Fri, Feb 3 2017, 5:28 PM
Mortgage rates were noticeably lower this morning as bond markets responded favorably to the important jobs report. While the headline job growth was ...
Thu, Feb 2 2017, 3:32 PM
Mortgage rates fell modestly today, but not enough to make it back to the lows seen earlier this week. 4.25% is still the most prevalent 30yr fixed ra...
Wed, Feb 1 2017, 5:05 PM
Mortgage rates were higher to end the day, but not as high as they might have been without the Fed Statement. The day began with a series of strong ec...
Tue, Jan 31 2017, 3:52 PM
Mortgage rates moved just a bit lower today, bringing them to their best levels in exactly 1 week. Most borrowers will see little-to-no difference bet...
Mon, Jan 30 2017, 4:40 PM
Mortgage rates fell modestly today , keeping rates near the lower end of the range seen since January 18th. The catch is that rates moved sharply high...
Fri, Jan 27 2017, 3:34 PM
Mortgage rates fell today, undoing enough of this week's damage to return precisely to levels seen last Friday. In simpler terms, rates ended the week...
Thu, Jan 26 2017, 3:17 PM
Mortgage rates moved higher for the 6th time in the past 7 business days, even after several lenders offered mid-day improvements in the afternoon. Th...
Wed, Jan 25 2017, 4:59 PM
Mortgage rates moved higher for the 5th time in the past 6 business days. The past 2 days have combined to bring rates a full .125% higher. That's the...
Tue, Jan 24 2017, 3:56 PM
Mortgage rates have been volatile recently, with 3 out of the past 5 business days seeing much-bigger-than-average moves. After improving nicely yeste...
Mon, Jan 23 2017, 5:21 PM
Mortgage rates fell somewhat significantly today, fully offsetting last week's rise. Specifically, today's average rates are back in line with those s...
Fri, Jan 20 2017, 4:40 PM
Mortgage rates rose slightly today, on average, but performances varied by lender and depending on the time of day. Rates were higher across the board...
Thu, Jan 19 2017, 3:57 PM
Freddie Mac's weekly mortgage rate survey came out this morning showing the lowest rates in 3 weeks (don't get excited). This happens due to the surve...
Wed, Jan 18 2017, 4:42 PM
Mortgage rates moved sharply higher today , more than erasing yesterday's improvement. In fact, in one fell swoop, rates essentially moved from the bo...
Tue, Jan 17 2017, 4:53 PM
Mortgage rates moved lower today , generally recovering the losses seen last Friday. This brings many lenders back in line with the lowest levels sinc...
Fri, Jan 13 2017, 3:44 PM
Mortgage rates moved higher today , even after many lenders offered mid-day improvements in the afternoon. Bond markets (which underlie rate movement)...
Thu, Jan 12 2017, 5:33 PM
Mortgage rates were mixed today , depending on the lender. Discrepancies between lenders have been higher than normal over the last 24 hours for sever...
Wed, Jan 11 2017, 3:57 PM
Mortgage rates fell today , in many cases to levels not seen in well over a month . The average lender was just a hair better than last Thursday, mean...
Tue, Jan 10 2017, 4:32 PM
Mortgage rates were slightly higher today, but remain in much better shape overall when compared to the last month of 2016. In many ways, the new year...
Mon, Jan 9 2017, 6:28 PM
Mortgage rates recovered much of Friday's losses today, moving back near the lowest levels in more than a month. To be fair, that's a claim they could...
Fri, Jan 6 2017, 4:15 PM
Mortgage rates moved moderately higher today after the Employment Situation Report (aka "the jobs report" or simply "NFP," after its trademark compone...
Thu, Jan 5 2017, 4:08 PM
It's Thursday and thus time, once again, for the weekly mortgage rate survey from Freddie Mac. Over time and in the bigger picture, Freddie's survey i...
Wed, Jan 4 2017, 4:13 PM
Mortgage rates were slightly higher today, on average, but some lenders were unchanged from yesterday. Others were quoting higher rates in the morning...
Tue, Jan 3 2017, 4:52 PM
Mortgage rates improved slightly to begin 2017, bringing them to the lowest levels in nearly a month, on average. December 8th was the last time rates...
Fri, Dec 30 2016, 12:27 PM
Mortgage rates moved lower for a 3rd consecutive day to end 2016, bringing them to the lowest levels in more than 3 weeks for many lenders. December 8...
Thu, Dec 29 2016, 3:57 PM
Mortgage rates moved lower today , somewhat significantly, depending on the lender. In many cases, quotes are an eighth of a point lower compared to T...
Wed, Dec 28 2016, 3:50 PM
Mortgage rates moved lower today following back-to-back afternoons of improvements in underlying bond markets. Yesterday afternoon was only slightly s...
Tue, Dec 27 2016, 3:07 PM
Mortgage rates moved higher today, bringing them back into the range that's dominated the second half of the month. That means the average lender is f...
Fri, Dec 23 2016, 2:02 PM
Mortgage rates made their biggest move of the week today, although the competition wasn't very stiff, considering yesterday's microscopic improvement ...
Thu, Dec 22 2016, 3:24 PM
Mortgage rates did nothing today. They did less than nothing . This week is already easily on track to be the calmest since the election. And if tomor...
Wed, Dec 21 2016, 5:18 PM
Mortgage rates continued the normal late-December trend of minimal movement today, but the average lender managed a microscopic improvement. This wasn...
Tue, Dec 20 2016, 4:01 PM
Mortgage rates are officially checked out for the holidays . Today marked the third straight day with very little change from the previous day's rates...
Mon, Dec 19 2016, 5:00 PM
Mortgage rates stayed close to the highest levels in more than 2 years today, even though underlying bond markets left plenty of room for improvement....
Fri, Dec 16 2016, 4:40 PM
Mortgage rates stayed steady today, on average, though any given lender could be slightly better or worse compared to yesterday. Bond markets (which u...
Thu, Dec 15 2016, 3:32 PM
Don't believe anything you read about mortgage rates today... well, except this . In fact, you're welcome to believe anything you read as long as it a...
Wed, Dec 14 2016, 3:57 PM
Mortgage rates skyrocketed (relatively) following today's rate hike from the Fed. It wasn't the rate hike itself, however, that markets find most trou...
Tue, Dec 13 2016, 4:10 PM
Mortgage rates started stronger out of the gate, but morning weakness in bond markets prompted many lenders to adjust rates higher by early afternoon....
Mon, Dec 12 2016, 4:17 PM
Mortgage rates were mixed today, depending on the lender, as well as the time of day. Earlier this morning, most lenders were quoting slightly higher ...
Fri, Dec 9 2016, 3:13 PM
Mortgage rates rose meaningfully today, with most lenders coming close to the highest levels in more than 2 years (on December 1st). Keep in mind thou...
Thu, Dec 8 2016, 5:42 PM
Mortgage rates were only somewhat higher today, on average, and some lenders were actually right in line with yesterday's offerings. All this despite ...
Wed, Dec 7 2016, 5:03 PM
Mortgage rates moved moderately lower today, as financial markets positioned themselves for an important announcement from the European Central Bank (...
Tue, Dec 6 2016, 4:44 PM
Mortgage rates barely budged today, with most lenders offering the exact same quotes as yesterday. While we have seen a few days with similar day-over...
Mon, Dec 5 2016, 3:34 PM
Mortgage rates were slightly higher today relative to last Friday's levels, leaving them near the 2-year highs seen last Thursday. Volatility continue...
Fri, Dec 2 2016, 4:19 PM
Mortgage rates erased yesterday's losses after today's jobs report, though not necessarily because of it. The Employment Situation (affectionately ref...
Thu, Dec 1 2016, 4:02 PM
Mortgage rates spiked abruptly today, bringing them to the highest levels in well over 2 years . The average lender is now quoting conventional 30yr f...
Wed, Nov 30 2016, 4:07 PM
Mortgage rates rose moderately today, bringing them roughly back in line with Monday's levels. For the record, that leaves us in slightly better shape...
Tue, Nov 29 2016, 3:53 PM
Mortgage rate s continued lower today. While the pace of improvement was slightly slower, it was enough to get the average lender rate sheet back to l...
Mon, Nov 28 2016, 3:40 PM
WARNING: this article's headline makes the overall mortgage rate situation sound much better than it actually is . While it is indeed a fact that toda...
Fri, Nov 25 2016, 4:23 PM
Mortgage rates were unchanged-to-slightly-higher today, depending on the lender. Most lenders put out rate sheets in fairly conservative territory on ...
Wed, Nov 23 2016, 4:36 PM
Mortgage rates move abruptly higher today, bringing the average lender very close to the highest levels in more than 2 years. As it stands, rates are ...
Tue, Nov 22 2016, 5:16 PM
Mortgage rates stayed mostly steady today, on average. For the record, that means some lenders were in slightly better shape versus yesterday's latest...
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