Wednesday, December 28, 2011

Mortgage Rates Improve Steadily Throughout The Day

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Dec 28, 2011 2:40PM

Mortgage Rates Improve Steadily Throughout The Day

Unlike yesterday's uneventful market movements, Mortgage Rates are noticeably improved today. While volume remains quite light in general due to a lack of participation on this holiday-shortened week, things were somewhat busier than yesterday in terms of the level of activity on the Secondary Mortgage Market. For some lenders, by the time they released their first rate sheets of the day, the rally was already underway. As such, most of those lenders simply began the day with strong pricing. Other...

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