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Fed Minutes Point Towards Higher Rates

On February 18, 2011 By

The Federal Reserve released its most recent meeting minutes Wednesday. Fed Minutes are the unabridged version of the succinct, more well-known “Fed Statement” that’s released immediately post-adjournment.

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Mortgage Rate Predictions | Week of December 13, 2010

On December 13, 2010 By

Mortgage rates rose for the fifth straight week last week. It’s been a volatile stretch that has seen incredible swings in mortgage rates day to day as the U.S. economy keeps showing signs of strength and recovery.

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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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Interest Rate Predictions: Week of November 1, 2010

On November 1, 2010 By

Conforming and FHA mortgage rates rose as much as 0.375% during the worst of the Monday through Wednesday sell-off, but logged strong rallies Thursday and Friday.

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Interest Rate Predictions | Week of October 12, 2010

On October 12, 2010 By

Mortgage rates could very well dip a little bit lower. On the other hand, they are so overbought that any positive momentum in the market could spark a major sell off.

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Fed Minutes Pressure Mortgage Rates

On September 2, 2010 By

Our weekly interest rate predictions forecast volatility and all signs are that we are in for a choppy few days between now and the holiday weekend.

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Mortgage Rates Will Remain Low, Then High, Then Low

On August 31, 2010 By

Mortgage rates are always a little jumpy near the holidays and this week doesn’t look to be any exception.

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Interest Rate Predictions | Week of August 9, 2010

On August 8, 2010 By

ortgage rates improved again in a week that was almost fully focused on one point of economic data. It was the jobs report and it was softer-than-expected. Friday morning’s weak jobs report pushed rates lower still, continuing to make all-time lows.

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Interest Rate Predictions | Week of June 28, 2010

On June 29, 2010 By

This Week’s Interest Rate Predictions

Monday opened aggressively again. Another 50 basis point gain. As a reminder, in the good ol’ days we used to call any double-digit day “volatile.” Now it’s the norm.

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Interest Rate Predictions This Week : June 21, 2010

On June 21, 2010 By

FHA and conforming rates both saw lower rates causing a surge in refinancing activity. For a brief moment on Thursday, mortgage bond prices reached their best levels of the year.

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