Fri, Sep 13 2013, 5:42 PM
Mortgage rates improved slightly today, bringing
them to their best levels of week. The day's economic data, which
stood a chance to push rat...
Thu, Sep 12 2013, 5:08 PM
Mortgage rates held almost perfectly flat today, after
starting the day in stronger territory and losing ground in the
afternoon. As such, Co...
Wed, Sep 11 2013, 5:30 PM
Mortgage rates changed course yet again, this
time heading back down after yesterday's rise ended a reasonably strong
2-day move lower. Today...
Tue, Sep 10 2013, 6:56 PM
Mortgage rates bounced back toward recent highs today, ending
a fairly healthy two-day move lower after last Thursday saw the highest
rates in...
Mon, Sep 9 2013, 5:06 PM
Mortgage rates continued lower today, further
undoing much of the damage caused by last week's run to the highest
levels in over 2 years. Fri...
Fri, Sep 6 2013, 6:33 PM
Mortgage rates fell appreciably today, erasing
most of yesterday's move higher. On most any other day, this would be
welcome development, but...
Thu, Sep 5 2013, 6:40 PM
Mortgage rates leaped to new 2-Yr highs today ,
after strong economic data increased the chances that tomorrow's
all-important jobs report woul...
Wed, Sep 4 2013, 5:13 PM
Mortgage rates moved higher again today ,
making it one of the three worst days of the year for rates. The rate
with the most efficient combin...
Tue, Sep 3 2013, 3:13 PM
Mortgage rates moved up to their highest levels since August 22nd today. moving sideways on average. 30yr Fixed rates for the most ideal scenario...
Fri, Aug 30 2013, 1:44 PM
Mortgage rates had an uneventful day ,
moving sideways on average. Some lenders were almost perfectly
unchanged, while others were slightly hi...
Thu, Aug 29 2013, 5:10 PM
Mortgage rates began the day in slightly higher territory, but most lenders adjusted rate sheets mid-day, bringing the average rate just below ye...
Wed, Aug 28 2013, 4:59 PM
Mortgage rates bounced higher today, moving back in line with Monday's levels. Conventional 30yr Fixed quotes for the most ideal scenarios ( be...
Tue, Aug 27 2013, 6:14 PM
Mortgage rates hit their lowest levels in nearly two weeks today . Conventional 30yr Fixed quotes for the most ideal scenarios ( best-execution ...
Mon, Aug 26 2013, 5:15 PM
Mortgage rates continued lower today
after a weaker-than-expected economic report this morning from the
manufacturing sector. Not only does w...
Fri, Aug 23 2013, 5:25 PM
Mortgage rates shot significantly lower today
after the New Home Sales report showed far fewer executed purchases
contracts than expected for ...
Thu, Aug 22 2013, 5:31 PM
Mortgage rates were higher again today ,
extending yesterday's movement following the FOMC Minutes. This
morning's Jobless Claims report showe...
Wed, Aug 21 2013, 5:15 PM
Mortgage rates rose moderately
following today's release of Minutes from the July 31st FOMC Meeting.
There was no meaningful new information,...
Tue, Aug 20 2013, 3:42 PM
Mortgage rates moved lower today ,
recovering a good portion of yesterday's losses. There were no
significant economic events and much of the ...
Mon, Aug 19 2013, 5:19 PM
Mortgage rates were convincingly higher today ,
continuing last week's move toward the levels not seen in over two
years. Those levels were re...
Fri, Aug 16 2013, 5:42 PM
Mortgage rates rose sharply again today , with best-execution up to 4.75 in
most cases, after another round of economic data failed to conv...
Thu, Aug 15 2013, 5:12 PM
Mortgage rates rose sharply today ,
after the large batch of economic data did nothing to suggest the Fed
will move any slower to reduce their ...
Wed, Aug 14 2013, 4:56 PM
Mortgage rates leveled off today ,
after moving abruptly higher on Tuesday. Bond markets, including MBS
(the mortgage-backed-securities that m...
Tue, Aug 13 2013, 3:09 PM
Mortgage rates were abruptly higher today ,
moving back toward the highs of the month and erasing most of the
improvements seen since the Emplo...
Mon, Aug 12 2013, 3:55 PM
Mortgage rates began the day in much better
shape compared to Friday's latest offerings, but market volatility in
the afternoon prompted most ...
Fri, Aug 9 2013, 3:21 PM
Mortgage rates moved lower for a third straight day ,
ending the week at their best levels. Rates are currently just shy of
July 23rd lows. W...
Thu, Aug 8 2013, 5:34 PM
Mortgage rates moved lower again today, hitting their best levels since July 23rd. That achievement is mostly a factor of what has been an extremely ...
Wed, Aug 7 2013, 4:48 PM
Mortgage rates moved slightly lower today, taking them to their best levels since last Tuesday. Rate movements have generally been very small over th...
Tue, Aug 6 2013, 4:35 PM
Mortgage rates were flat again today, making
this the 7th day out of the past 9 with almost no movement. This week,
the lack of movement is e...
Mon, Aug 5 2013, 4:33 PM
Mortgage rates were essentially unchanged today. Whereas
rates where sharply lower on Friday (after being sharply higher on
Wednesday mornin...
Fri, Aug 2 2013, 4:11 PM
Mortgage rates fell sharply today, matching
the pace of yesterday's abrupt move higher. By the end of the day most
lenders were close to thei...
Thu, Aug 1 2013, 5:16 PM
Mortgage rates rose abruptly today, moving
highest levels since July 9th as financial markets prepare for
tomorrow's important Employment Sit...
Wed, Jul 31 2013, 4:56 PM
Mortgage rates are deceptively unchanged here
at the end of the trading day, but that was far from the case this
morning. Rates were signific...
Tue, Jul 30 2013, 3:10 PM
Mortgage rates were essentially unchanged today ,
with some lenders in marginally better shape while others were
marginally worse. Some of thi...
Mon, Jul 29 2013, 4:04 PM
Mortgage rates were slightly higher
to begin a week that could end with much bigger swings. Today,
however, was relatively tame with market c...
Fri, Jul 26 2013, 5:25 PM
Mortgage rates improved today ,
capitalizing on friendly market movements that arrived too late in
yesterday's session to make it onto rate she...
Thu, Jul 25 2013, 4:00 PM
Mortgage rates began the day moderately higher ,
but as market conditions improved most lenders released improved rate
sheets bringing offering...
Wed, Jul 24 2013, 3:48 PM
Mortgage rates were higher again
today, but this time at the quickest pace in nearly two weeks. It was a
clear departure from the recent tren...
Tue, Jul 23 2013, 5:14 PM
Mortgage rates bounced slightly higher
today, bringing them almost perfectly back in line with Friday's
levels. Trading conditions in the und...
Mon, Jul 22 2013, 4:14 PM
Mortgage rates were lower again
to begin the week as weaker-than-expected economic data helped rates
improve slightly in the morning. The ove...
Fri, Jul 19 2013, 4:15 PM
Mortgage rates were slightly lower
this morning, but many lenders offered improved rate sheets as the day
progressed, bringing average just ba...
Thu, Jul 18 2013, 5:14 PM
Mortgage rates rose modestly for
the first time in 6 business days today. For most lenders, the
movement was far from abrupt, and although it...
Wed, Jul 17 2013, 4:54 PM
Mortgage rates improved moderately today,
making it back to levels not seen since July 3rd. That makes today
something of a symbolic victory ...
Tue, Jul 16 2013, 5:06 PM
Mortgage rates held almost perfectly steady
today. Any lenders that offered noticeably different rates were
generally in slightly lower terri...
Mon, Jul 15 2013, 5:14 PM
Mortgage rates moved lower
to start the week, adding on to last week's solid recovery from 2yr
highs a week before. As expected, rates took t...
Fri, Jul 12 2013, 5:16 PM
Mortgage rates
didn't manage the same sort of surge lower as that seen yesterday. In
fact, some lenders were unchanged, but on average, rates f...
Thu, Jul 11 2013, 7:32 PM
Mortgage rates
were lower today right out of the gate, continuing a move set in motion
by comments from Fed Chairman Bernanke late in yesterday'...
Wed, Jul 10 2013, 7:22 PM
Mortgage rates
moved higher today, taking them back in line with Monday's offerings on
average. The weakness came in two stages. The first rou...
Tue, Jul 9 2013, 4:56 PM
Mortgage rates
logged a second day of solid improvements following Friday's frantic
move higher. By the end of the day, rates had recovered mor...
Mon, Jul 8 2013, 5:21 PM
Mortgage rates
recovered roughly one third of the ground lost on Friday, though this
varies from lender to lender. For the sake of perspective,...
Fri, Jul 5 2013, 5:23 PM
Historical data has its limitations when it comes to mortgage rates .
For instance, the longest-running series are only updated once a week,
m...
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