Mortgage rates haven’t been skyrocketing, by any means, but they have been moving up in fits and starts over the past 2 weeks. Today was…
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Mortgage rates experienced an uptick in volatility last week as the broader bond market was hit with a big dose of new supply. In other…
Mortgage rates bounced at 6 month lows early last week and moved higher at a faster-than-normal pace through the middle of this week. They’ve been…
By now, it’s no mystery that mortgage rates are significantly higher than they were last week. The bigger mystery had to do with what comes…
After hitting 6-month lows early last week, mortgage rates bounced and have been moving higher ever since. The increases were moderate at first, but the pace…
Rates were excellent at the beginning of the week, but that began to change on Wednesday. We were already well on our way to 3-week…
Mortgage rates moved up from 6-month lows yesterday and that trend continued today. This time around, we didn’t have any obvious culprits on the economic calendar…
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…
“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…