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What’s Ahead For Mortgage Rates This Week : October 15, 2012

Mortgage markets improved slightly last week. With a dearth of new U.S. economic data due for release, investors turned their collective attention to the Europe, China, and the Middle East. U.......

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

Mortgage markets worsened last week for the first time in a month as the U.S. economy showed signs of improvement, and the Eurozone stepped closer to launching its $500 billion euro rescue fun......

What’s Ahead For Mortgage Rates This Week : October 1, 2012

Mortgage rates dropped to another all-time low last week as concerns for global economic growth helped U.S. home buyers and refinancing households nationwide.  U.S. mortgage rates respond......

What’s Ahead For Mortgage Rates This Week : July 23, 2012

Mortgage markets improved last week on expectations for new Federal Reserve stimulus, plus ongoing concerns about the European Union’s future. Mortgage-backed bonds climbed to new all-ti......

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

Mortgage markets improved last week as concerns for U.S. economic growth wrestled attention away, albeit temporarily, from the Eurozone. Mortgage bonds improved to record prices, lowering mort......

What’s Ahead For Mortgage Rates This Week : June 25, 2012

Mortgage markets worsened last week as Greece tentatively formed a government and the Federal Reserve extended its Operation Twist program by $267 billion. Neither event, however, removed the ......

What’s Ahead For Mortgage Rates This Week : June 18, 2012

Mortgage markets improved last week, moving mortgage rates in IL back on a downward trajectory. Wall Street investors bid down mortgage bond yields on weaker-than-expected economic data from t......

What’s Ahead For Mortgage Rates This Week : June 11, 2012

Mortgage markets worsened last week, halting a multi-week mortgage rate winning streak in IL and nationwide. With little economic news on which to trade, investors took their cues from the wor......

What’s Ahead For Mortgage Rates : Week Of June 4, 2012

Mortgage markets improved last week in response to ongoing concerns for the European Union and an across-the-board weakening in U.S. economic data — including the much-watched jobs repor......

What’s Ahead For Mortgage Rates : Week Of May 29, 2012

Mortgage markets worsened slightly last week as demand for mortgage-backed bonds slacked. There was little surprise in U.S. economic data and the unfolding story lines of the Eurozone continue......

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