Thu, Feb 23 2012, 3:46 PM
Mortgages Rates
continued to improve at a slow and steady pace. After rising somewhat abruptly into the end of last week and beginning of the curr...
Wed, Feb 22 2012, 4:07 PM
Yesterday marked the first time since late January that Best-Execution Mortgages Rates
stood at 4.0% on average, as opposed to what had been the p...
Tue, Feb 21 2012, 3:31 PM
For the first time since late January, Best-Execution Mortgages Rates moved back to 4.0%. Over the past month, the rate averaged 3.875% despite ple...
Fri, Feb 17 2012, 2:25 PM
Mortgages Rates are higher for the 2nd day in a row. Unlike the movement we normally see, which limits itself to affecting closing costs as opposed ...
Thu, Feb 16 2012, 2:55 PM
Mortgages Rates reversed a recent trend of gradual improvement, moving higher today after a better-than-expected read on employment from this morning...
Wed, Feb 15 2012, 3:08 PM
Mortgages Rates improved again today as domestic economic data failed to inspire markets to move in either direction and optimism over today's confer...
Tue, Feb 14 2012, 3:06 PM
Mortgages Rates are somewhat improved today after holding relatively steady to begin the week. In the underlying markets MBS (the "mortgage-backed-s...
Mon, Feb 13 2012, 3:03 PM
Mortgages Rates held steady over the weekend. In fact, rates were so steady that our measured averages on Friday were the same as today's reading...
Fri, Feb 10 2012, 2:59 PM
With yesterday's increases, Mortgages Rates moved to the edge of their recently long and stable stay at a 3.875% Best-Execution level. While some l...
Thu, Feb 9 2012, 3:06 PM
Mortgages Rates moved higher today at the quickest pace of the week. For the second time this year, the 3.875% Best-Execution rate on 30yr Fixed Con...
Wed, Feb 8 2012, 3:46 PM
For several sessions in a row, Mortgages Rates
have moved in the opposite direction from the previous session,
although even the bigger examples...
Tue, Feb 7 2012, 3:47 PM
Although the recently confirmed 3.875% Best-Execution level remains intact for 30yr fixed, conventional loans, Mortgages Rates moved slightly higher...
Mon, Feb 6 2012, 3:34 PM
Following Friday's employment data, Mortgages Rates
moved quickly higher. In most cases, the changes were seen not in the quoted interest rates t...
Fri, Feb 3 2012, 3:01 PM
The monthly Employment Situation Report was released at 8:30am this morning, with much better-than-expected results. Stocks rallied sharply and most ...
Thu, Feb 2 2012, 2:59 PM
For the second day in a row, Mortgages Rates
are just slightly better than unchanged. Best-Execution
remains at 3.875% for conventional 30yr fi...
Wed, Feb 1 2012, 1:50 PM
Mortgages Rates
are just slightly better than unchanged on the day. Best-Execution remains at 3.875% for conventional 30yr fixed loans, and the sl...
Tue, Jan 31 2012, 2:33 PM
After setting new record lows yesterday, Mortgages Rates
rose slightly today, though 3.875% best-execution remains intact. Rather than affect the...
Mon, Jan 30 2012, 2:15 PM
It's happened before and it happened again today: Mortgages Rates
hit new all time lows today. Please note, that the actual interest rate you wou...
Fri, Jan 27 2012, 1:52 PM
Mortgages Rates
continued their march into better territory today, capping a 3 day effort of improvement following Wednesday's FOMC Announcement. ...
Thu, Jan 26 2012, 3:17 PM
Mortgages Rates over the past two days have done much to make ground lost leading up to Yesterday's FOMC Announcement. After further improvements to...
Wed, Jan 25 2012, 4:02 PM
Mortgages Rates spent 2 days at 4.0% in terms of rounded average "Best-Execution" rates (for detail on what that means, READ THIS POST from a few d...
Tue, Jan 24 2012, 2:34 PM
Mortgages Rates are steady to slightly improved today after rising for the first time in a month yesterday. Although rates change slightly every day...
Mon, Jan 23 2012, 3:12 PM
For the first time in over a month, the Best-Execution rate for 30yr fixed mortgages rose from a rounded average of 3.875% to 4.00% today. The underl...
Fri, Jan 20 2012, 2:21 PM
Mortgage Rates
moved higher again today, albeit by a relatively small amount on average. But averages only tell part of the story. We're seeing t...
Thu, Jan 19 2012, 3:41 PM
Mortgage Rates worsened at a reasonably brisk pace today when compared with recent relative stability. Still, the movement remains confined to costs...
Wed, Jan 18 2012, 2:54 PM
Mortgage Rates
continue to ebb and flow in the same pattern that has persisted for over a month. The average Best-Execution interest rate for a 30...
Tue, Jan 17 2012, 3:08 PM
After setting new records on Friday, Mortgage Rates
are absolutely flat to start the week. That means that Best-Execution
remains most appropri...
Fri, Jan 13 2012, 3:54 PM
How many times will we have the opportunity to write this headline in 2012? Yet again, Mortgage Rates
on average, have broken recently set record...
Thu, Jan 12 2012, 3:11 PM
Mortgage Rates
held steady to slightly improved today. This comes after yesterday marked the first hint of rate drama we've seen in 2012, which wa...
Wed, Jan 11 2012, 5:15 PM
Yesterday marked the first day in 2012 where Mortgage Rates
increased by any sort of statistically significant amount. Even so, it was only signi...
Tue, Jan 10 2012, 3:12 PM
Mortgage Rates finally experienced their first noticeable move higher in 2012, although it should be noted that "noticeable" doesn't necessarily mean...
Mon, Jan 9 2012, 2:55 PM
Mortgage Rates
continued a trend of slight, incremental improvements today, meaning that--on average--it's another record setting day. As has been ...
Fri, Jan 6 2012, 3:40 PM
Mortgage Rates
are simply on a tear... New records were set yesterday and again today--granted, by only small margins each time and only with respe...
Thu, Jan 5 2012, 4:07 PM
Mortgage Rates
continue to demonstrate an uncanny stability at all-time-lows. As far as the actual rates being quoted, nothing has changed. Best-E...
Wed, Jan 4 2012, 4:29 PM
Mortgage Rates
continue to operate at the same Best-Execution levels with only minor variations in borrowing costs between lenders on any given day....
Tue, Jan 3 2012, 4:00 PM
Mortgage Rates are slightly higher to begin the new year, but Best-Execution levels remain intact at 3.875%. That being the case, most loan scenario...
Fri, Dec 30 2011, 1:45 PM
Mortgage Rates have been operating in the 3.875% best-execution range for several weeks now with the only day-to-day variations being seen in the are...
Thu, Dec 29 2011, 3:28 PM
Mortgage Rates took the day off from the faster-paced improvements seen yesterday, and instead improved only in small amounts. Even then, nothing ha...
Wed, Dec 28 2011, 2:40 PM
Unlike yesterday's uneventful market movements, Mortgage Rates
are noticeably improved today. While volume remains quite light in general due to a...
Tue, Dec 27 2011, 2:23 PM
After getting pushed higher in low volume trading late last week, Mortgage Rates
are roughly unchanged today, although market volume remains exceed...
Fri, Dec 23 2011, 1:22 PM
Mortgage Rates
suffered their worst losses of the week today as light volume and low participation left sellers in control, driving benchmark intere...
Thu, Dec 22 2011, 2:14 PM
Mortgage Rates are slightly improved today after minor increases to borrowing costs over the past two days. Before that, rates spent several days at...
Wed, Dec 21 2011, 1:43 PM
After several days at record lows with little deviation in borrowing costs, Mortgage Rates have now moved slightly higher on two consecutive days. T...
Tue, Dec 20 2011, 2:35 PM
After several days at record lows with little deviation in borrowing costs, Mortgage Rates worsened somewhat today. The weakness, however, does not...
Mon, Dec 19 2011, 2:45 PM
Mortgage Rates remain at record lows, both in terms of the Best-Execution interest rate as well as the costs involved in obtaining that rate. Althou...
Fri, Dec 16 2011, 3:26 PM
Mortgage Rates
experienced another record setting day. While the 3.875% Best-Execution rate remains unchanged on average, the costs involved to ob...
Thu, Dec 15 2011, 3:41 PM
Despite a busy morning of economic data, Mortgage Rates
are essentially unchanged from yesterday's levels, leaving the all-time-low 3.875% Best-Ex...
Wed, Dec 14 2011, 3:59 PM
Another strong Treasury auction, among other things, helped Mortgage Rates
in lower again today. Although Best-Execution rates still haven't move...
Tue, Dec 13 2011, 4:03 PM
A strong Treasury auction and an uneventful policy statement from the Federal Reserve paved the way for Mortgage Rates
to improve to their best le...
Mon, Dec 12 2011, 3:07 PM
After rising by a very small amount on Friday, Mortgage Rates begin the current week in roughly the same territory. The changes taking place over t...
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