Fri, Nov 23 2018, 2:59 PM
Mortgage rates were every bit as flat as expected today. That's a good thing at the moment, considering we're holding in line with the lowest levels i...
Wed, Nov 21 2018, 4:55 PM
Mortgage rates were almost perfectly flat today, and have been largely unchanged since last Friday. If you were forced to predict such a thing at the ...
Tue, Nov 20 2018, 5:21 PM
Mortgage rates managed to maintain their lowest levels in more than a month yet again today. All this despite modest losses in underlying bond markets...
Mon, Nov 19 2018, 4:55 PM
Mortgage rates unexpectedly dropped to their lowest levels in more than a month as of last Friday. That assertion is at odds with quite a few media re...
Fri, Nov 16 2018, 6:19 PM
Mortgage rates hit their lowest levels of THE month yesterday, and the lowest levels in A month today. It's a bit of a technicality, really. As of yes...
Thu, Nov 15 2018, 5:11 PM
Mortgage rates hit their lowest levels of the month today! Sure, that's only 10 business days for the mortgage world, but we'll take every little vict...
Wed, Nov 14 2018, 4:18 PM
Mortgage rates began the day in roughly unchanged territory. Some lenders were microscopically stronger or weaker compared to yesterday, but not enoug...
Tue, Nov 13 2018, 4:25 PM
Mortgage rates improved by what could only be described as a token amount today. In other words, we're not talking about any major changes. In fact, m...
Fri, Nov 9 2018, 5:45 PM
Mortgage rates were mixed today, depending on the lender. Most lenders began the day in slightly worse shape compared to yesterday. Bond markets impro...
Thu, Nov 8 2018, 4:36 PM
Mortgage rates moved back up today, leaving them right in line with the highest levels of the week. These also happen to be the highest levels since e...
Wed, Nov 7 2018, 4:52 PM
Mortgage rates were slightly lower today. Unfortunately, that may not be the case by tomorrow morning. Underlying bond markets (which dictate rates) l...
Tue, Nov 6 2018, 5:03 PM
Mortgage rates didn't move much today. A few lenders were microscopically stronger or weaker, and the average lender was perfectly unchanged. That's f...
Mon, Nov 5 2018, 4:02 PM
Mortgage rates continued pushing up to new 7-year highs today, even if only by a small margin. This is notable because the underlying bond market (the...
Fri, Nov 2 2018, 6:25 PM
Mortgage rates had a bad week and an especially bad day following a much stronger-than-expected jobs report. The Employment Situation (the most import...
Thu, Nov 1 2018, 4:12 PM
It's Thursday! That means it's time, once again, to set the record straight on today's actual mortgage rates as opposed to those suggested by almost a...
Wed, Oct 31 2018, 3:29 PM
Mortgage rates were higher by a fairly small margin once again today. Interest rates in general (which are determined by the bond market) have been ta...
Tue, Oct 30 2018, 3:05 PM
Mortgage rates were moderately higher today as underlying bond markets continued backing away from their strongest levels in more than 3 weeks (strong...
Mon, Oct 29 2018, 4:22 PM
Mortgage rates didn't move today, despite a fair amount of underlying market volatility. Rates are able to weather the sorts of storms you hear about ...
Fri, Oct 26 2018, 2:08 PM
Mortgage rates fell decisively today--at least in the context of the recent range--thanks primarily to heavy losses in the stock market. Stocks are fa...
Thu, Oct 25 2018, 4:27 PM
Mortgage rates were unchanged yet again , making this the third day in a row at essentially the same levels. Strikingly, underlying market movement wa...
Wed, Oct 24 2018, 4:22 PM
Mortgage rates were roughly unchanged today. That's an appalling reality considering the movement in underlying bond markets. Bonds--specifically, mor...
Tue, Oct 23 2018, 5:05 PM
Mortgage rates didn't move much for the second day this week. Unlike yesterday, there was a relatively massive amount of volatility in underlying fina...
Mon, Oct 22 2018, 4:52 PM
Mortgage rates didn't move much today. Lenders who made changes to Friday's rate sheets generally did so toward slightly higher rates. Actually, it wo...
Fri, Oct 19 2018, 3:25 PM
Mortgage rates failed to extend yesterday's modest improvement, moving modestly higher by the end of the day. This takes the average lender very close...
Thu, Oct 18 2018, 4:17 PM
Mortgage rates recovered most of yesterday's losses today, following turmoil in European financial markets. What does Europe have to do with rates in ...
Wed, Oct 17 2018, 6:10 PM
Mortgage rates moved higher at a quicker pace today, following the release of the Minutes from the most recent Fed meeting. But correlation isn't nece...
Tue, Oct 16 2018, 4:11 PM
Mortgage rates didn't move much today. Some lenders were perfectly unchanged, but the average lender was just slightly higher. That's at odds with und...
Mon, Oct 15 2018, 4:43 PM
Mortgage rates were sideways to slightly higher today, prolonging a 3-day trend of exceptionally light volatility. The 5 days before that (beginning o...
Fri, Oct 12 2018, 6:41 PM
Mortgage rates held relatively steady today, finally leveling off after two solid days of improvement driven by the week's big stock market sell-off. ...
Thu, Oct 11 2018, 5:08 PM
Mortgage rates fell today as the stock market sell-off remained in focus. Stocks and rates certainly don't have a linear and predictable relationship,...
Wed, Oct 10 2018, 5:58 PM
Mortgage rates are based on mortgage-backed securities (MBS), which are essentially bonds. Conventional wisdom holds that stocks and bonds supplement ...
Tue, Oct 9 2018, 4:32 PM
Mortgage rates recovered a small portion of their recent losses today, but the average loan applicant might not even notice. The 2 key ingredients of ...
Fri, Oct 5 2018, 3:21 PM
Mortgage rates moved back over the 5% threshold, on average, for the first time since early 2011 today following mixed data on the jobs market. Why wo...
Thu, Oct 4 2018, 3:44 PM
If you don't happen to make it past this first sentence, just know that anyone telling you rates are much higher today is NOT lying to you. Anyone tel...
Wed, Oct 3 2018, 4:43 PM
Mortgage rates skyrocketed today, in relative terms. It was the single worst day in nearly 2 years, and among only a few days where effective rates mo...
Tue, Oct 2 2018, 3:46 PM
Mortgage rates fell modestly today, and thus managed to avoid heading any closer to the 7-year highs just overhead. Underlying bond markets benefited ...
Mon, Oct 1 2018, 4:37 PM
After hitting the lowest levels in exactly 2 weeks on Friday, mortgage rates bounced back up toward their recent highs today. This risk was already ta...
Fri, Sep 28 2018, 4:25 PM
Mortgage rates were slightly lower again today, but there are some caveats. First of all, the average lender wasn't in substantially better shape comp...
Thu, Sep 27 2018, 4:13 PM
Mortgage rates fell modestly again today. Over the past 2 days, we've managed to undo more than a week of damage, with rates back at their best levels...
Wed, Sep 26 2018, 4:18 PM
Mortgage rates improved in a somewhat noticeable way for the first time in weeks following today's policy announcement from the Fed. Actually, to be f...
Tue, Sep 25 2018, 3:34 PM
Mortgage rates were unchanged for some lenders today while others were in slightly higher territory. Either way, that leaves the average lender at the...
Mon, Sep 24 2018, 3:38 PM
Mortgage rates are having a bleak September, having risen at least an eighth of a percentage point in all cases and by a quarter of a point in many ca...
Fri, Sep 21 2018, 4:46 PM
Mortgage rates actually fell today, on average--something they haven't been able to say all week, or indeed at nearly any time during the past 4 weeks...
Thu, Sep 20 2018, 4:40 PM
Mortgage rates were mostly able to hold steady today, although they technically moved just a bit higher and that technically leaves them at the highes...
Wed, Sep 19 2018, 3:37 PM
Mortgage rates are in bad shape . At some point in the past 3 days (depends on the lender), top tier 30yr fixed rate offerings hit their highest level...
Tue, Sep 18 2018, 3:35 PM
Mortgage rates edged up to 4-year highs with yesterday's bond market losses and things went from bad to worse today. Bond markets (which underlie and ...
Mon, Sep 17 2018, 4:39 PM
Mortgage rates may have had a fairly bad day last Friday, but today was worse . Today officially saw the average lender back at rates not seen since M...
Fri, Sep 14 2018, 4:18 PM
Mortgage rates had a bad day. Even after a weaker reading on Retail Sales (something that normally helps), the bond market lost ground. Unfortunately,...
Thu, Sep 13 2018, 3:34 PM
Mortgage rates fell modestly today, following a weaker-than-expected report on inflation. The Consumer Price Index (CPI) measures the change in prices...
Wed, Sep 12 2018, 3:20 PM
Mortgage rates managed to remain unchanged today despite the fact that underlying bond markets were stronger. Stronger bond markets are typically asso...
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