Mortgage Rates Little Changed on Tuesday

Mortgage rates are based on bonds and bonds take their most important cues from big ticket economic reports. But such reports have been in short supply so far this week. Instead, the market has been left to focus mainly on speeches from various Federal Reserve officials. Fed speeches can certainly h

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Mortgage Rates Finally Level Off After 2-Day Rout

Officially, our daily mortgage rate index is a hair lower today than it was yesterday. Your mileage may vary depending on the lender in question. Reason being: some lenders offered mid-day improvements yesterday, but not enough to impact our index.  Those same lenders are generally a hair highe

If You're One of Those People Asking How Much Lower Your Mortgage Rate Quote is After Fed Day, This is Required Reading

It's day two of mortgage rates surging higher--now back to the highest levels in 2 weeks (the day before the September 5th jobs report). The juxtaposition of yesterday's Fed rate cut and the sudden mortgage rate spike is incredibly confusing to most of the population, so let's clear it up. SHORT VER