Thu, Jan 3 2013, 5:05 PM
Mortgage rates soared to their highest levels in months today after Minutes from the Fed's most recent policy meeting showed the board to be more divi...
Wed, Jan 2 2013, 2:48 PM
Mortgage rates moved to their highest levels since December 19th this morning after Congress passed a last-minute bill softening the blow of the F...
Mon, Dec 31 2012, 1:26 PM
Mortgage rates moved moderately higher to end the year, reversing last week's trend of small improvements. In Washington, Fiscal Cliff negotiations h...
Fri, Dec 28 2012, 2:55 PM
Mortgage
rates continued a moderate trend of improvement from
mid-week, bringing rates to their best levels of the week on Friday.
All of th...
Thu, Dec 27 2012, 2:30 PM
Mortgage rates moved slightly lower on Thursday after markets received
their first Fiscal Cliff update of the week. Earlier this morning,
Senate ...
Wed, Dec 26 2012, 12:57 PM
Mortgage
rates remained essentially unchanged this week as markets are
essentially still closed for the Christmas holiday. Technically,
fina...
Mon, Dec 24 2012, 12:24 PM
Mortgage rates moved slightly higher on Monday, though there were no material market movements driving the change. Lenders are erring on the side ...
Fri, Dec 21 2012, 1:26 PM
Mortgage rates fell moderately to end the week after the House of Representatives failed to pass a tax and spending bill aimed at averting Fiscal Clif...
Thu, Dec 20 2012, 1:33 PM
The market movements that underpin the day to day changes in mortgage rates generally conveyed a sense of uncertainty and waiting as the busiest m...
Wed, Dec 19 2012, 2:55 PM
The tone of Fiscal Cliff news shifted from comprommisory back to combative today, helping Mortgage rates recover from Tuesday's multi-month highs ....
Tue, Dec 18 2012, 3:47 PM
Mortgage rates moved higher at the quickest pace in weeks on Tuesday as politicians convey an increasing sense of compromise regarding Fiscal Cliff...
Mon, Dec 17 2012, 2:24 PM
Mortgage
rates moved slightly higher to begin the last full week of
2012 after fighting back against recent weakness on Friday. Bond
markets...
Fri, Dec 14 2012, 3:37 PM
Mortgage
rates moved slightly lower to end the week after having risen to the highest levels
of the month yesterday. That was part of a two ...
Thu, Dec 13 2012, 4:01 PM
Mortgage
rates continued higher on Thursday following
stronger-than-expected economic data and continuing the losses after
yesterday's FOMC a...
Wed, Dec 12 2012, 4:09 PM
Mortgage
rates are higher on average after today's monetary policy
announcement from the Federal Reserve. Some lenders adjusted rates
higher...
Tue, Dec 11 2012, 2:00 PM
Mortgage
rates are little changed from Monday. Some lenders' rate
sheets are slightly improved versus yesterday's, but a majority offered
ju...
Mon, Dec 10 2012, 1:27 PM
Mortgage
rates are very slightly lower today compared to Friday's
latest offerings. However, Friday's rates were the highest of the week
aft...
Fri, Dec 7 2012, 3:07 PM
Mortgage
rates moved higher at their fastest pace in over two weeks
following Friday's Employment Situation Report. In a historical
context,...
Thu, Dec 6 2012, 2:38 PM
Mortgage
rates were completely flat versus yesterday's offerings to
begin the day but several lenders recalled rate sheets for negative
revis...
Wed, Dec 5 2012, 3:47 PM
Mortgage
rates were slightly lower again on Wednesday. Even though
the day to day movements have been small, that gets us as close as we've
...
Tue, Dec 4 2012, 2:34 PM
Mortgage rates continued yesterday afternoon's positive momentum , moving back to their best recent levels. The underlying financial markets were...
Mon, Dec 3 2012, 3:17 PM
Mortgage rates began the day in weaker territory , but were able to make it back to Friday's levels as most lenders improved pricing in the afternoo...
Fri, Nov 30 2012, 2:50 PM
Mortgage
rates moved lower on Friday , ending the week and the month in
line with their best levels in nearly two months. Today's improvements
...
Thu, Nov 29 2012, 2:39 PM
Mortgage
rates moved slightly higher on Thursday , depending on the lender, and whether or not they released negatively revised rate sheets yest...
Wed, Nov 28 2012, 3:43 PM
Mortgage
rates began the day near their lowest levels since early
October as bond markets stayed in strong territory on leftover Fiscal
Cliff...
Tue, Nov 27 2012, 3:45 PM
Mortgage
rates across multiple lenders were much more unified in their movement versus yesterday. Most lenders where unchanged to moderately im...
Mon, Nov 26 2012, 3:23 PM
Mortgage
rates once again saw a greater-than-normal degree of stratification
between lenders, meaning that some of them offered lower rates t...
Fri, Nov 23 2012, 1:17 PM
Mortgage
rates were unchanged on Friday , based on the small minority
of lenders who remained open. Taken together with the first three days
...
Wed, Nov 21 2012, 2:01 PM
Mortgage
rates were all over the board today with some lenders
improving noticeably and others pricing significantly weaker versus
yesterday'...
Tue, Nov 20 2012, 3:38 PM
Mortgage rates started out the day mixed but mostly lower as lenders passed along market improvements from late in yesterday's session. Mid-morning h...
Mon, Nov 19 2012, 2:20 PM
Mortgage
rates were higher to start the holiday-shortened week .
Despite the deterioration, rates remain broadly consistent with a range
that...
Fri, Nov 16 2012, 4:11 PM
Mortgage
rates continued to bounce back , moving lower for a second
straight day after rising on the first two days of the week. Net/net,
the...
Thu, Nov 15 2012, 3:00 PM
Mortgage
rates put an end to two days of weakness , but for most
lenders, rates were only moderately improved on Thursday. Weak economic
data...
Wed, Nov 14 2012, 2:30 PM
Mortgage
rates moved higher at a quicker pace today despite the fact
that US Treasury yields were unchanged to slightly improved. In some
ca...
Tue, Nov 13 2012, 2:39 PM
Mortgage rates edged just slightly higher to begin the shortened week. Most lenders were closed yesterday in observance of the Veteran's Day holid...
Fri, Nov 9 2012, 2:45 PM
Mortgage
rates were mixed today , with some lenders in slightly better
shape and others slightly higher in cost. Any lenders who were in
bett...
Thu, Nov 8 2012, 3:03 PM
Mortgage
rates held their ground for the most part, though some
lenders were slightly weaker when the day's first round of rate sheets
came o...
Wed, Nov 7 2012, 2:30 PM
Although this can't be said for every lender, mortgage
rates snapped immediately back to recent lows following the election results . The
el...
Tue, Nov 6 2012, 4:06 PM
Mortgage rates began the day only moderately worse off than yesterday's latest offerings, but rose sharply throughout the day . In the late morni...
Mon, Nov 5 2012, 2:03 PM
While some of the improvement came in the form of late day reprices on Friday, mortgage
rates are appreciably lower to begin the week. Movement...
Fri, Nov 2 2012, 2:09 PM
Mortgage
rates were slightly higher in some cases but generally held
up surprisingly well after today's Employment Situation Report showed a
...
Thu, Nov 1 2012, 3:07 PM
Mortgage
rates were significantly more unified in their movement on Thursday. Actually, "lack of movement "
would be a better characterizatio...
Wed, Oct 31 2012, 3:03 PM
Mortgage
rates were all over the board on Wednesday in terms of their
movements relative to each other and trading levels in the Secondary
Mo...
Tue, Oct 30 2012, 3:38 PM
Mortgage
rates rose slightly on Tuesday, even though financial markets
were fully closed due to Hurricane Sandy. The market closure meant
th...
Mon, Oct 29 2012, 1:02 PM
Mortgage
rates continued falling this morning despite stronger-than-expected economic data. The trading session was punctuated by an early clos...
Fri, Oct 26 2012, 1:42 PM
Mortgage
rates fell back in line with Wednesday's levels in most cases today, though lenders' offerings varied more than usual. Markets conti...
Thu, Oct 25 2012, 3:24 PM
Mortgage
rates are sharply higher today, as global markets abandoned
bond market holdings at the quickest pace of the week. When investors
f...
Wed, Oct 24 2012, 3:50 PM
Mortgage rates were steady to slightly higher on Wednesday despite a big
increase in the amount of economic data and events from the first two
day...
Tue, Oct 23 2012, 2:39 PM
It's a testament to the persistence of the recent move higher that mortgage
rates experienced their best day in over a week on Tuesday. Reason...
Mon, Oct 22 2012, 5:34 PM
Mortgage
rates were steady to very slightly higher in most cases on
Monday, though some lenders were in slightly better territory than on
Fri...