Thu, Jun 9 2011, 5:04 PM
After taking a breather early in the week, home loan borrowing
costs resumed their rally yesterday. With those loan pricing improvements,
conventi...
Wed, Jun 8 2011, 5:02 PM
After taking a brief breather early in the week, home loan borrowing costs have resumed their rally. With today's loan pricing improvements, conventio...
Tue, Jun 7 2011, 6:05 PM
Mortgage rate watchers were reminded once again today of the threats they face when floating a loan on a shortened timeline.
Although consumer rat...
Mon, Jun 6 2011, 4:15 PM
"The Wall" was seen wavering last Wednesday, teetering in its most precarious
position this year. But we needed more proof that it was ready to be t...
Fri, Jun 3 2011, 4:55 PM
On Wednesday we witnessed the second stage of a potentially significant
shift lower in
home loan borrowing costs. "The Wall" was wavering, t...
Thu, Jun 2 2011, 2:59 PM
Yesterday we witnessed the second stage of a potentially significant shift lower in
home loan borrowing costs. While these developments were encoura...
Wed, Jun 1 2011, 5:55 PM
We are witnessing the second stage of a significant shift lower in home loan borrowing costs. While these secondary signs are encouraging, they are ju...
Tue, May 31 2011, 5:33 PM
The holiday shortened week ahead will culminate with a high-risk event: the release of the monthly Employment Situation Report on Friday morning. This...
Fri, May 27 2011, 4:26 PM
"The Wall"
absorbed a direct hit yesterday. A sizeable crack is now visible in the
metaphorical structure that stands in the way of lower mortga...
Thu, May 26 2011, 5:14 PM
"The Wall"
absorbed a direct hit today. A sizeable crack is now visible in the
metaphorical structure that stands in the way of lower mortgage r...
Wed, May 25 2011, 5:06 PM
Home
loan borrowing costs are still hovering near six-month lows but forward
progress continues to be challenging. We've described the recent behavi...
Tue, May 24 2011, 4:00 PM
Nothing new to report. Afternoon loan pricing weakness yesterday was recovered today. Home loan borrowing costs continue to hover near six month lows....
Mon, May 23 2011, 4:09 PM
Home loan borrowing costs continue to hover near six month lows.
Continued improvements have however been hard to come by since the
recent rally h...
Fri, May 20 2011, 4:52 PM
Home loan borrowing costs improved slightly today but remain well
within the recent range.
CURRENT MARKET : The "Best Execution" conventional 30...
Thu, May 19 2011, 5:23 PM
Although borrowing costs rose today, the newly updated Best-Execution
mortgage rate offering we discussed on Wednesday
remains unchanged. ...
Wed, May 18 2011, 4:50 PM
Although borrowing costs rose today, the newly updated Best-Execution mortgage rate offering we discussed yesterday remains unchanged. Unfortunat...
Tue, May 17 2011, 4:28 PM
The mortgage rate "wall" is beginning to crack.
Unlike previous sessions where borrowing costs didn't rally enough to affect the position of the ...
Mon, May 16 2011, 3:49 PM
Mortgage rates failed to improve last week and home loan borrowing costs moved mostly sideways. On Friday we said rates had hit a wall . Today tha...
Fri, May 13 2011, 4:51 PM
Home loan borrowing costs have hit a wall.
Since reaching the best
levels of the year on Friday of last week, rates have been unable to
improve ...
Thu, May 12 2011, 4:10 PM
Best-Execution mortgage rates are unchanged vs. yesterday's offerings.The closing costs tied to those
rates actually moved marginally lower today. Th...
Wed, May 11 2011, 5:15 PM
Despite some volatility earlier in the day, Best-Execution mortgage rates
and borrowing costs are unchanged vs. yesterday's offerings.
After spen...
Tue, May 10 2011, 3:46 PM
After spending the first four months of 2011 in a tight range, the primary
mortgage market is still in the midst of a potentially significant shift l...
Mon, May 9 2011, 3:36 PM
After spending the first four months of 2011 in a tight range, the primary
mortgage market is now in the midst of a potentially significant shift low...
Fri, May 6 2011, 2:57 PM
After spending the first four months of 2011 in a tight range, the primary mortgage market is now in
the midst of a potentially significant shift low...
Thu, May 5 2011, 5:12 PM
After spending the first four months of 2011 in a tight range, we're now in
the midst of a potentially significant shift lower in home loan
borrowin...
Wed, May 4 2011, 2:36 PM
After spending the first four months of 2011 in a tight range, we may be witnessing the early stages of a significant shift lower in home loan borrow...
Mon, May 2 2011, 4:42 PM
Home loan borrowing costs ended last week near their most aggressive levels of the year. Little has changed from Friday...check out this chart of ...
Fri, Apr 29 2011, 3:35 PM
Home loan borrowing costs ended the week near their most aggressive levels of the year.
The chart below illustrates how borrowing costs have behav...
Thu, Apr 28 2011, 5:24 PM
Home loan borrowing costs improved enough today to say Best-Execution
mortgage rates could be considered "in the process of" a shift lower. This does...
Wed, Apr 27 2011, 4:26 PM
Today's much anticipated high risk event, the FOMC Statement and subsequent press
conference, leaves fence-sitters unscathed as no changes in home lo...
Tue, Apr 26 2011, 5:19 PM
Although home loan borrowing costs improved slightly today, Best Execution
mortgage rates remain in a holding pattern ahead of tomorrow's high-risk F...
Mon, Apr 25 2011, 4:54 PM
Best Execution mortgage rates have moved into a holding pattern ahead of a high-risk event in the week ahead. It's going to take a sustained effort, c...
Fri, Apr 22 2011, 11:07 AM
Mortgage rates are unchanged today as bond markets are closed for Good
Friday.
Yesterday, wewrote that loan pricing was in a holding pattern until...
Thu, Apr 21 2011, 3:19 PM
Home loan borrowing costs rose almost imperceptibly today, not nearly enough
to affect the Best-Execution mortgage rate.
Loan pricing still seems...
Wed, Apr 20 2011, 4:24 PM
Home loan borrowing costs rose slightly today, Best-Execution
mortgage rates were unchanged. It seems like loan pricing may be in a holding pattern ...
Tue, Apr 19 2011, 6:17 PM
Home loan borrowing costs improved slightly today, though Best-Execution mortgage
rates were unchanged. This extends a rate-watcher friendly trend ...
Mon, Apr 18 2011, 4:55 PM
Home loan borrowing costs went on a winning streak last week, helping the Best Execution conventional 30-year fixed mortgage rate dip back down to 4.8...
Fri, Apr 15 2011, 4:32 PM
Home loan borrowing costs moved lower today, bringing the
Best-Execution conventional 30 year fixed mortgage rate back down to 4.875%.
Take a lo...
Thu, Apr 14 2011, 5:34 PM
Home loan borrowing costs were roughly unchanged today. This is surprising because loan pricing should have worsened given the behavior of the second...
Wed, Apr 13 2011, 3:41 PM
Home loan borrowing costs were
roughly unchanged today after reprices for the better erased morning loan pricing weakness.
Whereas yesterday's im...
Tue, Apr 12 2011, 4:33 PM
Home loan borrowing costs declined significantly today, leading to an
improvement in the conventional 30-year fixed Best-Execution mortgage rate.
...
Mon, Apr 11 2011, 4:50 PM
After being stuck in the same spot for over a month, home loan borrowing costs shot higher last Wednesday at their most violent pace since early Febru...
Fri, Apr 8 2011, 4:10 PM
Mortgage rates moved higher this week following a RELEASE
OF STORED ENERGY.
The chart below graphs the average origination closing costs tie...
Thu, Apr 7 2011, 3:33 PM
Following yesterday's abrupt move higher, home loan borrowing costs spent the day feeling
out their new range. Best-Execution mortgage
rates and ...
Wed, Apr 6 2011, 4:38 PM
After being stuck in the same spot for over a month, home loan borrowing costs shot higher today at their most violent pace
since early February. Bes...
Tue, Apr 5 2011, 4:10 PM
Home loan borrowing costs inched modestly higher today. Best-Execution mortgage rates didn't budge.
As noted on several occasions, the broader bond...
Mon, Apr 4 2011, 3:35 PM
After drifting
progressively higher for seven straight sessions, we've finally seen some
stabilization and even modest improvements in home loan bor...
Fri, Apr 1 2011, 4:41 PM
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Thu, Mar 31 2011, 4:42 PM
A seven day losing streak was finally put to an end yesterday.... just
in time for a
high-risk event. The official Employment Situation Report w...
Wed, Mar 30 2011, 4:55 PM
After SEVEN consecutive days of marginal increases, home loan
borrowing
costs finally stabilized today. This does not necessarily mean that
cost...