2010 has been the year of "near record low" mortgage rates. Regular readers are probably used to hearing us say: "We're bouncing along just above record lows" "Lenders won't go any lower" "The rewards of floating don't outweigh the risks of floating" "It would take a serious economic downturn for mortgage rates to go lower" Well. MBS prices are at all-time highs (AGAIN) and I think we can officially say mortgage rates are priced at their best levels ever. If not, we're pretty darn close! Major lenders were actually buying 4.25% note rates today! As far as I remember, that was the lowest rate I saw on a rate sheet last year (that didn't cost 3 points). There were some days last year when 4.125% loans were traded, but seldom...(read more)

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