Thu, Feb 5 2015, 4:57 PM
Mortgage rates held their ground today even as trading levels in bond markets suggested a move higher. This has to do with the heads-up I offere...
Wed, Feb 4 2015, 4:58 PM
Mortgage rates were steady to slightly higher today, depending where you looked and at what time of day. The morning hours brought additional pa...
Tue, Feb 3 2015, 4:33 PM
Mortgage rates picked up the pace of weakness today, moving higher at their quickest pace of the year. That's the bad news. The good news is th...
Mon, Feb 2 2015, 4:26 PM
Mortgage rates were just slightly higher today, but generally did a good job of holding on to recent gains. For perspective, last Friday was the...
Fri, Jan 30 2015, 3:51 PM
Mortgage rates moved lower today at their fastest pace since January 14th. Rates sheets moved well past recent lows and back to levels not seen ...
Thu, Jan 29 2015, 3:53 PM
Mortgage rates were steady to slightly higher today on average. Some lenders were actually slightly lower, but they were the exception. In cont...
Wed, Jan 28 2015, 5:03 PM
Mortgage rates fell again today , and while the move wasn't big, it was enough to bring most lenders back in line with the best rates from two wee...
Tue, Jan 27 2015, 4:46 PM
Mortgage rates continued a recent pattern of small day-to-day changes today. This time, however, lenders were more unified in a move to slightly...
Mon, Jan 26 2015, 2:56 PM
Mortgage rates were unchanged in most cases today, though some lenders were microscopically higher or lower compared to last Friday. Any attempt...
Fri, Jan 23 2015, 5:15 PM
Mortgage rates were modestly lower today, and are now getting back in line with levels not seen in more than 20 months. Only the last 3 days of ...
Thu, Jan 22 2015, 3:34 PM
Mortgage rates didn't budge today. That's impressive considering the amount of volatility in financial markets leading up to and following the E...
Wed, Jan 21 2015, 5:28 PM
Mortgage rates moved moderately higher on average today. Recently high volatility in financial markets continues driving stratified pricing stra...
Tue, Jan 20 2015, 4:30 PM
Mortgage rates were truly mixed today, with some lenders improving while others moved higher. More than a few were unchanged or close to it. Al...
Fri, Jan 16 2015, 5:18 PM
Mortgage rates pulled back to slightly higher levels today as broader markets underwent a correction from relatively frenzied movement over the p...
Thu, Jan 15 2015, 5:20 PM
Mortgage rates continued relentlessly lower today, but they did so under protest. In fact, the amount of improvement on some lenders' rate sheet...
Wed, Jan 14 2015, 4:06 PM
If you have a truly ideal credit profile and loan scenario, a few of the more aggressive lenders are quoting conforming, 30yr fixed mortgage rates ...
Tue, Jan 13 2015, 4:21 PM
Mortgage rates fell only modestly
today, but it was enough for the best rate sheets since mid-May 2013.
That's a new 20 month low, on averag...
Mon, Jan 12 2015, 4:06 PM
Mortgage rates fell modestly again today, bringing them as close to last Tuesday's 19-month lows as they've been, on average. Some lenders are a...
Fri, Jan 9 2015, 3:53 PM
Mortgage rates moved lower after this morning's Employment Situation Report, though not necessarily because of it. After 2 days spent correcting...
Thu, Jan 8 2015, 4:13 PM
Mortgage rates continued drifting slightly higher after a strong move to 19 month lows on Tuesday. The caveat is that today's rates are only hig...
Wed, Jan 7 2015, 5:03 PM
Mortgage rates moved slightly higher today, but remained close to the lowest they've been since May 2013. The only day with any lower rates sinc...
Tue, Jan 6 2015, 3:33 PM
Mortgage rates are on an absolute tear. In the past 2 days, they've rocketed a full eighth of a point lower. They're a full quarter point lower t...
Mon, Jan 5 2015, 5:10 PM
Mortgage rates have fallen substantially in the first week of 2015. While a few of the most aggressive lenders have been able to offer top tier bo...
Fri, Jan 2 2015, 12:43 PM
Mortgage rates improved significantly to kick off the new year. The gains are a combination of actual improvement in bond markets and lenders lowe...
Wed, Dec 31 2014, 12:46 PM
Mortgage rates drifted just slightly higher today
amid extra quiet trading conditions. Bond markets (which include the
mortgage-backed-secu...
Tue, Dec 30 2014, 5:09 PM
Mortgage rates fell today . The move wasn't big, but it was enough to claim the 5th best spot of 2014 . The 4 other days were consecutive and beg...
Mon, Dec 29 2014, 4:38 PM
Mortgage rates continued chipping away at the moderately abrupt increases seen last week. Today's gains were indirectly a result of political inst...
Fri, Dec 26 2014, 11:12 AM
Mortgage rates bounced back moderately
today, erasing Wednesday's losses. Unfortunately, Wednesday's losses
weren't very big compared to Tuesd...
Wed, Dec 24 2014, 1:11 PM
Mortgage rates continued higher today as lenders opted for typically conservative holiday pricing strategies. The bond markets that most directly ...
Tue, Dec 23 2014, 5:09 PM
Mortgage rates moved decisively higher today, fueled primarily by the lack of market participation common to this holiday week. Light staffing lev...
Mon, Dec 22 2014, 2:59 PM
Mortgage rates are fairly hilarious today, though they're not hilariously higher or lower than they were on Friday. Rather, the entertainment come...
Fri, Dec 19 2014, 4:27 PM
Mortgage rates found their footing today, moving slightly lower after spending the past two days rising at the quickest pace in months. Most lend...
Thu, Dec 18 2014, 3:00 PM
Mortgage rates moved higher at a much quicker pace today. This runs counter to the most widely-circulated weekly rate report from Freddie Mac, whi...
Wed, Dec 17 2014, 5:23 PM
Mortgage rates rose at an acceptable pace
today, following the FOMC Announcement and press conference. Rates are
driven by bond markets (mortg...
Tue, Dec 16 2014, 3:14 PM
Mortgage rates fell decisively today, bringing some lenders back in line with rate sheets seen on May 22nd, 2013. That's significant because it wa...
Mon, Dec 15 2014, 4:37 PM
Mortgage rates held steady today on average, but were slightly higher or lower depending on the lender. In either case, there hasn't been much mov...
Fri, Dec 12 2014, 4:16 PM
Mortgage rates improved again today rounding out an entire week of gains. They're nothing to shake a stick at, either. Although the most prevalen...
Thu, Dec 11 2014, 4:06 PM
Mortgage rates didn't move much today, depending on the lender. Lenders that reissued improved rate sheets yesterday afternoon are generally in th...
Wed, Dec 10 2014, 3:59 PM
Mortgage rates moved only slightly lower
today, but it was enough to bring the end-of-day average to the lowest
in more than a year an a half. ...
Tue, Dec 9 2014, 3:55 PM
Mortgage rates fell again today, bringing them very close to their lowest levels in more than a year and a half. US bond markets (including Trea...
Mon, Dec 8 2014, 4:33 PM
Mortgage rates improved to
begin the new week--a welcome development considering last week ended
with a strong jobs report and a moderate mov...
Fri, Dec 5 2014, 3:32 PM
Mortgage rates moved only slightly higher today in spite of an exceptionally strong Employment Situation Report. This particular jobs report is ...
Thu, Dec 4 2014, 3:47 PM
Mortgage rates recovered some recently lost territory today following a press conference with European Central Bank (ECB) President Mario Draghi....
Wed, Dec 3 2014, 3:21 PM
Mortgage rates moved higher today but at a gentler pace than yesterday. In fact, underlying markets managed to hold fairly close to unchanged le...
Tue, Dec 2 2014, 4:07 PM
Mortgage rates finally ended a 7-day winning streak today, moving higher for the first time since November 19th. The losses were not insignifica...
Mon, Dec 1 2014, 5:04 PM
Mortgage rates were exceptionally low this morning . In many cases, lenders' rate sheets were stronger than those seen early on October 15th, mak...
Fri, Nov 28 2014, 1:29 PM
Mortgage rates were slightly lower today, but it was in no way indicative of the improvements seen in the mortgage-backed-securities (MBS). MBS,...
Wed, Nov 26 2014, 2:47 PM
Mortgage rates moved lower again today , solidifying yesterday's tentative break back into the "high 3's" for top tier 30yr fixed rates. In fact,...
Tue, Nov 25 2014, 3:55 PM
Mortgage rates fell more today than in recent days. Positivity was fueled chiefly by European bond market strength as serious growth concerns pe...
Mon, Nov 24 2014, 4:40 PM
Mortgage rates continue making
improvements so small and so steady that they're barely noticeable, but
they're improvements just the same. T...
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