What May Impact Mortgage Rates this Week: April 27, 2015

mortgageporter-economyWe don’t have any economic indicators scheduled to be released today. The rest of the week is packed with data that may influence the direction of mortgage interest rates, including the FOMC meeting that will be wrapping up on Wednesday. No change to the Fed funds rate is expected. Here’s what’s on deck with this week:

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What May Impact Mortgage Rates this Week: April 20, 2015 | Mortgage Rates Slightly Improved

mortgageporter-economyThere is not a lot on the economic indicator dance card this week, with no reports released yesterday or today. Mortgage rates remain very low. Here are some of the economic indicators scheduled to be released this week:

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Mortgage interest rates still near historic lows

In a recent blog post, “Mortgage Rates: Still the Deal of the Century”, Freddie Mac shares this graphic illustrating just how low mortgage rates currently are. Obviously I thought this was too good not to share with my readers too.

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What May Impact Mortgage Rates this Week: April 13, 2015

mortgageporter-economyMortgage rates have been bouncing in a fairly tight range. Although we don’t have any economic indicators scheduled to be released today, the rest of this week is packed:

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Freddie Mac Reports Rates Improved Last Week

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Yesterday, Freddie Mac released their weekly mortgage rate survey revealing that mortgage rates trended lower last week following the weaker than expected March Jobs Report.

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Freddie Mac Mortgage Survey reports Mortgage Rates Lower

Freddie Mac’s survey of what mortgage lenders reported for conforming rates last week revealed that mortgage interest rates trended lower. You can see based on the chart below that rates have been bouncing in a tight range, remaining below 4%.

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What May Impact Mortgage Rates this Week: March 23, 2015 – RATES LOWER

2015-03-19 08.59.05Welcome to the last full week of March! The cherry blossoms are in full bloom in the Seattle. This photo is from one of the cherry trees in my front yard.

We’ve seen volatility this month with rates bouncing around like a March Madness basketball. Currently rates have have been trending lower.

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What May Impact Mortgage Rates this Week: March 16, 2015 | LIVE Mortgage Rate Post

dundeeMy apologies for being a couple days late on this post which is typically published on Mondays… I had Monday off (it was my birthday) and with taking a day off, I had fun catching up on emails yesterday.

For my birthday, my husband and I went to Pinot country in Oregon – it is absolutely beautiful. If you enjoy pinot noir or crisp white wine, I recommend you check it out!

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