Today’s much-anticipated jobs report ended up coming out much stronger than expected. A stronger result was all but guaranteed to cause carnage (relative) in the…
Home Refinancing is Easy
Depending on how tuned in you’ve been to changes in our daily rate tracking, the news may be getting old at this point. Rates have…
Mortgage rates moved higher today after an employment report suggested that Friday’s forthcoming Employment Situation (the BIG jobs report) might come in slightly better than…
While the past 5 months have been well-stocked with victories for mortgage rates, the past week and a half brought a bit of a pull…
Mortgage rates have generally been moving higher since the Fed cut rates 2 weeks ago. We’ve discussed and explained that paradox exhaustively and can now…
‘Tis the season for things to be something other than what they appear to be, apparently. Lenders are talking about new loan limits, but they…
Because we created the industry’s first daily mortgage rate index based on actual lender rate sheets without any subjective distortions, and because the longest-standing mortgage…
Mortgage rates hit their lowest levels in more than a year and a half last Tuesday as the bond market put the finishing touches on…
The Federal Reserve is far from the only game in town when it comes to exerting influence on interest rates. That’s a loaded statement, of…
Mortgage rates rose modestly last week after hitting long term lows before the Fed announced its 0.50% rate cut. In not so many words, mortgage…