Mortgage Rate Watch

Mortgage rates staged a nice little comeback today, moving back toward the all-time lows seen late last week.  Mortgage rates are determined primarily by the bond market, and the bond market benefited from strong demand at the end of the mont...

Mortgage rates managed to stay sideways today after beginning the week with a move higher yesterday.  This is a victory all things considered. Rates take guidance from multiple sources.  When it comes to mortgages, the prices of mor...

Mortgage rates hit new all-time lows last week.  In fact, for many lenders, records were broken on more than one day.  That raised the risk of a bounce back this week and if today is any indication, that's what we're seeing.  T...

There's no shortage of bad news when it comes to the economy and the housing market. But that's no surprise considering the circumstances.  The sheer size and speed of the economic contraction makes it easy to worry about what the future will look...

Mortgage rates were mostly steady today for most lenders.  Those who changed generally did so in a friendly direction.  Either way, that means today's rates remain in line with all-time lows.  It also makes them markedly lower than ...

Mortgage rates fell again today.  Whereas yesterday's improvements arrived in choppy fashion only after many lenders quoted higher rates in the morning.  Today's improvement was more conclusive and more consistent from lender to lender.&...

Mortgage rates were mixed this morning, depending on the lender.  The more responsive lenders had already bumped rates higher yesterday in response to weakness in the bond market and were thus able to offer modest improvements this morning, o...

Mortgage rates hit all-time lows on Friday, based on the average rate for a top tier conventional 30yr fixed loan scenario.  At that time, I raised the question as to whether that was really "news" considering we were already in line with all...