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Mortgage Rates Flat Again, Despite Modest Market Weakness

By Matthew Graham

Posted To: Mortgage Rate Watch

Mortgage rates were flat again today, further prolonging a trend that’s been in place for weeks. During that time, we’ve seen modest ups and downs, but no significant changes. To put the narrowness of the range in context, the “ups and downs” are only seen in the upfront costs associated with any given mortgage rate. Rates themselves haven’t changed for the average loan scenario. Today’s absence of change belies market movement to some extent. The bonds that underlie mortgage rates weakened enough through the course of the day that mortgage lenders were nearly justified in a mid-day rate sheet adjustment (for the worse). When this happens (i.e. when bonds weaken, but not quite by enough to prompt mid-day changes), the implication is that tomorrow starts out at a slight disadvantage . In other…(read more)

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