Rate Updates May, 2008

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...