest levels in more than a year and a half. US bond markets (including Trea...
Mon, Dec 8 2014, 4:33 PM
Mortgage rates improved to
begin the new week--a welcome development considering last week ended
with a strong jobs report and a moderate mov...
Fri, Dec 5 2014, 3:32 PM
Mortgage rates moved only slightly higher today in spite of an exceptionally strong Employment Situation Report. This particular jobs report is ...
Thu, Dec 4 2014, 3:47 PM
Mortgage rates recovered some recently lost territory today following a press conference with European Central Bank (ECB) President Mario Draghi....
Wed, Dec 3 2014, 3:21 PM
Mortgage rates moved higher today but at a gentler pace than yesterday. In fact, underlying markets managed to hold fairly close to unchanged le...
Tue, Dec 2 2014, 4:07 PM
Mortgage rates finally ended a 7-day winning streak today, moving higher for the first time since November 19th. The losses were not insignifica...
Mon, Dec 1 2014, 5:04 PM
Mortgage rates were exceptionally low this morning . In many cases, lenders' rate sheets were stronger than those seen early on October 15th, mak...
Fri, Nov 28 2014, 1:29 PM
Mortgage rates were slightly lower today, but it was in no way indicative of the improvements seen in the mortgage-backed-securities (MBS). MBS,...
Wed, Nov 26 2014, 2:47 PM
Mortgage rates moved lower again today , solidifying yesterday's tentative break back into the "high 3's" for top tier 30yr fixed rates. In fact,...
Tue, Nov 25 2014, 3:55 PM
Mortgage rates fell more today than in recent days. Positivity was fueled chiefly by European bond market strength as serious growth concerns pe...
Mon, Nov 24 2014, 4:40 PM
Mortgage rates continue making
improvements so small and so steady that they're barely noticeable, but
they're improvements just the same. T...
Fri, Nov 21 2014, 5:12 PM
Mortgage rates improved again today ,
carving out another November low, albeit by only a small margin. For
some lenders, rates are officially...
Thu, Nov 20 2014, 5:00 PM
Mortgage rates improved today following
weaker economic data in Europe. That data fueled demand in bond
markets overnight, pulling US Treasu...
Wed, Nov 19 2014, 4:29 PM
Mortgage rates moved moderately higher today, bringing them back in line with some of last week's offerings but certainly not outside the recent ...
Tue, Nov 18 2014, 3:40 PM
Mortgage rates barely budged today, but moved in the right direction on average. Several lenders were actually slightly higher in rate, but most...
Mon, Nov 17 2014, 3:42 PM
Mortgage rates moved moderately lower
again today, setting another new low for the month of November. That
said, the movement has been prima...
Fri, Nov 14 2014, 4:43 PM
Mortgage rates fell today , reaching levels not seen since late October. That may sound fairly positive--and of course, it's better than being at...
Thu, Nov 13 2014, 4:56 PM
Mortgage rates were sideways for the most part today, keeping the most prevalently quoted conforming 30yr fixed rates between 4.0 and 4.125%. Af...
Wed, Nov 12 2014, 5:03 PM
Mortgage rates began the day lower , but not too far from Monday's latest levels. As the day progressed, the bond markets that underlie rate move...
Mon, Nov 10 2014, 4:34 PM
Mortgage rates were slightly higher today,
erasing some of the gains seen on Friday, but remaining well within the
recent range. The most pr...
Fri, Nov 7 2014, 5:14 PM
Mortgage rates made a strong move lower
today, erasing the entire week's losses and regaining levels last seen
on October 30th and 31st. In ...
Thu, Nov 6 2014, 3:45 PM
Mortgage rates didn't budge today . Most lenders didn't adjust rate sheets enough to affect yesterday's loan quotes. This is a fairly rare occur...
Wed, Nov 5 2014, 4:48 PM
Mortgage rates continued their now incessant trend of exceptionally small day-to-day movement, rising only marginally today and remaining in the ...
Tue, Nov 4 2014, 3:26 PM
Mortgage rates recovered somewhat
after moving to the highest levels in nearly a month yesterday. That
sounds more dramatic than it is consi...
Mon, Nov 3 2014, 4:15 PM
Mortgage rates continued higher today, edging up to their worst levels in nearly a month. The most prevalently-quoted conforming 30yr fixed rate...
Fri, Oct 31 2014, 3:40 PM
Mortgage rates drifted inconsequentially higher to end the month, remaining well-within the recent range, albeit closer to the higher end. The mo...
Thu, Oct 30 2014, 3:48 PM
Mortgage rates pulled back
to hold near 4 percent after rising to the highest levels in 3 weeks.
After yesterday's Fed announcement, the mos...
Wed, Oct 29 2014, 4:36 PM
Mortgage rates rose to the highest level in 3 weeks
after today's Fed Announcement. The move was a two-part process with
initial rate shee...
Tue, Oct 28 2014, 4:08 PM
Mortgage rates were almost universally sideways today with very few lenders changing rate sheets noticeably from yesterday. As such, the most ...
Mon, Oct 27 2014, 3:47 PM
Mortgage rates were almost perfectly unchanged
over the weekend. Most lenders are still right in line with Friday's
most prevalently-quote...
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