Tue, Sep 11 2018, 4:19 PM
Mortgage rates held fairly steady this morning, keeping them in line with the highest levels since early August. As the day progressed, underlying bon...
Mon, Sep 10 2018, 3:10 PM
Mortgage rates were slightly higher today, depending on the lender . Many lenders ended up raising rates last Friday afternoon as underlying bond mark...
Fri, Sep 7 2018, 2:53 PM
Mortgage rates rose moderately today (depending on the lender). It was enough to bring them back to the highest levels since early August. Additionall...
Thu, Sep 6 2018, 4:06 PM
Mortgage rates were sideways to slightly lower today, depending on the lender. The discrepancy stems from mid-day bond market gains that were just bar...
Wed, Sep 5 2018, 3:58 PM
Mortgage rates have only been moving higher gradually , but things are adding up . Today's move brings them to the highest levels in nearly a month. I...
Tue, Sep 4 2018, 3:54 PM
Mortgage rates moved higher today , reversing the improvement seen last Friday. The average lender is now back in line with their highest levels of th...
Fri, Aug 31 2018, 5:17 PM
Mortgage rates caught a break to end a week that was otherwise spent moving higher. Although we did see a bit of improvement in underlying bond market...
Thu, Aug 30 2018, 3:17 PM
Mortgage rates didn't move at all, again today. There really hasn't been any meaningful movement for more than 3 weeks. The same thing happened from l...
Wed, Aug 29 2018, 5:16 PM
Mortgage rates were just slightly higher again today, keeping them in line with the highest levels in about 3 weeks. The same caveat applies: we're ta...
Tue, Aug 28 2018, 4:48 PM
Mortgage rates rose again today--this time more noticeably than yesterday--bringing them to the highest levels in more than 2 weeks. For most, however...
Mon, Aug 27 2018, 3:58 PM
Mortgage rates moved higher for some lenders and lower for others, depending on how that particular lender adjusted their rate sheets on Friday aftern...
Fri, Aug 24 2018, 7:17 PM
Mortgage rates began the day slightly higher . In fact, for several lenders, it was the biggest day-over-day move higher in more than 2 weeks. The key...
Thu, Aug 23 2018, 4:55 PM
Mortgage rates have been more or less unchanged since August 10th . That's an impressively boring streak even by summertime standards. Why does summer...
Wed, Aug 22 2018, 3:45 PM
Mortgage rates haven't really moved for 9 straight business days. Some lenders have seen microscopic improvements during that time, but the average le...
Tue, Aug 21 2018, 4:08 PM
Mortgage rates were generally unchanged again today although several lenders were in just slightly better territory. That makes this the 8th straight ...
Mon, Aug 20 2018, 4:59 PM
Mortgage rates were almost perfectly unchanged again today, meaning they haven't really changed in more than a week. All this despite a rather noticea...
Fri, Aug 17 2018, 4:29 PM
Mortgage rates were almost perfectly unchanged today. That leaves them right in line with last Friday's levels. I devoted a considerable number of wor...
Thu, Aug 16 2018, 3:31 PM
Be careful what you read--or perhaps, who you trust--about mortgage rates today. There's a lot of misinformation out there. Don't be mad. No one is ou...
Wed, Aug 15 2018, 1:29 PM
Mortgage rates fell only modestly today despite a much stronger move in broader bond markets. I spend a lot of time espousing the fact that rates are ...
Tue, Aug 14 2018, 3:04 PM
Mortgage rates were sideways to slightly higher today, depending on the lender. With the exception of the past two days, this leaves us at the best le...
Mon, Aug 13 2018, 5:03 PM
Mortgage rates stayed steady at the lowest levels in more than 3 weeks as financial markets are still accounting for additional risks relating to Turk...
Fri, Aug 10 2018, 4:47 PM
Mortgage rates , and indeed most interest rates, are tied to movement in the bond market. In turn, bonds tend to benefit when big, scary stuff is shak...
Thu, Aug 9 2018, 3:58 PM
Mortgage rates finally did what they were supposed to do today. Specifically, they fell in response to bond market improvement. That's the way it shou...
Wed, Aug 8 2018, 4:57 PM
Mortgage rates were modestly higher today. Much like yesterday, there's a catch! Yesterday's catch was that underlying bond markets had weakened enoug...
Tue, Aug 7 2018, 3:32 PM
Mortgage rates were roughly unchanged today. That would make this the 4th day in a row without any move higher in rates, and it would leave us at the ...
Mon, Aug 6 2018, 4:50 PM
Mortgage rates were slightly lower for the 3rd straight business day, but not for any particular reason. Because of the relatively narrow range, rates...
Fri, Aug 3 2018, 2:12 PM
Mortgage rates fell again today after the jobs report showed slower payroll growth in July and persistently flat wage growth. On average, this is the ...
Thu, Aug 2 2018, 3:55 PM
Mortgage rates fell by a modest amount today. It was fairly inconsequential in the bigger picture, but could save some prospective borrowers a few dol...
Wed, Aug 1 2018, 4:21 PM
Mortgage rates were slightly higher today, but not because of the Fed. Today brought a Fed policy announcement which can be quite a big deal for rates...
Tue, Jul 31 2018, 5:08 PM
Mortgage rates fell modestly today, bringing them back in line with last Friday's levels. Most of the inspiration for the improvement came from overni...
Mon, Jul 30 2018, 4:48 PM
Mortgage rates edged higher today, keeping alive a trend toward higher rates that began just over a week ago. While the overall amount of ground cover...
Fri, Jul 27 2018, 6:56 PM
Mortgage rates were unchanged today, making for an anticlimactic end to a week that saw the sharpest rise in months. The lack of movement was all the ...
Wed, Jul 25 2018, 4:57 PM
Mortgage rates began the day in a fairly hopeful way. Underlying bond markets were just slightly stronger and a few lenders offered modest improvement...
Tue, Jul 24 2018, 5:26 PM
Mortgage rates rose again today, even though underlying bond markets managed to indicate modest improvements. There are two reasons rates ignored thos...
Mon, Jul 23 2018, 3:53 PM
Mortgage rates rose today at the quickest pace in months, ultimately hitting the highest levels since June 25th for the average lender. While neither ...
Fri, Jul 20 2018, 6:27 PM
Mortgage rates improved today but it was largely a byproduct of yesterday's market movement that didn't make it onto lenders' rate sheets at the time....
Thu, Jul 19 2018, 2:53 PM
Mortgage rates had a scare today, as they began the day at their highest levels of the month (depending on the lender) only to fall back in line with ...
Wed, Jul 18 2018, 4:57 PM
Mortgage rates were flat again today, further prolonging a trend that's been in place for weeks. During that time, we've seen modest ups and downs, bu...
Tue, Jul 17 2018, 4:36 PM
Mortgage rates were generally unchanged today, prolonging an exceptionally flat trend. Over the past 3 weeks, the average mortgage seeker will not hav...
Mon, Jul 16 2018, 4:11 PM
Mortgage rates fell to their lowest levels since late May as of last Friday. Today, then, would be the 2nd best day since late May. Rates edged slight...
Fri, Jul 13 2018, 2:55 PM
Mortgage rates fell by an observable amount today-- one of the few times they've done so in recent weeks. Technically, today's average lender is offer...
Thu, Jul 12 2018, 5:18 PM
Mortgage rates stood a very decent chance to experience the highest volatility of the week today thanks to the most important economic data of the wee...
Wed, Jul 11 2018, 4:54 PM
Mortgage rates played the same role they've been playing for weeks by holding fairly steady today. At the average lender, if you're looking for an ave...
Tue, Jul 10 2018, 3:45 PM
Mortgage rates didn't move for most lenders today. Remaining lenders were just slightly higher than yesterday, thus keeping this week's modest upward ...
Mon, Jul 9 2018, 4:47 PM
Mortgage rates were modestly higher today amid exceptionally quiet market conditions. In general, the bond market (which underlies mortgage rates) has...
Fri, Jul 6 2018, 6:12 PM
Mortgage rates finally fell today--something that's proven elusive since roughly June 15th. Incidentally, that's when financial markets began bracing ...
Thu, Jul 5 2018, 4:26 PM
Mortgage rates were sideways to slightly higher today as financial markets returned for the final 2 days of the holiday-shortened week. Trade war anxi...
Tue, Jul 3 2018, 1:55 PM
Mortgage rates ended the day roughly in line with yesterday's on average. That said, there's a wider-than-normal gap between lenders depending on seve...
Mon, Jul 2 2018, 5:09 PM
Mortgage rates began the day in decent shape relative to last week. The average lender's rate/fee combo was at least as low as it had been on Friday. ...
Fri, Jun 29 2018, 5:57 PM
Mortgage rates haven't moved for 3 straight days now. In fact, if you're not too concerned with minutia, there hasn't been any major movement in weeks...
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