“Data dependent” is one of the most common phrases heard from the Federal Reserve these days when it comes to rate-setting policy. And while the…
Home Refinancing is Easy
As is often the case with internet headlines these days, the headline overstates the reality on the ground–or at least over-dramatizes it. Considering the last…
Mortgage rates continued their frustrating and somewhat perplexing move higher today, thus bringing the average lender close to the highest levels since the end of…
Mortgage rates rose at the fastest pace in 2 weeks yesterday, but that wasn’t a very tall order considering an almost perfect absence of movement…
After operating in an exceptionally narrow range since the beginning of last week, mortgage rates finally started doing something a bit different today. Unfortunately, the…
Mortgage rates have been flatter than the earth according to the flat earth society. Much like the actual earth in many areas in the middle…
Most mortgage lenders offer mortgage rates in increments of 0.125% (i.e. 6.875, 7.0, 7.125, 7.25, etc.). As such, a particularly notable day of mortgage rate…
After a rocky start to the year, things began to improve for rates and the inflation outlook in May. June took the improvement to the…
The bond market was closed on Wednesday for the Juneteenth holiday. As such, mortgage lenders were either closed or unable to update mortgage rates based…
Mortgage rates began the week with a modest move back up and over the 7% threshold, but managed to erase some of those losses today. …