Mortgage rates are moving quicker than the news can accurately report them. This week’s Freddie Mac mortgage rate survey is an excellent example.
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Mortgage Rates
With the sudden rise in mortgage rates, we have to question whether the Refi Boom is ending.
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The rate-and-fee combination you’d get in your home state is different from the rate-and-fee combination you’d get if you lived somewhere else. In the West, rates are low and fees are high; in the Southeast, it’s the opposite.
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Want a lower mortgage rate on your upcoming home buy? Think about moving up the closing date.
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Mortgage rates would have been volatile this week. The presence of Labor Day just piles on. If you have a chance to lock something favorable and within your budget, consider doing it.
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Mortgage rates are (again) at their lowest levels in history.
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No doubt you’ve heard that mortgage rates are low. They’re lower than they’ve ever been in history. The news is everywhere. But the low rate environment looks like it’s ending.
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Conforming mortgage rates may be posting all-time lows this week, but that doesn’t mean you’ll be eligible for them. You may have already called your loan officer and found this out the hard way. It’s because of a federally-mandated mortgage-pricing scheme known as “loan-level pricing adjustments”.
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Mortgage rates move in response to hundreds of factors. Among the biggest influences on mortgage rates? Inflation.
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Mortgage rates may be dropping, but mortgage costs are not. According to Freddie Mac, the average required discount points on a conforming mortgage rate are higher by 0.1 percent since early-May.
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