The 70’s and 80’s brought unforgettable economic lessons about inflation. Since then, certain market participants have been watching inflation like hawks, even when they didn’t…
Home Refinancing is Easy
After bottoming out at 2 month lows late last week, mortgage rates have been heading higher. At first, the move was relatively gradual, but the…
Mortgage rates had enjoyed a solid little run for almost all of April and again in the first week of May. By last Thursday, they…
Once a month, the government releases the Employment Situation, also known as “the jobs report.” No other piece of economic data is as consistently relevant…
Mortgage rates moved lower today, bringing the average lender to the best levels since late February. Despite the milestone, the day-over-day movement in rates has been…
Mortgage rates were mixed today, depending on the lender. On average, rates were unchanged and remained very close to their lowest levels in nearly 2 months. …
Last week fired warning shots across the bow of April’s mortgage rate rally. New month, new momentum? No, not just yet. In fact, we haven’t…
This week’s 6.4% reading on Q1 GDP reinforced the notion of a strong economic recovery. In turn, the recovery helps to justify the sharp move…
Mortgage rates were mixed today, depending on the lender. Virtually every lender began the day with slightly higher rates, but most offered mid-day improvements in response…
The Federal Reserve released a new policy announcement today. This is one of the 8 times per year where the Fed can opt to change…