Mortgage Rates Barely Budge

For the 11th straight business day, mortgage rates are very close to the levels from the end of the previous day.  Over the past week, however, most of these small day-to-day movements have been microscopically higher.  Today's is no exception. The net effect is that the average top tier

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Mortgage Rates Little Changed From Monday

Mortgage rates are based on bonds and bonds, and bonds have some seasonality to them.  This doesn't necessarily mean there's a reliable seasonal pattern for the direction of rate movement.  Rather, it means that several weeks in August tend to be fairly forgettable in terms of excitement,

Rates Trickle to Another Higher Low

Mortgage rates are as high as they've been on almost any other day this month.  You'd have to go back to August 1st to see anything higher.  On the other hand, rates are still noticeably lower than almost any other day of the past 10 months.  It's really only the past 2 weeks that hav