Rate Updates May, 2008
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Bonds Up; Income and Consumer Sentiment As Expected
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- Paul King - MortgageLoan.com | May 30, 2008
Bonds were up today, mortgage rates should improve by about .375 to price. April Personal...
Bonds Weaken; Stock Market Posts Gains
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- Paul King - MortgageLoan.com | May 29, 2008
Bonds were down today, and mortgage rates rose by about a half of a discount point. The...
Mortgage Rates Continue To Rise
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- Paul King - MortgageLoan.com | May 28, 2008
Rates continued to rise today on stronger than expected economic news. Expect rates to increase...
Rates Up After Memorial Day Holiday Weekend
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- Paul King - MortgageLoan.com | May 27, 2008
Bonds open down after the holiday weekend, despite weak consumer confidence reports. Rates...
Rising Fuel Prices Help Mortgage Rates
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- Paul King - MortgageLoan.com | May 23, 2008
Bonds were up on Friday as stocks continued to weaken on rising energy prices. The stock...
Rates Sink on Inflation Concerns
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- Paul King - MortgageLoan.com | May 22, 2008
Bonds sank today on concerns about inflation. Rates will increase today by .375 to...
Fed Signals No More Rate Cuts
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- Paul King - MortgageLoan.com | May 21, 2008
Bonds were down today as the FOMC minutes were released showing inflation concern. The Fed, in...
Rates Down Despite Inflation Indications
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- Paul King - MortgageLoan.com | May 20, 2008
Bonds were up today despite stronger than expected inflation indicators. Rates will be down by...
Rates Flat on Insignificant Leading Economic Indicators
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- Paul King - MortgageLoan.com | May 19, 2008
Mortgage markets are flat today as no economic data moved the market one way or another. Rates...
Housing Starts Stronger Than Expected, Yet Consumer Confidence Weak
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- Paul King - MortgageLoan.com | May 16, 2008
Markets were flat Friday following mixed economic news. Rates however should improve by as much...
Industrial Production Weaker Than Expected
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- Paul King - MortgageLoan.com | May 15, 2008
Bonds were up today on weaker than expected economic data. Industrial Production in April showed...
Rates Drop As Inflation Concerns Ease
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- Paul King - MortgageLoan.com | May 14, 2008
Bonds opened up today on relaxed inflation concerns. Rates should drop by about .25 to the...
Rates Up on Strong Retail Sales Data
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- Paul King - MortgageLoan.com | May 13, 2008
Bonds were down this morning on the release of stronger than expected economic data. Rates will...
Rates Flat, Stocks Up
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- Paul King - MortgageLoan.com | May 12, 2008
Bonds were up today despite stock market gains, and rates will likely stay flat or increase today...
Bonds Continue to Strengthen as Stocks Weaken
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- Paul King - MortgageLoan.com | May 09, 2008
The bond market was up again today on stock market weakness. Expect another decline of .25 to...
Bonds Continue Rally From Wednesday
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- Paul King - MortgageLoan.com | May 08, 2008
Bonds were up today, building on the rally from yesterday. Rates will drop today by at least...
Rates Flat Despite Productivity Gains
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- Paul King - MortgageLoan.com | May 07, 2008
Rates were flat today despite better than expected economic news. Retail rates should be...
Bonds Increase, Fannie Mae Lending Power Enhanced
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- Paul King - MortgageLoan.com | May 06, 2008
Treasury bonds increased further today, on rebounding stocks. Fannie Mae the largest US Mortgage...
Quiet Week Ahead For Rates?
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- Paul King - MortgageLoan.com | May 05, 2008
Bonds were relatively calm today despite a drop in the stock market. Rates may edge up about...
Rates Jump on Strong Employment Report
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- Paul King - MortgageLoan.com | May 02, 2008
Bonds were sharply down and rates increased following stronger than expected jobs data...
Rates Down In Anticipation of Employment Report
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- Paul King - MortgageLoan.com | May 01, 2008
Interest rate markets were up today despite the release of stronger than expected economic data...