Mortgage rates have finished the week near all time historic lows… amazing. Mortgage rates have been pushed down to their current levels over the past week by growing fears about the debt issues in Europe and economic data coming out of the US that indicates the economy may not be as healthy as previously thought. [...]

Market watchers continued eyeing Europe today as the debt woes in Spain appear to be worsening. More bad news or even the prospect of bad news being possible will help expert downward pressure on mortgage rates. As the situation in Spain deteriorates, there is concern that we could see the same issue arise in France [...]

With all the recent talk about mortgage rates “hitting new all time historical lows” and rates remaining near “all time historical lows”, it can be difficult to appreciate exactly how low mortgage rates have come. This is especially true in the historical context of mortgage rates, which spans many years. For this reason, sometimes charts [...]

With all the recent talk about mortgage rates “hitting new all time historical lows” and rates remaining near “all time historical lows”, it can be difficult to appreciate exactly how low mortgage rates have come. This is especially true in the historical context of mortgage rates, which spans many years. For this reason, sometimes charts [...]