Mon, Apr 21 2014, 3:13 PM
Mortgage rates were just slightly higher
today, extending a more forceful move higher last Thursday. Whereas
markets reacted to deescalating...
Thu, Apr 17 2014, 2:38 PM
Mortgage rates moved sharply higher today
on a combination of factors including strong economic data,
developments in Ukraine, and prevailing...
Wed, Apr 16 2014, 1:43 PM
Mortgage rates were slightly highe r
today as investors continued to pull back from yesterday's
geopolitically motivated buying spree. Tensio...
Tue, Apr 15 2014, 3:05 PM
Mortgage rates
started the day in weaker territory, continuing higher for a second
straight morning. Just after 10am, headlines regarding viol...
Mon, Apr 14 2014, 3:23 PM
Mortgage rates finally ended a
move lower than began 7 business days earlier on April 3rd. The
biggest movement during that time was the Emp...
Fri, Apr 11 2014, 2:18 PM
Mortgage rates managed to hold on to
yesterday's big improvements as markets held very steady by comparison
today. If there's a slight bias,...
Thu, Apr 10 2014, 2:43 PM
Mortgage rates began the day without any hint of the drama
that was to come. The first rate sheets of the day were little-changed
compared t...
Wed, Apr 9 2014, 3:28 PM
Mortgage rates began
the day higher, but many lenders are set to end in line with
yesterday's rates after this afternoon's FOMC Minutes. These...
Tue, Apr 8 2014, 3:53 PM
Mortgage rates were lower for a 4th straight day
today, further digging in to mid-March levels, but by a smaller amount
today. In that sen...
Mon, Apr 7 2014, 3:19 PM
Mortgage rates fell again today,
bringing them to levels not seen since March 18th for many lenders.
While there was no significant economic d...
Fri, Apr 4 2014, 4:05 PM
Mortgage rates were significantly lower today ,
erasing a full week's worth of time spent moving higher in fits and
starts. The main event was ...
Thu, Apr 3 2014, 3:34 PM
Mortgage rates barely budged today,
but the little movement seen was positive on average. Keep in mind
though, that means that some lenders we...
Wed, Apr 2 2014, 3:14 PM
Mortgage rates moved higher again today,
this time taking them definitively past any of the recent highs in
March. In fact, to find rate sheet...
Tue, Apr 1 2014, 3:05 PM
Mortgage rates were relatively unchanged today,
after moving higher during the past two sessions. The stability is
somewhat counterintuitive a...
Mon, Mar 31 2014, 2:43 PM
Mortgage rates continued higher today,
as part of a 2 day move following 5 straight days of improvement.
Nearly all of that improvement has be...
Fri, Mar 28 2014, 5:19 PM
Mortgage rates finally experienced a correction to
the 5-day winning streak that had carried them lower after last week's
spike. On a slightly...
Thu, Mar 27 2014, 4:07 PM
Mortgage rates moved moderately lower today, further improving on what has generally been a slow-paced week of gains.
The yard-stick measuring t...
Wed, Mar 26 2014, 4:16 PM
Mortgage rates improved substantially
today, at least in the context of small day-over-day movement seen
since last week's Fed Forecasts sent r...
Tue, Mar 25 2014, 4:25 PM
Mortgage rates were slightly higher for some lenders today, but lower for others--holding perfectly flat on average .
There were no major disru...
Mon, Mar 24 2014, 4:46 PM
Mortgage rates moved sideways to slightly lower
today, but only after a slew of mid-day reprices from lenders. Before
that, the morning rate...
Fri, Mar 21 2014, 2:32 PM
Mortgage rates managed to move lower
today, generally erasing yesterday's increases. There was very little
by way of market-moving events to m...
Thu, Mar 20 2014, 4:09 PM
Mortgage rates moved higher for
a second straight day, extending yesterday's much larger spike. Some
lenders remained relatively close to yest...
Wed, Mar 19 2014, 5:18 PM
Mortgage rates shot higher today
at their fastest pace of the year today after Fed forecasts suggested
members saw the Fed Funds Rate rising so...
Tue, Mar 18 2014, 4:39 PM
Mortgage rates were effectively unchanged
today, putting an end to 2 days spent moving higher as the threat of
violence diminished in Ukraine. ...
Mon, Mar 17 2014, 4:30 PM
Mortgage rates moved moderately higher today,
erasing most of the improvement seen since Thursday afternoon. At that
time, global markets incl...
Fri, Mar 14 2014, 3:16 PM
Mortgage rates managed
to log another day of improvement today, this time more modest compared
to yesterday's big move. Rate sheets were best ...
Thu, Mar 13 2014, 4:30 PM
Mortgage rates moved significantly lower today after Secretary of State Kerry warned of repercussions for events in Ukraine. Crimea is set to hold...
Wed, Mar 12 2014, 3:36 PM
Mortgage rates moved lower at their best pace of the week today,
undoing the damage from last Friday's Employment Situation report, and
about a ...
Tue, Mar 11 2014, 3:05 PM
Mortgage rates continued holding mostly sideways today ,
though there were enough lenders in slightly better shape to make for a
small improvem...
Mon, Mar 10 2014, 3:35 PM
Mortgage rates leveled-off today ,
after rising to 2-month highs after last Friday's Employment Situation
('Jobs Report'). Today's rates were ju...
Fri, Mar 7 2014, 4:41 PM
Mortgage rates rose sharply for
the third time this week, bringing them to levels not seen since
January 15th. Today's move followed a stronger...
Thu, Mar 6 2014, 4:39 PM
Mortgage rates moved quickly higher today ,
in the context of their recent range. That is to say, today's "sharp"
movement is nothing compared t...
Wed, Mar 5 2014, 4:07 PM
Mortgage rates held steady today,
on average, though some lenders are still in slightly worse shape.
Weakness in the markets that affect mortga...
Tue, Mar 4 2014, 4:49 PM
Mortgage rates were sharply higher today,
as concern over geopolitical tension in Ukraine turned a corner. After
a surprisingly strong end to F...
Mon, Mar 3 2014, 4:09 PM
Mortgage rates moved noticeably lower today,
as investors sought the relative safety of bond markets in response to
geopolitical tensions in Ukr...
Fri, Feb 28 2014, 2:48 PM
Mortgage rates rose slightly today
ending a strong 3-day move lower. The weakness followed this morning's
economic data, but the bond markets th...
Thu, Feb 27 2014, 5:26 PM
Mortgage rates gained even more ground today, and are now getting close to early February's levels, which were the lowest since November.
Much of...
Wed, Feb 26 2014, 4:37 PM
Mortgage rates built on yesterday's strength
and continued lower today. After lenders released rate sheet
improvements in the afternoon, the av...
Tue, Feb 25 2014, 4:28 PM
Mortgage rates fell noticeably
today, after being pushed up against the highest levels in nearly a
month yesterday. In that sense, the positivi...
Mon, Feb 24 2014, 4:53 PM
Mortgage rates moved sideways
today, reflecting the ongoing indecision in the bond markets that
underlie day-to-day rate movements. The mortgag...
Fri, Feb 21 2014, 2:20 PM
Mortgage rates moved slightly higher
today despite improvements in underlying markets into the afternoon.
Bond markets including MBS (the 'mort...
Thu, Feb 20 2014, 2:47 PM
Mortgage rates continued higher
today after it became clear that markets were discounting weak economic
data due to weather. In that sense, mor...
Wed, Feb 19 2014, 5:22 PM
Mortgage rates began the day moderately lower compared to yesterday's latest levels, but the improvements didn't last .
Bond markets including M...
Tue, Feb 18 2014, 3:49 PM
Mortgage rates were lower in some cases today,
though some lenders merely held steady compared to Friday's latest
levels. Mortgage-Backed-Sec...
Fri, Feb 14 2014, 4:09 PM
Mortgage rates moved higher today,
erasing yesterday's improvements and carrying them to their highest
levels since late January on average. Fo...
Thu, Feb 13 2014, 3:37 PM
Mortgage rates fell moderately following
this morning's weaker-than-expected report on Retail Sales. There were
several other considerations th...
Wed, Feb 12 2014, 3:35 PM
Mortgage rates moved higher at
their fastest pace in more than a month today, confirming yesterday's
shift in momentum. While this isn't an out...
Tue, Feb 11 2014, 4:59 PM
Mortgage rates were higher today following
new Fed Chair Yellen's first scheduled testimony before the House
Financial Services Committee. Most...
Mon, Feb 10 2014, 3:48 PM
Mortgage rates improved just slightly today, building moderately on Friday's strength following the weaker jobs report.
That having been said, th...
Fri, Feb 7 2014, 3:10 PM
Mortgage rates were finally lower
today, but the drop was modest given that it was the product of a weak
jobs report--typically a bigger marke...
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