Freddie Mac released their weekly report on average mortgage rates for last week. From the PMMS Report:
What May Impact Mortgage Rates this week: May 4, 2015
Mortgage interest rates have been trending higher over the last week. Rates are still very low in the 3’s, however it wouldn’t take much to see the 30 year move into the 4% range. This Friday, we’ll have the Jobs Report which tends to impact mortgage rates for better or worse.
Here are some of the economic indicators scheduled for this week:
The Fed says…. [LIVE POST]
Today at around 11:00 am PST, the FOMC will wrap up their two day meeting and announce any changes to the Fed funds rate. Markets will react to the Fed statements regarding their views of our economy impacting their decisions on whether or not to raise the Fed funds rate. It is widely anticipated that there will be no change to the Fed funds rate today.
It’s not unusual to have the Fed meeting impact the direction of mortgage rates…so I thought I’d attempt a “live rate post” to illustrate how mortgage rates can change in a day. Mortgage rates have been trending higher this week. As of 7:52 am this morning, the 30 year fixed rate is higher by about 0.125% in rate or 0.752 in fee compared to what I quoted two days ago on Monday’s post.
What May Impact Mortgage Rates this Week: April 27, 2015
We 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:
What May Impact Mortgage Rates this Week: April 20, 2015 | Mortgage Rates Slightly Improved
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.
What May Impact Mortgage Rates this Week: April 13, 2015
Freddie Mac Reports Rates Improved Last Week

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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