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Today's Mortgage Rates

On March 16, 2011 By

Interest rate predictions this week were pretty simple: Expect wild, wild swings. We’re getting them.

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Mortgage Rate Predictions | Week of November 22, 2010

On November 22, 2010 By

Mortgage rates rose for their third consecutive week last week. The U.S. dollar weakened. This is, by definition, inflationary.

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Mortgage Rate Predictions: Week of April 19, 2010

On April 19, 2010 By

We saw a second consecutive week of mortgage rate improvement last week.  Also for the second week in a row, the reason for the downward trend in was “safe haven” buying.

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Mortgage Rate Predictions for This Week: February 1, 2010

On February 1, 2010 By

Last Week’s Recap

built on their rally last week, extending it to three in a row.

Given last week’s news on this side of the pond, rates should have moved higher.

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Current Mortgage Rates

On December 21, 2009 By

We’ve had a brutal run in past ten trading session with the market losing over 150 .  After all of that, rates have “jumped” to 5% on the benchmark 30 Year Fixed.

Chicago Home [...]

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Chicago Loan Rates At One Year Lows

On November 30, 2009 By

We are currently in the middle of not only the lowest , but also the longest prologed level at any level of interest rates. The that has dotted the markets for over 18 months is, surprisingly, [...]

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August 21 – Mortgage Rates

On August 21, 2009 By

are ever so slightly better today. The Existing Home Sales figure blew away expectations today. With about six shopping weeks left under the $8,000 tax credit, this next run of pending homes sales could be staggering too.

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Mortgage Rates – August 20

On August 20, 2009 By

Economic Calendar

There are only a few things on tap today.  The Treausry announced that they will be having $109B in auctions next week.  Believe it or not, that’s less than forecast…”only” $109 Billion.

Chicago

We were a little concerned [...]

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Chicago Mortgage Rates – August 19, 2009

On August 19, 2009 By

This could be one of those volatile days where we see quite a few rate sheets as lenders adjust to the violent swings in the market.  There is no economic data due for release today so the biggest driver will be traders getting into positions the Treasury auction announcement tomorrow. These last few [...]

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August 7 Mortgage Rates

On August 7, 2009 By

Mortgage interest rates are under heavy selling pressure with the Jobs Report giving further indications of pending economic recovery. took an 80 bps point free fall in the morning, but did stage a moderate afternoon recovery.

The stock market has [...]

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