What’s Ahead For Mortgage Rates This Week : December 19, 2011

Mortgage markets improved last week, but by a slight amount only; not enough to move conventional mortgage rates in Washington in any significant manner. Wall Street watched as Eurozone leaders expressed little willingness to increase aid programs within the region, and as the Federal Reserve voted...

Washington State Mortgage Rates This Week : June 27, 2011

Mortgage markets improved again last week on a revised economic outlook for the U.S. economy, and ongoing concerns about Greece and its sovereign debt. Conforming mortgage rates in Washington fell last week and now hover near the all-time lows set last November. Adjustable-rate mortgages are especially...

Washington State Mortgage Rates : Week of June 20, 2011

Mortgage markets improved last week as Wall Street managed news on both sides of the economic coin. There were several instances of higher-than-expected inflation — an event that tends to lead rates higher — but weak domestic jobs data and a soft manufacturing report suppressed the damage. Rates...

Washington State Mortgage Rates This Week : June 13, 2011

Mortgage markets moved in feverish fashion last week, changing with extreme frequency, and eventually ending slightly worse on the week. Conforming mortgage rates fell to a 6-month low Wednesday but, by Friday, they had retreated higher. Last week marked just the second time in 8 weeks that rates in Tacoma...

Washington State Mortgage Rates This Week : April 18, 2011

Mortgage markets improved last week, buoyed by two days of out-sized gains. Mortgage rates bounced off their 8-week highs on much weaker-than-expected inflation data, and debt concerns abroad. It’s an abrupt change in mortgage rate momentum. Since the Federal Reserve‘s March 2011 meeting, in...

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