Tue, Jun 28 2016, 3:28 PM
Mortgage rates fell modestly today despite some weakness in underlying bond markets. Typically, when bond yields (which move inversely with bond pr...
Mon, Jun 27 2016, 4:21 PM
Mortgage rates move lower again today following last week's Brexit headlines (the U.K.'s vote to leave the European Union). Indeed it's hard to tur...
Fri, Jun 24 2016, 1:04 PM
Mortgage rates plummeted today following the surprise victory of the referendum for the U.K. leaving the European Union (aka "Brexit"). This joins ...
Thu, Jun 23 2016, 3:07 PM
Mortgage rates moved higher for the 5th day in a row as financial markets prepare for the results of the U.K. referendum on its European Union membe...
Wed, Jun 22 2016, 3:05 PM
Mortgage rates were higher for a 4th straight day today. That is a bit of a puzzler at first glance because bond markets are showing improvements f...
Tue, Jun 21 2016, 2:36 PM
Mortgage rates remained under pressure today, moving up to the highest levels in two weeks. Financial markets are in the process of undoing some of...
Mon, Jun 20 2016, 2:26 PM
Mortgage rates continued higher today, and at a quicker pace than the modest increase seen at the end of last week. Financial markets are undergoin...
Fri, Jun 17 2016, 3:06 PM
Mortgage rates moved higher today for the first time in nearly 2 weeks. After rising slightly on Monday June 6th, rates have been on a mission--mov...
Thu, Jun 16 2016, 3:59 PM
Mortgage rates moved lower today, largely because they needed to get caught up with yesterday afternoon's movement in bond markets. As a reminder, ...
Wed, Jun 15 2016, 4:10 PM
Mortgage rates were unchanged today, despite the potential for volatility surround the Fed's rate announcement. No one expected the Fed to hike rat...
Tue, Jun 14 2016, 4:34 PM
Mortgage rates were initially lower this morning as global bond yields continued to plumb record lows. There was widespread coverage in financial n...
Mon, Jun 13 2016, 4:25 PM
Mortgage rates haven't moved too much recently, and no one is complaining. While each of the past 5 days has only seen a modest drop in rates, they...
Fri, Jun 10 2016, 5:01 PM
Mortgage rates crept just barely lower today, but it was enough to leave the average lender's rate sheet in its best shape since May of 2013. (At t...
Thu, Jun 9 2016, 4:18 PM
Mortgage rates moved slightly lower today, bringing them to levels seen only one other time in the past 3 years. Even then, that "other time" was o...
Wed, Jun 8 2016, 4:40 PM
Mortgage rates barely budged, yet again today. But that's not such a bad thing considering they are very close to 3-year lows. On top of that, amo...
Tue, Jun 7 2016, 4:49 PM
Mortgage rates were sideways to slightly lower today, keeping them in line with the lowest levels in more than three years. While there are a few a...
Mon, Jun 6 2016, 4:48 PM
Mortgage rates moved slightly higher today, erasing only some of the massive improvements seen after last Friday's jobs report. In general, most le...
Fri, Jun 3 2016, 2:29 PM
Mortgage rates plummeted today, relatively speaking, fully erasing the damage done 2 weeks ago after the Fed Minutes sent rates higher at the fastes...
Thu, Jun 2 2016, 3:21 PM
Mortgage rates rose modestly today, despite improvements in underlying bond markets. This was in line with our discussion about "the catch" associa...
Wed, Jun 1 2016, 3:49 PM
Mortgage rates fell to their lowest levels in roughly two weeks this morning. That's a seemingly positive statement, but while it's true, there are...
Tue, May 31 2016, 3:42 PM
Mortgage rates were generally unchanged to begin the short work-week for financial markets, though that wasn't the case at first. Earlier this morn...
Fri, May 27 2016, 12:48 PM
Mortgage rates were sideways to slightly lower today, depending on the lender. Financial markets closed early for Memorial Day weekend, and will be...
Thu, May 26 2016, 5:23 PM
Mortgage rates moved modestly lower today. Given that rates had spiked last Wednesday and haven't moved too much since then, today's improvement wa...
Wed, May 25 2016, 4:12 PM
Mortgage rates didn't move much today, depending on the lender. Most of the movement seen was toward slightly higher levels. The bond markets that...
Tue, May 24 2016, 5:08 PM
Mortgage rates were mixed today, depending on the lender. Some lenders adjusted rates higher in the middle of the day to reflect bond market weakne...
Mon, May 23 2016, 4:48 PM
Mortgage rates were relatively steady again , marking the third straight business day with almost no rate movement following last week's quick spike ...
Fri, May 20 2016, 4:28 PM
Mortgage rates held mostly steady today, as some lenders were just barely higher and others slightly lower than yesterday's latest levels. With tha...
Thu, May 19 2016, 3:34 PM
Mortgage rates bounced back today, to some extent, after rising at the fastest pace in more than 3 months yesterday. Most of yesterday's damage rem...
Wed, May 18 2016, 4:29 PM
Mortgage rates skyrocketed today, relative to their recent average daily movement, following the release of the Minutes from the most recent Fed mee...
Tue, May 17 2016, 4:37 PM
Mortgage rates moved higher today as investors sold assets ahead of tomorrow's Fed Minutes. Asset prices move lower when sellers outweigh buyers, a...
Mon, May 16 2016, 4:53 PM
Mortgage rates held surprisingly steady today, even though underlying bond markets were in noticeably weaker territory. As bonds weaken, rates norm...
Fri, May 13 2016, 5:18 PM
Mortgage rates found their footing today, moving sideways to slightly lower after losing ground the past two days. Earlier this week, rates hit the...
Thu, May 12 2016, 4:48 PM
Mortgage rates moved higher again today, rising to the highest levels since last Thursday. That fact is contrary to the most of the mortgage-rate-r...
Wed, May 11 2016, 5:07 PM
Mortgage rates were very slightly higher today. That's counterintuitive because bond markets were slightly stronger, and that almost always coincid...
Tue, May 10 2016, 3:53 PM
Mortgage rates didn't move any lower today, but they earned an important distinction nonetheless. As of today, you'd have to go back 3 full years t...
Mon, May 9 2016, 4:45 PM
Mortgage rates moved sideways today, taking them one step closer to officially claiming the title of "3 year lows." Tomorrow marks the three year a...
Fri, May 6 2016, 5:09 PM
Mortgage rates moved lower today, following after the labor department reported lower-than-expected job creation in the month of April. Interesting...
Thu, May 5 2016, 4:24 PM
Mortgage rates held steady today, marking the 9th straight day without a move higher. 6 of those 9 days have seen mild to moderate improvements, ul...
Wed, May 4 2016, 5:03 PM
Mortgage rates moved lower for the 6th day in a row today, bringing them in line with the best levels in more than a month. It should be noted, h...
Tue, May 3 2016, 5:01 PM
Mortgage rates moved lower again today as stock markets tumbled. The weakness in stocks was led by the European banking sector with several big n...
Mon, May 2 2016, 4:26 PM
Mortgage rates moved just slightly lower today, despite the fact that bond markets were suggesting a move in the other direction. Mortgage rates ...
Fri, Apr 29 2016, 4:16 PM
Mortgage rates moved just slightly lower in most cases, to end the week at the best levels since April 19th. Mor importantly, the past 3 days of ...
Thu, Apr 28 2016, 4:50 PM
Mortgage rates continued lower for a second straight day, ultimately making it back to levels not seen since last Tuesday. Today's improvements are...
Wed, Apr 27 2016, 4:48 PM
Mortgage rates caught a break today! After having moved sideways or higher for the past 7 days, and spending the last 3 at the highest levels in mor...
Tue, Apr 26 2016, 4:32 PM
Mortgage rates remained in line with their highest levels in a month for the third straight day . The average lender is now quoting convention...
Mon, Apr 25 2016, 5:07 PM
Mortgage rates didn't move much , if at all, today. That's not exactly what we want to see right now considering they're as high as they've been sin...
Fri, Apr 22 2016, 5:00 PM
Mortgage rates continued higher today, solidifying this week as the worst one in quite a while. Not since the first week i n November have rates ...
Thu, Apr 21 2016, 4:41 PM
Mortgage rates picked right up where they left off yesterday: pushing into the highest levels of the month. This week has seen the fastest rise in ...
Wed, Apr 20 2016, 5:15 PM
Mortgage rates jumped significantly higher today, relative to the almost perfectly flat trend that's been intact for more than a week. We were alre...
Tue, Apr 19 2016, 3:42 PM
Mortgage rates held steady again today , despite some weakness in underlying bond markets. When it comes to setting rates for the day lender rate sh...
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