Mortgages Rates continued their march into better territory today, capping a 3 day effort of improvement following Wednesday's FOMC Announcement.  At this point, rates have not only solidified their re-entry into 3.875% Best-Execution levels, but some lenders are once aga...Read More

Mortgages Rates over the past two days have done much to make ground lost leading up to Yesterday's FOMC Announcement.  After further improvements today, rates further solidified their reentry into 3.875% 30yr Fixed Best Execution levels.  (for detail on what that mean...Read More

Mortgages Rates spent 2 days at 4.0% in terms of rounded average "Best-Execution" rates (for detail on what that means, READ THIS POST from a few days ago).  Today, that rounded average has returned to 3.875%.  Although the underlying average isn't as...Read More

Mortgages Rates are steady to slightly improved today after rising for the first time in a month yesterday.  Although rates change slightly every day, those changes are usually small enough as to only effect the closing costs associated with a particular rate.  Because of t...Read More

For the first time in over a month, the Best-Execution rate for 30yr fixed mortgages rose from a rounded average of 3.875% to 4.00% today.  The underlying borrowing costs associated with 3.875% didn't rise by a significantly painful amount, but the small increases across the board, combined with one huge move by a huge lender, was enough to...Read More

Mortgage Rates moved higher again today, albeit by a relatively small amount on average.  But averages only tell part of the story.  We're seeing the same phenomenon of increasingly divergent rates between lenders crop up that we saw when the last major sh...Read More

Mortgage Rates worsened at a reasonably brisk pace today when compared with recent relative stability.  Still, the movement remains confined to costs associated with as yet, unchanged Best-Execution Rates.  That means that 3.875% is still the average "best-c...Read More

Mortgage Rates continue to ebb and flow in the same pattern that has persisted for over a month.  The average Best-Execution interest rate for a 30yr fixed loan has remained at 3.875% during that time and the closing costs associated withtthat rate have been ge...Read More

After setting new records on Friday, Mortgage Rates are absolutely flat to start the week.  That means that Best-Execution remains most appropriately at 3.875% although 3.75% continues to be as close as it's ever been to getting equal recognition.  Dep...Read More

How many times will we have the opportunity to write this headline in 2012?  Yet again, Mortgage Rates on average, have broken recently set records for 30yr Fixed Best-Execution rates and moved to new all time lows.  Best-Execution remains most appropriate...Read More