Thu, Sep 8 2016, 4:01 PM
Mortgage Rates bounced highe r today, bringing them back in line with the pervasive range of the past several weeks. As of yesterday, rates were techn...
Wed, Sep 7 2016, 2:30 PM
Mortgage Rates moved lower today at a slightly better pace than the recent norm. That's not saying much in the bigger picture, because "the norm" has ...
Tue, Sep 6 2016, 4:06 PM
Mortgage Rates were in a bit of a pickle on Friday afternoon. The big jobs report had just come out slightly weaker than expected, yet rates didn't im...
Fri, Sep 2 2016, 4:08 PM
Mortgage Rates were steady to slightly higher today, depending on the lender--a relative victory considering the potential volatility associated with ...
Thu, Sep 1 2016, 2:59 PM
Mortgage Rates were slightly higher today, bringing them near their worst levels in several weeks. The caveats are twofold. First of all, the worst le...
Wed, Aug 31 2016, 5:13 PM
Mortgage Rates were unchanged today, ending a month without much movement in general. In fact, the most prevalently quoted conventional 30yr fixed rat...
Tue, Aug 30 2016, 3:06 PM
Mortgage Rates did one of two things today, depending on the lender in question. Some lenders simply held in line with yesterday's latest levels (in o...
Mon, Aug 29 2016, 3:59 PM
Mortgage Rates were briefly at their highest levels in several weeks on Friday afternoon. This followed comments from the Fed's Jackson Hole symposium...
Fri, Aug 26 2016, 10:54 AM
Mortgage Rates were unchanged to slightly lower this morning following the much-anticipated Jackson Hole speech from Fed Chair Janet Yellen. Markets w...
Thu, Aug 25 2016, 3:22 PM
Mortgage Rates were unchanged , yet again, keeping alive an uncanny streak of lifelessness. That COULD change tomorrow after Fed Chair Yellen's speech...
Wed, Aug 24 2016, 4:21 PM
Mortgage Rates , like most other interest rates, have seen record-setting levels of inactivity over the past 90 days. The Brexit vote in late June pus...
Tue, Aug 23 2016, 2:07 PM
Mortgage Rates were sharply sideways today, with almost every lender offering the exact same terms as yesterday. This is part of an ongoing phenomenon...
Mon, Aug 22 2016, 4:14 PM
Mortgage Rates were almost imperceptibly lower today, although underlying bond markets improved more noticeably. Why would rates not be more improved ...
Fri, Aug 19 2016, 3:09 PM
Mortgage Rates moved modestly higher today , but remain in an excruciatingly narrow range in the bigger picture. Actually, there's nothing too excruci...
Thu, Aug 18 2016, 3:27 PM
Mortgage Rates continued avoiding drama today, moving moderately lower as bond markets held on to gains that followed yesterday's Fed Minutes. As we d...
Wed, Aug 17 2016, 3:11 PM
Mortgage Rates were sideways to slightly higher today, although some lenders offered modest improvements after the release of the Minutes from the mos...
Tue, Aug 16 2016, 2:59 PM
Mortgage Rates were sideways to slightly higher today, depending on the lender. Several lenders issued mid-day reprices as bond yields moved higher th...
Mon, Aug 15 2016, 3:01 PM
In addition to writing about mortgage rates , I also follow and analyze the underlying bond markets. Early on in that endeavor, one of my favorite phr...
Fri, Aug 12 2016, 3:37 PM
Just a day after bouncing firmly higher from the lowest levels in a month, mortgage rates are right back down to the bottom of the recent range. For s...
Thu, Aug 11 2016, 3:25 PM
Mortgage rates bounced higher today , after 2 solid days of improvement. In the bigger picture, rates are still closer to the lowest levels of the pas...
Wed, Aug 10 2016, 4:27 PM
Mortgage rates improved again today , bringing them back in line with the lowest levels of the month. Considering that today is only the 10th day of t...
Tue, Aug 9 2016, 4:07 PM
It was a good day for mortgage rates . After moving higher at a somewhat disconcerting pace last Friday, rates were quickly approaching the upper boun...
Mon, Aug 8 2016, 4:29 PM
Mortgage rates continued higher today, extending a sharp move that began on Friday following stronger-than-expected employment data. There are two dis...
Fri, Aug 5 2016, 5:36 PM
Mortgage rates moved higher at the fastest pace in more than 3 weeks today, following a much stronger-than-expected jobs report. The Employment Situat...
Thu, Aug 4 2016, 4:04 PM
Mortgage rates were moderately lower today, keeping them well-within the dominant range of the past 2-3 weeks. Compared to yesterday, lenders would be...
Wed, Aug 3 2016, 5:09 PM
Mortgage rates were nominally higher today, though you'd be hard-pressed to find any evidence of that on lender rate sheets. For all practical pu...
Tue, Aug 2 2016, 4:16 PM
Mortgage rates moved higher again today, after hitting the lowest levels in roughly 2 weeks last Friday. Like yesterday, today's increase was fai...
Mon, Aug 1 2016, 5:51 PM
Mortgage rates moved higher today after hitting the lowest levels in roughly 2 weeks last Friday. Today's increase was fairly minimal in the big ...
Fri, Jul 29 2016, 4:15 PM
Mortgage rates enjoyed another strong day, falling to the best levels in exactly 2 weeks. Rates were actually set to move higher early this morni...
Thu, Jul 28 2016, 3:56 PM
Mortgage rates fell at the quickest pace in more than a month today as lenders priced-in the market improvements seen after yesterday's Fed Announ...
Wed, Jul 27 2016, 3:56 PM
Mortgage rates moved slightly lower today, although that's only true for lenders who issued mid-day improvements following the Fed's policy announ...
Tue, Jul 26 2016, 4:58 PM
Mortgage rates moved slightly higher today, and are now effectively at the highest levels in month. That sounds a bit more dire than it is, thoug...
Mon, Jul 25 2016, 4:08 PM
Mortgage rates were unchanged again today, making three out of the past 4 days where rates haven't budged and 6 out of the past 7 days where rates...
Fri, Jul 22 2016, 3:51 PM
Mortgage rates didn't budge , compared to yesterday's, which leaves them in line with their highest levels since late June. A small majority lende...
Thu, Jul 21 2016, 4:59 PM
For most lenders, you'd have to go back to late June in order to see mortgage rates any higher than they were today, although several lenders d...
Wed, Jul 20 2016, 2:24 PM
Mortgage rates held perfectly steady today, with most lenders offering the exact same quotes as yesterday. The most prevalent conventional 30yr fix...
Tue, Jul 19 2016, 4:01 PM
Mortgage rates were sideways in some cases today, and very slightly lower in others, making for one of their better performances over the past few w...
Mon, Jul 18 2016, 5:23 PM
Mortgage rates remain under pressure over the past few weeks after hitting near-all-time lows in early July. With one exception, rates have been ei...
Fri, Jul 15 2016, 5:39 PM
Mortgage rates have been moving higher, in general, this week. That upward momentum tends to coincide with weakness in broader bond markets. For i...
Thu, Jul 14 2016, 4:28 PM
Mortgage rates were slightly higher again today, and this time, it's personal! OK, so it's not really "personal," but it is now more of a concern f...
Wed, Jul 13 2016, 4:56 PM
Mortgage rates moved just slightly lower today, following a fairly abrupt spike over the first two days of the week. This the sort of movement that...
Tue, Jul 12 2016, 5:01 PM
Mortgage rates are on the move, heading noticeably higher after a more subtle increase yesterday. With that, this week now stands as the first majo...
Mon, Jul 11 2016, 5:10 PM
Mortgage rates moved higher today, but not by very much, considering the amount of movement seen in other corners of financial markets. For instanc...
Fri, Jul 8 2016, 4:44 PM
Mortgage rates held surprisingly steady despite a strong employment headline. The big jobs report came out today, and it showed payroll creation at...
Thu, Jul 7 2016, 2:02 PM
Mortgage rates finally ended an impressive winning streak today, rising for the first time in 9 days. Rates began that streak with a massive move l...
Wed, Jul 6 2016, 4:23 PM
Mortgage rates fell again today, extending an already-uncanny winning streak to its 8th straight day. The most recent improvements bring the averag...
Tue, Jul 5 2016, 3:05 PM
Mortgage rates dropped noticeably today, bringing quite a few lenders down to 3.25% in terms of conventional 30yr fixed quotes on top tier scenarios...
Fri, Jul 1 2016, 1:39 PM
Mortgage rates fell moderately today, adding a 6th day to a winning streak that began with last week's Brexit news and bringing rates right to the b...
Thu, Jun 30 2016, 2:26 PM
Mortgage rates trickled slightly lower today, technically taking them to another in a string of 3-year lows over the past 2 weeks. The most recent,...
Wed, Jun 29 2016, 4:09 PM
Mortgage rates were roughly unchanged today, on average, with some lenders showing slight improvements while others moved just a bit higher. Even o...
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