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Highest Mortgage Rates of The Week, Just Barely

Yesterday, we characterized the prevailing mortgage rate momentum as "broadly sideways," and while that's still very true in the bigger picture, words like "up" and "higher" might need to be sprinkled in this week. For those with a glass-half-empty approach, today's rates are the highest of the week

Mortgage Rates Broadly Sideways

Most of this week's mortgage rate movement has been an aftershock following last week's jobs report. That data sent rates quickly higher and that momentum has gradually faded over the past few days. In fact, yesterday finally saw an improvement.  Now today, things are minimally changed, dependi

Mortgage Rate Losing Streak Ends With Moderate Victory

It's a bit of a stretch to refer to the past week as a "losing streak" for mortgage rates. The worst part about it was the consistency of upward movement starting last Wednesday. In terms of the  size of that movement, things have been less traumatic considering the average lender was still at