Refinance Applications Tick Back Up as Rates Play Ball
There are two main styles of measurement when it comes to keeping track of mortgage rates: daily and weekly. Sometimes,…
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Mortgage Rates End Week Lower Despite Friday’s Modest Bounce
Friday brought the release of the big jobs report which is historically more likely than any other monthly economic report…
Mortgage Rates Round Out Eerily Calm Week
For all of the news that seems to be highly likely to cause volatility for rates, the market reaction ended…
Mortgage Rates Little Changed Ahead of Fed Meeting
The average mortgage lender remained right in line with yesterday’s levels despite a bit of weakness in the bond market. …
Mortgage Rates Only Moderately Lower After Tech Rout
There are two distinct patterns of behavior when it comes to rates interacting with stocks. The first could be called…
Mortgage Rates Back to Their Boring Ways
While there were only 4 business days instead of the customary 5, it’s been an intensely boring week for mortgage…
Mortgage Rates Move Moderately Higher
After several consecutive days without any noticeable changes, mortgage rates finally made a move today. Unfortunately, that move was higher.…
Big banks hiked interest rates on borrowers but not for savers, senators say
As interest rates climbed, major banks charged borrowers more for mortgages and auto loans, yet never increased payouts to savers,…
Mortgage Rates Hold Same Level For 3rd Straight Day
Given that rates take cues from bonds and bonds take cues from economic data, it’s perhaps no surprise to see…
Mortgage Rates Rise to Match 6 Month Highs
We came into the current week knowing that rates would take cues from any clear cues in this week’s economic…