Mortgage markets were volatile last week, making it very difficult to shop for mortgage rates. On most days, lenders issued multiple rate sheets with the trend putting rates higher in the morning, and lower in the afternoon. Overall, mortgage rates were unchanged on the week. It broke a three-wee
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10/26/2009
This week brings us the release of five economic reports that are of interest to the mortgage market along with the minutes from the last FOMC meeting. The week also gets heavy in quarterly earnings releases for companies, which could cause significant movement in the stock markets again. The ear
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10/13/2009
This week brings us only one monthly economic report for the markets to digest and it is not considered to be of high importance. This means that the week will be left mostly up to the stock markets and other influences since there is a lack of factual data for bonds to trade on. In addition to t
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10/05/2009