Mortgage rates moved slightly lower again today–extending a steady string of improvements that began after last week’s Fed announcement. The average lender is now able to…
Home Refinancing is Easy
“Taper talk” refers to comments, speeches, or official policy communications from the Federal Reserve (aka “the Fed”) that speak to the timing and nature of…
This week’s mortgage rates are hard to compare to last week’s. There are two simple reasons for this. The first is the recent removal of the adverse market…
There are two pieces of big news for mortgage rates over the past few business days. The first arrived last week in the form of…
It was big, bad news when it came out last summer. Almost a year later, the 50 basis point “adverse market fee,” which affected a…
Mortgage rates fell again today as the bond market continues to enjoy surprisingly strong levels over the past 2 weeks. That strength was not always a…
Mortgage rates moved higher yesterday after a poorly-received 30yr bond auction (read more…). The bond market began to heal in the overnight trading session. By the…
Mortgage rates are coming off a solid performance last week after having moved to the lowest levels in 5 months by Thursday afternoon. This week is shaping up…
Even though rates rebounded to slightly higher levels on Friday, the week generally brought pleasant surprises as the mortgage market returned to levels not seen…
With yesterday’s mortgage rates already near longer-term lows, all it took was a modest improvement for today’s rates to officially hit their best levels since February. The…