Category Archives: Mortgage Rates

What’s Ahead For Mortgage Rates This Week : April 9, 2012

In a week of up-and-down trading, mortgage markets improved for the second consecutive week last week. Weaker-than-expected jobs data plus evidence of a slumping Eurozone took mortgage bonds l......

What’s Ahead For Mortgage Rates This Week : April 2, 2012

Mortgage markets improved last week on renewed concerns of a European debt default, and Federal Reserve rhetoric. Conforming mortgage rates in IL dropped on the news, one week after posting a ......

Mortgage Rates Fall Back Below 4%

After a brief run-up two weeks ago, mortgage rates are back below 4 percent. It’s good news for home buyers and mortgage rate shoppers of Chicago because with lower mortgage rates come ......

What’s Ahead For Mortgage Rates This Week : March 26, 2012

Mortgage markets carved out a wide range last week, eventually closing slightly worse. Mortgage-backed bonds sold off early in the week on rising investor sentiment. Then, they reversed higher......

What’s Ahead For Mortgage Rates This Week : March 19, 2012

Mortgage markets worsened last week as the Federal Reserve’s Federal Open Market Committee suggested economic recovery may be closer than it originally expected, and that inflation may b......

What’s Ahead For Mortgage Rates This Week : March 12, 2012

Mortgage markets were mostly unchanged last week despite a series of positive developments. In addition to Greece successfully reaching a deal with its private creditors, the U.S. economy turn......

Are You Wasting $471 Per Month On Your Mortgage?

According to Freddie Mac’s weekly mortgage rate survey, for 13 straight weeks, the average 30-year fixed rate mortgage has held below 4.000% for mortgage applicants willing to pay up ......

What’s Ahead For Mortgage Rates This Week : March 5, 2012

Mortgage markets worsened last week as the U.S. economy continued to show that it’s in recovery, and as Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke publicly hinted at the same. In a congressio......

What’s Ahead For Mortgage Rates This Week : February 27, 2012

Mortgage markets improved in a holiday-shortened week last week, drawing mortgage rates lower throughout Chicago and nationwide. Few new economic releases reached the markets, but those that d......

What’s Ahead For Mortgage Rates This Week : February 21, 2012

Mortgage markets worsened last week as the Eurozone moved closer to a bailout agreement with Greece, and the U.S. economy displayed more signs of growth. In response, mortgage rates climbed la......

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