Another Boring Day With Mortgage Rates Near 3-Year Lows

Mortgage rates ended last week at the lowest levels in just over a month. It was the 3rd best day in over a year and the 24th best day in over 3 years. The other 23 days weren't too much lower either. The only difference today is a microscopic improvement that makes it the 2nd best day in over a yea

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Rates Hold Steady Just Above 3 Year Lows

The average top tier 30yr fixed rate was unchanged on Friday despite the bond market being slightly weaker. Normally, weaker bonds mean higher rates, but the timing of intraday market movement matters. In today's case, bonds are still much stronger than the first half of yesterday, and only weaker w

Mortgage Rates Quickly Approaching Long-Term Lows

Despite a stark absence of any truly inspiring events, interest rates have managed to put in two fairly serious days of movement. In today's case specifically, there was an obvious intraday surge in the underlying bond market. While that surge wasn't readily attributable to any data or news headline