Thu, Feb 4 2016, 4:35 PM
Mortgage rates held their ground at 8-month lows today. This time around, it was far less eventful than yesterday's session, which saw lenders chan...
Wed, Feb 3 2016, 4:54 PM
Mortgage rates had a far more tumultuous day despite ultimately hanging on to the lowest levels in more than 8 months. Whether you wanted to be h...
Tue, Feb 2 2016, 4:35 PM
Mortgage rates only paused for a brief moment of reflection yesterday before continuing with 2016's trend of improvement. Today's gains bring them ...
Mon, Feb 1 2016, 4:33 PM
Mortgage rates were in line with the best levels in 8 months as of last Friday. Although they moved slightly higher to begin the new week, today ...
Fri, Jan 29 2016, 4:39 PM
Mortgage rates were at 3 month lows yesterday and today have moved in line with 8-month lows. For most lenders, there was a day or 2 in October tha...
Thu, Jan 28 2016, 4:42 PM
Mortgage rates moved down modestly today, but it was enough to bring them to the lowest levels seen in exactly 3 months. There were only a few days...
Wed, Jan 27 2016, 5:30 PM
Mortgage rates pulled off a come-from-behind victory following today's Fed Announcement. This time around, the Fed wasn't at all likely to make a...
Tue, Jan 26 2016, 5:21 PM
Mortgage rates did something they haven't done all year today. They actually improved in the face of a stock rally. In fact, it was the third be...
Mon, Jan 25 2016, 4:33 PM
Mortgage rates moved slightly lower today, recovering some of Friday's losses. Those losses introduced the risk that 2016's dominant trend towa...
Fri, Jan 22 2016, 6:02 PM
Mortgage rates moved higher at their quickest pace of 2016 today. Rates have been faithfully following the slide in equities prices, albeit at a ge...
Thu, Jan 21 2016, 4:38 PM
Mortgage rates held mostly flat today, and that's an accomplishment! Lenders set mortgage rates based primarily on the prices of mortgage-backed-se...
Wed, Jan 20 2016, 5:01 PM
Mortgage rates fell today , bringing them back in line with the lowest levels in more than 2 months and very near the best levels since late April 20...
Tue, Jan 19 2016, 3:54 PM
Mortgage rates moved higher today, but remained near the lowest levels in more than 2 months. Friday's drop was uncharacteristically sharp and put ...
Fri, Jan 15 2016, 2:56 PM
Mortgage rates surged lower at the quickest pace of the year today as stocks and oil prices continued suffering heavy losses. At present, investors...
Thu, Jan 14 2016, 4:54 PM
For the first time this year, mortgage rates spent the second straight day without moving any lower. While that may sound like a bad thing, it ...
Wed, Jan 13 2016, 4:57 PM
Mortgage rates held their ground today, keeping them near the lowest levels in more than 2 months. There were no major economic reports, but financ...
Tue, Jan 12 2016, 4:47 PM
Mortgage rates moved moderately, but somewhat precipitously lower today. How can the improvement be both moderate and precipitous? A fair questi...
Mon, Jan 11 2016, 5:23 PM
Mortgage rates finally pulled back (higher)--albeit slightly--after spending most of the past 2 weeks moving significantly lower. Much of the recen...
Fri, Jan 8 2016, 5:28 PM
Mortgage rates moved lower today, despite an exceptionally strong jobs report--something that typically sends rates screaming higher. Recently, how...
Thu, Jan 7 2016, 5:06 PM
Mortgage rates inched slightly lower today, adding to an already impressive string of improvements in the new year. Rates typically take most of th...
Wed, Jan 6 2016, 5:27 PM
Mortgage rates moved respectably lower today, nearly making it to the best levels in a month. Whereas the average conventional 30yr fixed quote h...
Tue, Jan 5 2016, 5:12 PM
Mortgage rates were essentially unchanged for many lenders today and just barely higher for others. There were no major sources of inspiration as...
Mon, Jan 4 2016, 4:59 PM
Mortgage rates moved lower today as financial markets roared back to life after the winter break. In this age of ever-increasing automation and d...
Thu, Dec 31 2015, 2:33 PM
Mortgage rates had an interesting year to say the least. After almost universal consensus on a move toward higher rates the first few months of t...
Wed, Dec 30 2015, 4:53 PM
Mortgage rates managed to hold steady
today after moving up to the highest levels in more than 5 months
yesterday. Rates had moved close to c...
Tue, Dec 29 2015, 4:27 PM
Mortgage rates moved slightly highe r today. While it wasn't a big move in the grand scheme of things, rates were already fairly close to their hi...
Mon, Dec 28 2015, 6:49 PM
Mortgage rates were sideways to slightly lower today as underlying bond markets continue to operate in holiday mode. While that can occasionally ...
Thu, Dec 24 2015, 12:43 PM
Almost any article you see today on mortgage rates will say the same thing: "rates are roughly unchanged from last week." Almost every article w...
Wed, Dec 23 2015, 5:37 PM
Mortgage rates moved up for the second consecutive day, but in an uncommon way. Mortgage-backed-securities (MBS) are the financial instruments th...
Tue, Dec 22 2015, 5:39 PM
Mortgage rates bounced slightly higher today, ending a 4-day winning streak that began with last Wednesday's Fed rate hike. Generally speaking, t...
Mon, Dec 21 2015, 6:44 PM
Mortgage rates continued a trend of small, steady improvements into the new week today. This marks the 4th straight day of a winning streak that ...
Fri, Dec 18 2015, 4:44 PM
Mortgage rates maintained their paradoxical descent following this week's Fed rate hike. The paradox can be accounted-for in several ways, but th...
Thu, Dec 17 2015, 4:59 PM
Mortgage rates continued modestly lower today as financial markets continue sorting out their reaction to yesterday's Fed rate hike. As a reminde...
Wed, Dec 16 2015, 6:40 PM
Mortgage rates moved just slightly lower today, despite the long-awaited Fed rate hike. Once again, that's LOWER mortgage rates and a HIGHER Fed ...
Tue, Dec 15 2015, 4:57 PM
Mortgage rates jumped again today, moving to the highest levels more than a month ahead of tomorrow's hotly anticipated Fed Announcement. Many le...
Mon, Dec 14 2015, 5:10 PM
Mortgage rates moved quickly higher today, more than erasing Friday's strong performance. If fact, most lenders are at their highest levels in mo...
Fri, Dec 11 2015, 6:18 PM
Mortgage rates recovered yesterday's losses in many cases, and moved even lower in many other cases. The mortgage sector was one of the tamer per...
Thu, Dec 10 2015, 5:21 PM
Mortgage rates moved moderately higher today, bringing them to the worst levels in exactly one week. That said, the movement over that time has b...
Wed, Dec 9 2015, 4:41 PM
Mortgage rates held steady for a second straight day, but only when considering the end-of-day rate sheets. The morning hours were similar on eac...
Tue, Dec 8 2015, 5:17 PM
Mortgage rates held steady today after spending the past 2 business days recovering from the worst day in more than 2 years last Thursday. As we ...
Mon, Dec 7 2015, 5:01 PM
Mortgage rates continued lower at a decent pace today, further eroding the big move higher seen last Thursday. While the average lender isn't qui...
Fri, Dec 4 2015, 5:26 PM
Mortgage rates fought back today , following their biggest single-day jump in more than 2 years on Thursday. Today's significant event was the Emp...
Thu, Dec 3 2015, 7:13 PM
Mortgage rates were crushed today , moving higher at the fastest single-day pace since 2013. The average lender saw a full eighth point hike in 30...
Wed, Dec 2 2015, 5:05 PM
Coming off their best day in over a month, mortgage rates held mostly steady today,
although some lenders were slightly higher. This is somew...
Tue, Dec 1 2015, 4:24 PM
Mortgage rates had their best day in over a month today. It was also the first day with any legitimate movement in nearly three weeks. Over that...
Mon, Nov 30 2015, 5:40 PM
Mortgage rate drama has been on an unapologetic, no-holds-barred, "couldn't-care-less" sort of vacation for the past 2-3 weeks . There have only...
Fri, Nov 27 2015, 1:58 PM
Mortgage rates did absolutely nothing today. In fact, some lenders were not even open for business today. Those who were, generally made no disc...
Wed, Nov 25 2015, 5:12 PM
Mortgage rates broke from tradition today by maintaining an almost perfectly flat trajectory leading up to Thanksgiving. This time of year is typ...
Tue, Nov 24 2015, 4:47 PM
Mortgage rates held steady today on average, with a few lenders improving almost imperceptibly. The most prevalently-quoted conventional 30yr fix...
Mon, Nov 23 2015, 4:32 PM
Mortgage rates rose today for most lenders, albeit modestly. In fact, several lenders were unchanged from Friday's latest levels with the rest ...
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