What’s Ahead For Mortgage Rates This Week : June 21, 2010

Mortgage markets improved last week on weaker-than-expected jobless figures, ongoing troubles in Europe, and a tame reading on domestic inflation. As a result, conforming mortgage rates for Washington fell last week, drawing loads of new refinance applications. For a brief moment Thursday afternoon,...

What’s Ahead For Mortgage Rates This Week : June 14, 2010

Mortgage markets posted four good days last week and one awful one.  Unfortunately for rate shoppers in Washington , that one bad day outweighed the gains of the other four and mortgage rates worsened on the week overall. Despite re-touching all-time lows on Tuesday and Wednesday, Conforming and FHA...

Mortgage Rates This Week : June 7, 2010

Rate shoppers caught another break last week as mortgage markets improved on weak jobs data. The May Non-Farm Payrolls report fell well short of expectations while ongoing jobless claims rose.  The two combined to cast doubt on the speed of the U.S. economic recovery, hurting stocks and helping...

Mortgage Rates This Week June 1, 2010

Mortgage markets worsened last week as concerned of a global debt crisis lessened and stock markets rebounded. The gains in stocks came at the expense of bonds — including mortgage bonds. Conforming and FHA mortgage rates rose for the first time in 5 weeks, pulling mortgage pricing off its best...

How Low Are Mortgage Rates (Video)

Visit msnbc.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy Because of strife in Greece, Spain and North Korea, conforming mortgage rates are back to all-time lows. They’re at levels not seen in 50 years.  For homeowners that missed the Refi Boom of November 2009, it’s a second...

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