Freddie Mac Reports Mortgage Rates Remain Below 4% for the past Twelve Weeks

Freddie Mac’s Primary Mortgage Market Survey was released this morning revealing that conventional mortgage rates have remained below four percent for the past twelve week. The PMMS reports that average rate for the 30 year fixed last week was 3.82% with an average of 0.6 points.

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What May Impact Mortgage Rates this Week: October 5, 2015 – RATES IMPROVED

10527303_10152476072701046_2911459444863856330_nWe don’t have a lot of economic indicators scheduled to be released this week. We do have the Seahawks on Monday Night Football!!!

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What may impact mortgage rates this week: September 28, 2015

MortgagePorter-JobsReportMortgage rates have been a little bouncy lately and remain very low. There has been a lot of “Fed speak” following last week’s Fed meeting with various flip flopping commentary on when the Fed Funds rates may be raised. This Friday we will have the Jobs Report, which tends to impact mortgage interest rates.  Today, the Dow closed down 312 points today at 16,001.

Here are some of the economic indicators scheduled to be released this week:

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What May Impact Mortgage Rates this week: September 21, 2015

2015-09-19 10.22.38Tomorrow is officially the last day of summer. [sigh]

Here are some of the economic indicators scheduled to be released this week:

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LIVE POST: Will the Fed Impact Mortgage Rates?

20140504_210758I like writing a “live post” with updates throughout the day to attempt to illustrate how mortgage rates (or the pricing of mortgage rates) can fluctuate throughout the day.

Today the two day Fed meeting wraps up and we’ll learn if the Fed is going to raise the Fed Funds Rate. Following the announcement from the Fed (around 11:00 am PST), we will have commentary from Fed Chair Janet Yellen.  While the Fed doesn’t directly dictate what mortgage rates will be, their actions certainly influences mortgage interest rates.

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What May Impact Mortgage Rates this week: September 14, 2015

mortgageporter-economyAll eyes and ears are on the Fed this week as we wait to see if they will raise rates on Thursday following the wrap up of their two day meeting. The Fed does not control mortgage interest rates, however, they do have a lot of influence on the direction of mortgage interest rates. Here are some of the economic indicators scheduled to be released this week:

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What May Impact Mortgage Rates this Week: August 31, 2015

MortgagePorter-JobsReportMortgage rates have been bouncing around following the volatile stock market. This week watch for the Jobs Report to be released on Friday.

Here are some of the economic indicators scheduled to be released this week:

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What May Impact Mortgage Rates this Week: August 24, 2015

mortgageporter-economyMortgage rates are bouncing around this morning with the volatility in the markets largely due to an 8% drop in China’s market and dropping oil prices.  This morning, the Dow was down over 1,000 points and is now (8:53 am) down about 247. It’s been quite a wild day and it’s far from over. Remember, mortgage rates are based on bonds and may change several times a day.

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