Category Archives: Weekly Review

What’s Ahead For Mortgage Rates This Week : October 18, 2010

Mortgage markets worsened last week in back-and-forth trading, pushing conforming mortgage rates higher on the week. Despite the uptick, however, Freddie Mac reports that rates in IL still man......

What’s Ahead For Mortgage Rates This Week : October 12, 2010

Mortgage markets improved last week on mixed messages about the economy, and a growing belief that the government will move to stimulate the economy. Conforming mortgage rates in IL eased lowe......

What’s Ahead For Mortgage Rates This Week : October 4, 2010

For the third straight week, mortgage markets showed little conviction in the face of contrasting data. Mortgage bonds ended the week slightly better, but mortgage rates did not. Conforming mo......

What’s Ahead For Mortgage Rates This Week : September 27, 2010

Mortgage markets improved last week as markets digested a bevy of data from the housing sector, plus the scheduled Federal Open Market Committee meeting.  In back-and-forth trading, confo......

What’s Ahead For Mortgage Rates This Week : September 13, 2010

A shift in Wall Street sentiment caused mortgage markets to worsen last week. There wasn’t much in the way of new data, but the numbers that did hit the street helped quell fears of a do......

What’s Ahead For Mortgage Rates This Week : September 7, 2010

Last week was a roller-coaster ride in the conforming mortgage market.  After opening the week by making new, all-time lows, markets reversed sharply on better-than-expected data in manuf......

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......

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