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7 Obstacles Between You and the Best Mortgage Rates
According to Zillow’s forecast, housing prices are bottoming out in many markets -- meaning that now is the time for buyers to think about entering the market and for homeowners to consider refinancing to a lower mortgage rate.. So, what are the seven obstacles that...
According to Zillow’s forecast, housing prices are bottoming out in many markets -- meaning that now is the time for buyers to think about entering the market and for homeowners to consider refinancing to a lower mortgage rate.. So, what are the seven obstacles that...
Factors That Influence Mortgage Interest Rates
Mortgage rates are influenced by many factors including the economy, the stock and bond markets, as well your financial state. While you may not have control over the economy or market, you are in complete control over your finances. . Read below to learn more about...
Mortgage rates are influenced by many factors including the economy, the stock and bond markets, as well your financial state. While you may not have control over the economy or market, you are in complete control over your finances. . Read below to learn more about...
Mortgage Rates 8-10-15
What will mortgage rates do this week? Mortgage professionals are voting in our daily poll.. Bond markets have been doing relatively well over the last several weeks. Because of this trend, there are questions about a potential pullback. The reason for this is...
What will mortgage rates do this week? Mortgage professionals are voting in our daily poll.. Bond markets have been doing relatively well over the last several weeks. Because of this trend, there are questions about a potential pullback. The reason for this is...
Mortgage Rates 7-16-15
What will mortgage interest rates do tomorrow? Mortgage professionals are voting in our daily poll.. Mortgage rates continue to drop slightly but still are within a narrow range. This news is considered positive, given the headlines this mornng. The Greek...
What will mortgage interest rates do tomorrow? Mortgage professionals are voting in our daily poll.. Mortgage rates continue to drop slightly but still are within a narrow range. This news is considered positive, given the headlines this mornng. The Greek...
Mortgage Rates 7-17-15
What will mortgage interest rates do tomorrow? Mortgage professionals are voting in our daily poll.. Mortgage rates are slightly lower than yesterday, except for the 5/1 Adjustabe Rate Mortgage, which has nudged up slightly. Currently there are three factors...
What will mortgage interest rates do tomorrow? Mortgage professionals are voting in our daily poll.. Mortgage rates are slightly lower than yesterday, except for the 5/1 Adjustabe Rate Mortgage, which has nudged up slightly. Currently there are three factors...
Mortgage Rates 7-15-15
What will mortgage interest rates do tomorrow? Mortgage professionals are voting in our daily poll.. Mortgage rates have dropped slightly since yesterday. however, but today is scheduled to be a chaotic day , with the schedule of data to be realeased, and potential for...
What will mortgage interest rates do tomorrow? Mortgage professionals are voting in our daily poll.. Mortgage rates have dropped slightly since yesterday. however, but today is scheduled to be a chaotic day , with the schedule of data to be realeased, and potential for...
Mortgage Rates 7-13-15
What will mortgage interest rates do tomorrow? Mortgage professionals are voting in our daily poll.. Mortgage rates have climbed higher over the weekend, showing a slight increase in all areas except 5/1 ARM, which dropped slightly. This is due in part to the...
What will mortgage interest rates do tomorrow? Mortgage professionals are voting in our daily poll.. Mortgage rates have climbed higher over the weekend, showing a slight increase in all areas except 5/1 ARM, which dropped slightly. This is due in part to the...
Mortgage Rates 7-10-15
What will mortgage interest rates do tomorrow? Mortgage professionals are voting in our daily poll.. Mortgage rates jumped up today, but are still in the lower-than they have been over the last several weeks. Most lenders are offering 30 year fixed rates between 4...
What will mortgage interest rates do tomorrow? Mortgage professionals are voting in our daily poll.. Mortgage rates jumped up today, but are still in the lower-than they have been over the last several weeks. Most lenders are offering 30 year fixed rates between 4...
Mortgage Rates 7-09-15
What will mortgage interest rates do tomorrow? Mortgage professionals are voting in our daily poll.. Mortgage rates continue on their downward trend for July, even though today brought about a slight spike. This has been the trend across the board with stock prices,...
What will mortgage interest rates do tomorrow? Mortgage professionals are voting in our daily poll.. Mortgage rates continue on their downward trend for July, even though today brought about a slight spike. This has been the trend across the board with stock prices,...
Mortgage Rates 7-08-15
What will mortgage interest rates do tomorrow? Mortgage professionals are voting in our daily poll.. Mortgage rates today remained largely similar to yesterday, but the trend in 2015 is one of instability. Contributing factors include global markets, such as...
What will mortgage interest rates do tomorrow? Mortgage professionals are voting in our daily poll.. Mortgage rates today remained largely similar to yesterday, but the trend in 2015 is one of instability. Contributing factors include global markets, such as...
Mortgage Rates 7-07-15
What will mortgage interest rates do tomorrow? Mortgage professionals are voting in our daily poll.. Mortgage rates continued to drop today, hitting the lowest point in two weeks. This is due to the higher demand for mortgage backed securities and US Treasuries....
What will mortgage interest rates do tomorrow? Mortgage professionals are voting in our daily poll.. Mortgage rates continued to drop today, hitting the lowest point in two weeks. This is due to the higher demand for mortgage backed securities and US Treasuries....
Mortgage Rates 7-02-15
What will mortgage interest rates do tomorrow? Mortgage professionals are voting in our daily poll.. Mortgage rates climbed slightly today with the release of employment data. Europe takes second place to job reports. NFP (non-farm payroll) data was...
What will mortgage interest rates do tomorrow? Mortgage professionals are voting in our daily poll.. Mortgage rates climbed slightly today with the release of employment data. Europe takes second place to job reports. NFP (non-farm payroll) data was...
Mortgage Rates 6-30-15
What will mortgage interest rates do tomorrow? Mortgage professionals are voting in our daily poll.. Mortgage rates have dropped across the board today, in contrast to yesterday's increase. Greece is still an issue today, but it seems that MBS investors are...
What will mortgage interest rates do tomorrow? Mortgage professionals are voting in our daily poll.. Mortgage rates have dropped across the board today, in contrast to yesterday's increase. Greece is still an issue today, but it seems that MBS investors are...
Mortgage Rates 3-19-14
What will mortgage interest rates do tomorrow? Rates should stay the same, according to mortgage professionals voting on our daily poll.. Today's FOMC announcement, scheduled for 2:00PM ET, is expected to be in line with continued tapering. The decision would bring the...
What will mortgage interest rates do tomorrow? Rates should stay the same, according to mortgage professionals voting on our daily poll.. Today's FOMC announcement, scheduled for 2:00PM ET, is expected to be in line with continued tapering. The decision would bring the...
What is Quantitative Easing?
I was recently asked "What is Quantitative Easing and why does it keep rates low?" In layman's terms, Quantitative Easing is when a central bank buys financial instruments (Bonds & Mortgage Backed Securities (MBS)) from commercial banks and...
I was recently asked "What is Quantitative Easing and why does it keep rates low?" In layman's terms, Quantitative Easing is when a central bank buys financial instruments (Bonds & Mortgage Backed Securities (MBS)) from commercial banks and...
Mortgage Rates 6-29-15
What will mortgage interest rates do tomorrow? Mortgage professionals are voting in our daily poll. Mortgage rates have sharply increased today, which should come as no surprise considering the MBS trend for the past month. Over the weekend Greece closed its banks due...
What will mortgage interest rates do tomorrow? Mortgage professionals are voting in our daily poll. Mortgage rates have sharply increased today, which should come as no surprise considering the MBS trend for the past month. Over the weekend Greece closed its banks due...
Mortgage Rates 6-25-15
What will mortgage interest rates do tomorrow? Mortgage professionals are voting in our daily poll. Bond markets are weaker and mortgage rates haven't moved since yesterday. There is no real culprit for the MBS weakness. The economic data presented today was not a...
What will mortgage interest rates do tomorrow? Mortgage professionals are voting in our daily poll. Bond markets are weaker and mortgage rates haven't moved since yesterday. There is no real culprit for the MBS weakness. The economic data presented today was not a...
Mortgage Rates 6-24-15
What will mortgage interest rates do tomorrow? Mortgage professionals are voting in our daily poll. Mortgage rates continue their upward trend today. This steep climb begun at the beginning of June, had a short pause last week, and resumed its climb. The Greek debt drama...
What will mortgage interest rates do tomorrow? Mortgage professionals are voting in our daily poll. Mortgage rates continue their upward trend today. This steep climb begun at the beginning of June, had a short pause last week, and resumed its climb. The Greek debt drama...
Mortgage Rates 6-23-15
What will mortgage interest rates do tomorrow? Mortgage professionals are voting in our daily poll. Mortgage rates have begun to rise again today. There were various factors for this including some big corporate debt deals and strong new home sales data. Mortgage rates...
What will mortgage interest rates do tomorrow? Mortgage professionals are voting in our daily poll. Mortgage rates have begun to rise again today. There were various factors for this including some big corporate debt deals and strong new home sales data. Mortgage rates...
Mortgage Rates 6-22-15
What will mortgage interest rates do tomorrow? Mortgage professionals are voting in our daily poll. Mortgage rates have started off this week by decreasing. Economic data came in strong with US existing home sales beating expectations. They increased 5.1% in May,...
What will mortgage interest rates do tomorrow? Mortgage professionals are voting in our daily poll. Mortgage rates have started off this week by decreasing. Economic data came in strong with US existing home sales beating expectations. They increased 5.1% in May,...
Mortgage Rates 6-19-15
What will mortgage interest rates do tomorrow? Mortgage professionals are voting in our daily poll. After the highs of this week, MBS are currently at some of their best levels since early in June. 10-year yields jumped up when bond markets opened this morning. Overall,...
What will mortgage interest rates do tomorrow? Mortgage professionals are voting in our daily poll. After the highs of this week, MBS are currently at some of their best levels since early in June. 10-year yields jumped up when bond markets opened this morning. Overall,...
Mortgage Rates 6-18-15
What will mortgage interest rates do tomorrow? Mortgage professionals are voting in our daily poll. Bonds rallied after yesterday's Fed meeting. As markets expected, the status quo will remain. The Fed will be keeping interest rates at zero and did not make it clear...
What will mortgage interest rates do tomorrow? Mortgage professionals are voting in our daily poll. Bonds rallied after yesterday's Fed meeting. As markets expected, the status quo will remain. The Fed will be keeping interest rates at zero and did not make it clear...
Mortgage Rates 6-17-15
What will mortgage interest rates do tomorrow? Mortgage professionals are voting in our daily poll. MBS are in weaker territory before the Fed meeting. If you are deciding whether to lock or float before the Fed meeting, you should probably go with locking. Lenders are...
What will mortgage interest rates do tomorrow? Mortgage professionals are voting in our daily poll. MBS are in weaker territory before the Fed meeting. If you are deciding whether to lock or float before the Fed meeting, you should probably go with locking. Lenders are...
Mortgage Rates 6-16-15
What will mortgage interest rates do tomorrow? Mortgage professionals are voting in our daily poll. MBS and treasuries are consolidating ahead of the Fed meeting tomorrow; they are positively skewed. 30-year FRM, 15-year FRM, and 30-year FHA remain the same as...
What will mortgage interest rates do tomorrow? Mortgage professionals are voting in our daily poll. MBS and treasuries are consolidating ahead of the Fed meeting tomorrow; they are positively skewed. 30-year FRM, 15-year FRM, and 30-year FHA remain the same as...
Mortgage Rates 6-15-15
What will mortgage interest rates do tomorrow? Mortgage professionals are voting in our daily poll. This morning was marked by weak economic data. The New York Fed's Empire State Manufacturing came in at -1.98 instead of the forecasted +6.0. Industrial Production...
What will mortgage interest rates do tomorrow? Mortgage professionals are voting in our daily poll. This morning was marked by weak economic data. The New York Fed's Empire State Manufacturing came in at -1.98 instead of the forecasted +6.0. Industrial Production...
Mortgage Rates 6-11-15
What will mortgage interest rates do tomorrow? Mortgage professionals are voting in our daily poll. The bond market is rallying and 30-year rates have hit their highest level of the year at 4.18%. Since bond yields increased earlier this week, it follows that mortgage...
What will mortgage interest rates do tomorrow? Mortgage professionals are voting in our daily poll. The bond market is rallying and 30-year rates have hit their highest level of the year at 4.18%. Since bond yields increased earlier this week, it follows that mortgage...
Mortgage Rates 6-10-15
What will mortgage interest rates do tomorrow? Mortgage professionals are voting in our daily poll. Mortgage rates are slightly higher today, but the cause is not clear. Rates have been on an upward spike for the past few weeks due to a combination of factors--signs that...
What will mortgage interest rates do tomorrow? Mortgage professionals are voting in our daily poll. Mortgage rates are slightly higher today, but the cause is not clear. Rates have been on an upward spike for the past few weeks due to a combination of factors--signs that...
Mortgage Rates 6-9-15
What will mortgage interest rates do tomorrow? Mortgage professionals are voting in our daily poll. The direction of mortgage rates today have no real culprit. They have slightly dipped, but are expected to push higher tomorrow. Even though there is news coming from...
What will mortgage interest rates do tomorrow? Mortgage professionals are voting in our daily poll. The direction of mortgage rates today have no real culprit. They have slightly dipped, but are expected to push higher tomorrow. Even though there is news coming from...
Mortgage Rates 6-8-15
What will mortgage interest rates do tomorrow? Mortgage professionals are voting in our daily poll. Mortgage rates have increased and remain at their highest levels of the year. The bond markets are consolidating after the NFP results last Friday. There isn't any...
What will mortgage interest rates do tomorrow? Mortgage professionals are voting in our daily poll. Mortgage rates have increased and remain at their highest levels of the year. The bond markets are consolidating after the NFP results last Friday. There isn't any...
Mortgage Rates 6-5-15
What will mortgage interest rates do tomorrow? Mortgage professionals are voting in our daily poll. NFP caused MBS to quickly sell-off this morning. NFP employment increased by 280K in May instead of the expected 226K. In response, mortgage rates have slightly...
What will mortgage interest rates do tomorrow? Mortgage professionals are voting in our daily poll. NFP caused MBS to quickly sell-off this morning. NFP employment increased by 280K in May instead of the expected 226K. In response, mortgage rates have slightly...
Mortgage Rates 6-4-15
What will mortgage interest rates do tomorrow? Mortgage professionals are voting in our daily poll. 30-year and 15-year rates have continued to climb higher today, while ARM rates have slightly decreased since yesterday's highs. A significant portion of the...
What will mortgage interest rates do tomorrow? Mortgage professionals are voting in our daily poll. 30-year and 15-year rates have continued to climb higher today, while ARM rates have slightly decreased since yesterday's highs. A significant portion of the...
Mortgage Rates 6-3-15
What will mortgage interest rates do tomorrow? Mortgage professionals are voting in our daily poll. Mortgage rates shot up to some of the highest levels seen in 2015. This is mainly due to commentary from ECB President Draghi. In this morning's press conference he...
What will mortgage interest rates do tomorrow? Mortgage professionals are voting in our daily poll. Mortgage rates shot up to some of the highest levels seen in 2015. This is mainly due to commentary from ECB President Draghi. In this morning's press conference he...
Mortgage Rates 6-2-15
What will mortgage interest rates do tomorrow? Mortgage professionals are voting in our daily poll. The main event affecting MBS this morning was news from Europe. Greece has issued a new debt deal proposal. There was a false alarm last week that there a new deal being put...
What will mortgage interest rates do tomorrow? Mortgage professionals are voting in our daily poll. The main event affecting MBS this morning was news from Europe. Greece has issued a new debt deal proposal. There was a false alarm last week that there a new deal being put...
Mortgage Rates 6-1-15
What will mortgage interest rates do tomorrow? Mortgage professionals are voting in our daily poll. The ISM manufacturing index for May hit 52.8. Also, US construction spending increased by 2.2% in April. It has reached its highest level in 6.5 years. This strong data...
What will mortgage interest rates do tomorrow? Mortgage professionals are voting in our daily poll. The ISM manufacturing index for May hit 52.8. Also, US construction spending increased by 2.2% in April. It has reached its highest level in 6.5 years. This strong data...
Mortgage Rates 5-29-15
What will mortgage interest rates do tomorrow? Mortgage professionals are voting in our daily poll. MBS have been very stable this morning and the day has been exceptionally calm in comparison to the rest of the month. There was a short-lived rally after GDP results. GDP...
What will mortgage interest rates do tomorrow? Mortgage professionals are voting in our daily poll. MBS have been very stable this morning and the day has been exceptionally calm in comparison to the rest of the month. There was a short-lived rally after GDP results. GDP...
Mortgage Rates 5-28-15
What will mortgage interest rates do tomorrow? Mortgage professionals are voting in our daily poll. Treasuries and corporate debt continue to be the main factors pushing liquidity. Today's economic data has made a small dent in MBS. Jobless claims came in weaker...
What will mortgage interest rates do tomorrow? Mortgage professionals are voting in our daily poll. Treasuries and corporate debt continue to be the main factors pushing liquidity. Today's economic data has made a small dent in MBS. Jobless claims came in weaker...
Mortgage Rates 5-27-15
What will mortgage interest rates do tomorrow? Mortgage professionals are voting in our daily poll. MBS started the day in weaker territory. After news leaked that Greece was close to finishing a debt deal, there was a sudden spike in selling and yields quickly rose. This...
What will mortgage interest rates do tomorrow? Mortgage professionals are voting in our daily poll. MBS started the day in weaker territory. After news leaked that Greece was close to finishing a debt deal, there was a sudden spike in selling and yields quickly rose. This...
Mortgage Rates 5-26-15
What will mortgage interest rates do tomorrow? Mortgage professionals are voting in our daily poll. Even though this week will be short, the bond market action will likely make up for it. This week is packed with important economic data. For the past month, mortgage rates...
What will mortgage interest rates do tomorrow? Mortgage professionals are voting in our daily poll. Even though this week will be short, the bond market action will likely make up for it. This week is packed with important economic data. For the past month, mortgage rates...
Mortgage Rates 5-22-15
What will mortgage interest rates do tomorrow? Mortgage professionals are voting in our daily poll. The Consumer Price Index came in strong this morning at +0.3 instead of the forecasted +0.2. The bond markets quickly reacted to this data, pushing mortgage rates...
What will mortgage interest rates do tomorrow? Mortgage professionals are voting in our daily poll. The Consumer Price Index came in strong this morning at +0.3 instead of the forecasted +0.2. The bond markets quickly reacted to this data, pushing mortgage rates...
Mortgage Rates 5-21-15
What will mortgage interest rates do tomorrow? Mortgage professionals are voting in our daily poll. MBS started rallying today. MBS started in positive territory and remained relatively unchanged after the jobless claims data. Initial jobless claims increased by...
What will mortgage interest rates do tomorrow? Mortgage professionals are voting in our daily poll. MBS started rallying today. MBS started in positive territory and remained relatively unchanged after the jobless claims data. Initial jobless claims increased by...
Mortgage Rates 5-20-15
What will mortgage interest rates do tomorrow? Mortgage professionals are voting in our daily poll. The FOMC Minutes this afternoon will trigger an influx of trading. Until then, it will be a quiet day for bond markets. The European market will likely have a significant...
What will mortgage interest rates do tomorrow? Mortgage professionals are voting in our daily poll. The FOMC Minutes this afternoon will trigger an influx of trading. Until then, it will be a quiet day for bond markets. The European market will likely have a significant...
Mortgage Rates 5-19-15
What will mortgage interest rates do tomorrow? Mortgage professionals are voting in our daily poll. April housing starts data came in positively. They were at 1.135M instead of the forecasted 1.029M. Also, new permits came in at 1.143M vs the expected 1.070M. These two strong...
What will mortgage interest rates do tomorrow? Mortgage professionals are voting in our daily poll. April housing starts data came in positively. They were at 1.135M instead of the forecasted 1.029M. Also, new permits came in at 1.143M vs the expected 1.070M. These two strong...
Mortgage Rates 5-18-15
What will mortgage interest rates do tomorrow? Mortgage professionals are voting in our daily poll. This Monday is looking better for MBS than last Monday. The markets are still weak, but there is less pressure from German bunds this time. Expect mortgage rates to stay...
What will mortgage interest rates do tomorrow? Mortgage professionals are voting in our daily poll. This Monday is looking better for MBS than last Monday. The markets are still weak, but there is less pressure from German bunds this time. Expect mortgage rates to stay...
Mortgage Rates 5-14-15
What will mortgage interest rates do tomorrow? Mortgage professionals are voting in our daily poll. Mortgage rates have not been as volatile this morning. This narrow range for rates will not last long if the trend of the past 2 weeks continues. The bond market...
What will mortgage interest rates do tomorrow? Mortgage professionals are voting in our daily poll. Mortgage rates have not been as volatile this morning. This narrow range for rates will not last long if the trend of the past 2 weeks continues. The bond market...
Mortgage Rates 5-13-15
What will mortgage interest rates do tomorrow? Mortgage professionals are voting in our daily poll. Extreme MBS fluctuations continue their crash course today. This erratic behavior is mainly due to overseas action, which is overshadowing domestic economic data....
What will mortgage interest rates do tomorrow? Mortgage professionals are voting in our daily poll. Extreme MBS fluctuations continue their crash course today. This erratic behavior is mainly due to overseas action, which is overshadowing domestic economic data....
Mortgage Rates 5-12-15
What will mortgage interest rates do tomorrow? Mortgage professionals are voting in our daily poll. Yesterday mortgage rates rose quickly, and MBS have been pushed into even weaker territory today. The main factor causing the sell-off is a lack of liquidity and...
What will mortgage interest rates do tomorrow? Mortgage professionals are voting in our daily poll. Yesterday mortgage rates rose quickly, and MBS have been pushed into even weaker territory today. The main factor causing the sell-off is a lack of liquidity and...
Mortgage Rates 5-11-15
What will mortgage interest rates do tomorrow? Mortgage professionals are voting in our daily poll. MBS opened the day in weaker territory due to the activity in Europe and corporate debt issuance. Specifically, Greece announced a 750 million euro payment to the IMF....
What will mortgage interest rates do tomorrow? Mortgage professionals are voting in our daily poll. MBS opened the day in weaker territory due to the activity in Europe and corporate debt issuance. Specifically, Greece announced a 750 million euro payment to the IMF....
Mortgage Rates 5-8-15
What will mortgage interest rates do tomorrow? Mortgage professionals are voting in our daily poll. The bond market is correcting itself after mortgage rates spiked earlier this week. We are seeing a rally that is pushing MBS into stronger territory. The weak NFP...
What will mortgage interest rates do tomorrow? Mortgage professionals are voting in our daily poll. The bond market is correcting itself after mortgage rates spiked earlier this week. We are seeing a rally that is pushing MBS into stronger territory. The weak NFP...
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