Mortgage Rates Seeing Some Underlying Pressure Ahead of Inflation Data

Mortgage rates were effectively unchanged on Thursday with the average lender very close to the best levels in over a year. But when it comes to the underlying bond market and the rates available to consumers, there are some dislocations that suggest risk is increasing. Specifically, bonds lost gro

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Mortgage Rates Steady At Long Term Lows

Mortgage rates were perfectly unchanged today, on average.  With that, they remain in line with the lowest levels in more than a year and very close to the lowest levels in more than 3 years.  Recent momentum has been moderate and favorable. In the absence of big economic reports that are

Another Winning Day For Mortgage Rates

The bonds that underly mortgage rates were only slightly stronger today, but that's never a bad thing when they closed near the best levels in a year the previous day. Additionally, those bonds improved by the end of the day yesterday, meaning that mortgage lenders were going into today with a bit o