Tue, Apr 3 2012, 5:01 PM
Mortgages Rates got crushed today, relatively speaking. It's ironic that we noted yesterday's rates as getting close to 3/13's levels because tod...
Mon, Apr 2 2012, 2:23 PM
After moving higher on Friday afternoon, Mortgages Rates eased back down to Thursday's levels, leaving them in slightly better shape than most of...
Fri, Mar 30 2012, 3:20 PM
After improving yesterday, Mortgages Rates moved higher today , falling roughly in line with mid-week offerings depending on the lender . The wea...
Thu, Mar 29 2012, 3:32 PM
After holding steady yesterday, Mortgages Rates moved slightly lower today , hitting their best levels since March 13 th . Lender offerings ha...
Wed, Mar 28 2012, 2:43 PM
Mortgages Rates broke a sideways streak to move lower yesterday, but are right back to their 'sideways ways' today! This keeps the Conventional ...
Tue, Mar 27 2012, 3:28 PM
Mortgages Rates were eerily quiet over the past 3 sessions, but they broke that streak today to move lower . The Conventional 30yr Fixed Best-Execu...
Mon, Mar 26 2012, 3:25 PM
Mortgages Rates have been nearly identical for the past 3 sessions. That means that Conventional 30yr Fixed Best-Execution Rates begin the week at...
Fri, Mar 23 2012, 2:15 PM
Money came into both sides of the market today. Stocks are set to end the day with gain, as are Treasuries and MBS, the Mortgage-Backed-Securities th...
Thu, Mar 22 2012, 3:44 PM
Mortgages Rates enjoyed a second day of doing something other than frantically rising or merely holding sideways. Rate offerings at most lenders ...
Wed, Mar 21 2012, 3:57 PM
Mortgages Rates finally caught a break today, after spending the last several days either rising abruptly or simply not improving. The gains were ...
Tue, Mar 20 2012, 4:12 PM
Mortgages Rates , continued pushing into their highest levels of the year today after yet another volatile session for bond markets. Most lenders i...
Mon, Mar 19 2012, 3:38 PM
With the new week comes new pain for Mortgages Rates , which rose to their highest levels of the year today. Lenders have been adjusting their rat...
Fri, Mar 16 2012, 3:47 PM
Mortgages Rates managed to hold mostly steady today, ending a week that saw the sharpest 2 day increase in nearly 6 months. Best-Execution for 30-...
Thu, Mar 15 2012, 5:04 PM
Mortgages Rates took a beating yesterday, with the recently prevalent 3.875% Best-Execution rate for 30-Year Fixed, Conventional Loans falling comp...
Wed, Mar 14 2012, 4:50 PM
Mortgages Rates moved higher today at their fastest pace in months. 3.875% Best-Execution is off the table today and even the more aggressively-p...
Tue, Mar 13 2012, 4:38 PM
Despite the uneventful start to the week yesterday, Mortgages Rates are sharply higher today, rapidly re-introducing 4.0% as the more prevalen...
Mon, Mar 12 2012, 3:21 PM
After ending the previous week with two days in a row of being unchanged, Mortgages Rates begin the current week in slightly better territory. 3.87...
Fri, Mar 9 2012, 2:53 PM
Today's headline is a bit of a play on Yesterday's: Mortgage Rates Completely Flat Ahead of Tomorrow's Jobs Data . The monthly Employment Situation ...
Thu, Mar 8 2012, 2:32 PM
Yesterday, we noted that Mortgages Rates were essentially unchanged. By comparison, today is even more unchanged! Certainly, Best-Execution of...
Wed, Mar 7 2012, 1:49 PM
Mortgages Rates were essentially unchanged today. Several lenders showed small improvements and at least as many, moderate deterioration, with one...
Tue, Mar 6 2012, 2:44 PM
Mortgages Rates improved slightly today after rumors circulated regarding Greece's private bond swap efforts. Today's improvements tip the scales ...
Mon, Mar 5 2012, 3:44 PM
As is sometimes the case on Monday's, market movements and changes in Mortgages Rates are fairly subdued to begin the week. Mortgage rates are so...
Fri, Mar 2 2012, 2:24 PM
Mortgages Rates were sharply higher yesterday, but have recovered a significant portion of those losses today. The most noticeable movement was ...
Thu, Mar 1 2012, 3:55 PM
Mortgages Rates are sharply higher over the past two days, and Conventional 30yr Fixed Best-Execution rates moved up from 3.875% to 4.0% unequivocal...
Wed, Feb 29 2012, 3:02 PM
Mortgages Rates snapped an relatively long streak of stability, moving higher for the first time in a week after digesting today's high-risk events. ...
Tue, Feb 28 2012, 3:15 PM
Mortgages Rates have strung together 5 consecutive days of either holding steady or slight improvements. Best-Execution for 30yr Fixed Conventional ...
Mon, Feb 27 2012, 2:53 PM
Mortgages Rates
finished out the previous week in positive fashion, logging three straight days of minor improvements after beginning the week poor...
Fri, Feb 24 2012, 3:44 PM
After beginning the week in significantly worse shape, Mortgages Rates finish the week having fought back in small increments against that weakness ...
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...
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