Category Archives: Weekly Review

What’s Ahead For Mortgage Rates This Week : August 30, 2010

Mortgage markets improved last week despite a major mortgage bond sell-off Friday afternoon. Prior to the jump, conforming mortgage rates had cut new, all-time lows by Thursday, only to lose u......

What’s Ahead For Mortgage Rates This Week : August 23, 2010

Mortgage markets stalled last week in back-and-forth trading as Wall Street grappled with weak housing data, falling builder confidence, and worsening jobs numbers nationwide. Because markets ......

What’s Ahead For Mortgage Rates This Week : August 16, 2010

Mortgage markets worsened last week, putting a pause on the mortgage rate rally that dates to mid-April. Mortgage rates rose across IL last week and home affordability suffered. The Refi Boom ......

What’s Ahead For Mortgage Rates This Week : August 9, 2010

Mortgage markets improved again last week on softer-than-expected economic data, punctuated by Friday morning’s weak jobs report. Conforming mortgage rates in IL dropped on the news, mak......

What’s Ahead For Mortgage Rates This Week : August 2, 2010

Mortgage markets improved last week, pushing mortgage rates lower for the 6th time in seven weeks.  Since April, rates in IL have been on a downward path, spurring refinances in most mar......

What’s Ahead For Mortgage Rates This Week : July 26, 2010

Mortgage markets worsened last week for the first time in 6 weeks last week. Investors were pleased with corporate earnings reports and the European bank stress tests results.  Stocks gai......

What’s Ahead For Mortgage Rates This Week : July 19, 2010

Mortgage markets improved for the 5th straight week last week as consumer confidence waned and inflation data tamed. Investors ignored the news that 19 of 23 reporting S&P 500 companies be......

What’s Ahead For Mortgage Rates This Week : July 11, 2010

Mortgage markets improved again last week — if only barely — throughout a holiday-shortened week devoid of “major” data and market conviction. Up-and-down trading chara......

What’s Ahead For Mortgage Rates This Week : July 6, 2010

Mortgage markets improved last week as economic data revealed a slowing U.S. economy. Major stock indices fell to 2010 lows in response to a weak jobs report among other data points, forcing w......

What’s Ahead For Mortgage Rates This Week : June 28, 2010

Mortgage markets improved last week in response to mostly negative data about the U.S. economy, and the Federal Reserve’s acknowledgement that Eurozone financial ills could cross the Atl......

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