Mortgage Rates Move Higher After Stronger Economic Data

Mortgage rates are driven by the bond market and bonds consistently take cues from economic data.  Traders have been waiting on this Thursday's economic data ever since last Thursday, largely because there haven't been any major reports between now and then. The market constantly tries to adjus

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Mortgage Rates Hold Steady Ahead of Retail Sales Data

Mortgage rates have been holding in a fairly narrow range since the middle of last week and today was one of the least interesting additions to the trend.  The average lender is essentially unchanged versus yesterday, up a mere 0.01%, but down 0.02% from last Friday. Mortgage rates are primaril

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