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Mortgage Rates Just a Hair Lower. Friday Could be Much More Volatile Mortgage rates are driven by movement in…

For the second day in a row, mortgage rates have moved higher at a modest to moderate pace. Unfortunately, that’s…

We came into the current week knowing that rates would take cues from any clear cues in this week’s economic…

The bond market and interest rates have arrived at the first full week of the new year almost exactly where…

Major holidays typically involve a full day market closure along with an “early close” on an adjacent day.  This matters…

Because mortgage rates are determined by trading levels in the bond market, when the market is closed, lenders don’t update…

Mortgage rates didn’t move much today, and markets have been very quiet due to the holiday week.  So we’ll take…

Mortgage rates are based on trading levels in the bond market and bond market activity has been extremely slow, as…

Holidays have inconsistent impacts on mortgage rates because holiday’s have inconsistent impacts on the bond market (and rates are dictated…

The week’s big story is still the big jump in rates that took place after Wednesday’s Fed announcement.  And while…