Yesterday saw mortgage rates take a breather from their downward path, despite breaking all time historic lows last week and mounting downward pressure in the form of European debt issues. The political and economic turmoil in Europe that market watchers have been observing for months has begun to frenzy as Greece looks to possibly stop [...]

Today the Federal Open Market Committee or FOMC voted on the FED funds rate (the rate at which banks lend money to each other over night) and released it’s thoughts on the state of the economy moving forward. The FOMC voted to keep the target range for the federal funds rate at 0% to 1/4% with only Federal [...]

Last week concluded with mortgage rates moving in an extremely tight trading range, with rates closing the week near all time historic lows. The economic data that was released did little to move the markets and things were fairly quiet on the Europe front. What’s Moving Mortgage Rates This Week? Economy We will see a [...]

This week concluded with mortgage rates moving in an extremely tight trading range, still near all time historic lows. There were a few pieces of economic data released this week, but nothing that caused any major movement for mortgage rates. Market watchers are still keeping an eye on Europe for any news about potential debt [...]

The Bureau of Labor Statistics released the Non-Farm Payrolls report (otherwise known as the “jobs report”) this morning. The numbers significantly disappointed the market, which is driving mortgage rates down. There is a possibility that mortgage rates could make up any ground they lost last week as they move downward. Non-Farm Payrolls Data Disappoints The jobs [...]

Yesterday the Federal Open Market Committee, otherwise known as the FOMC or FED released its minutes for the March 13, 2012 FOMC meeting. These minutes outline the meeting and are typically released 3 weeks post meeting. During FOMC meetings, member discuss the state of the economy based on their most recent available data and vote on [...]

Last week is saw mortgage rates decrease a bit after a rise over the past few weeks. Last week also saw a handful good but not great economic reports come out. That data was a bit of a disappointment to the markets, which helped exert downward pressure on mortgage rates. Economic Data that May Move [...]

Mortgage rates moved more last week than has previously been seen in the last few months, ending the week slightly higher. This week has a few economic events as shown in the calendar below which have the potential to move mortgage rates. A handful of FOMC board members will be speaking thoughout the week. While [...]

The FOMC (Federal Open Market Committee) or sometimes referred to as the “Fed”, concluded its two day meeting today. In a press release,  the FOMC announced it’s thoughts on the state of the economy today and moving forward in addition to its plans for future monetary policy. The equities and bond markets pay close attention to [...]

Last week mortgage rates again hit all time historic lows. There were also signs of an improvement in housing and the economy as a whole based on some of the Economic data that was released. The markets have opened up this week with mortgage rates close to the all time historic lows of last week. [...]