Total Number of News: 202
- 4/5/2006 - Mortgage Headlines
Mortgage rates remain at higher levels
U.S. Treasury securities rebounded a bit on Wednesday, after three days of selling that saw the yield on the benchmark 10-year note hit its highest level in almost two years. Buyers came back to Treasuries today after two Fed officials, in separate speec... - 4/4/2006 - Mortgage Headlines
Mortgage rates continue moving upward
Yields on U.S. Treasury securities, which move in the opposite direction of prices, backed off their highs on Tuesday, but not enough to force mortgage rates down. The rate on a 30-year fixed is at its highest level since May 2004, and it would likely ta... - 3/30/2006 - Mortgage Headlines
Mortgage rates on the rise
Fresh signs that inflation is on the rise kept sellers busy in the U.S. Treasury securities markets on Thursday. Traders continued to unload bonds as the prospect of further rate hikes loomed, sending Treasury prices tumbling further as their yields, whi... - 3/29/2006 - Mortgage Headlines
Mortgage rates in post-Fed climb
Mortgage rates moved up on Wednesday in response to the major sell-off in U.S. Treasury securities on Tuesday. Treasury yields, which move in the opposite direction of prices, hit their highest levels in almost two years after traders learned yesterday t... - 3/28/2006 - Mortgage Headlines
Treasuries plunge, yields climb, rates hold
Yields of U.S. Treasury securities climbed sharply when the Federal Open Market Committee, or FOMC, raised short-term interest rates another 25 basis points -- for the 15th consecutive time. Although the rate hike was fully expected, the accompanying sta... - 3/27/2006 - Mortgage Headlines
Mortgage rates hold ahead of Fed
U.S. Treasury securities weathered a session of moderate selling on Monday -- the day before the Fed is to announce its latest decision on interest rates. Concern about what the Federal Open Market Committee will or will not say about future interest-rat... - 3/24/2006 - Mortgage Headlines
Mortgage rates unmoved by rally
A steep decline in February new home sales sparked a huge rally in U.S. Treasury securities on Friday. The report filled bond traders with hope that this latest and very graphic sign that the economy is slowing would influence the Fed to halt its rate-hi... - 3/23/2006 - Mortgage Headlines
Mortgage rates holding
U.S. Treasury securities headed up early Thursday, capitalizing on strength in the European bond markets. But a huge increase in existing home sales put thoughts of a softening housing market on hold and raised concerns about future rate hikes that could... - 3/22/2006 - Mortgage Headlines
Mortgage rates solid as a rock
U.S. Treasury securities rebounded early Wednesday from Tuesday's sell-off, with yields above 4.7 percent attracting buyers. But because yields move in the opposite direction of prices, yields began moving down and buyers left. Sellers took over, sending... - 3/21/2006 - Mortgage Headlines
Mortgage rates begin to rise
Monday's gains by U.S. Treasury securities evaporated on Tuesday due to a flare-up in inflationary pressures and concern about future Fed rate hikes, as indicated by Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke in his speech last night in New York City.Treasuries opened to...