Wage Growth Shocker Pushes Mortgage Rates to 2-Month Lows

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Get out your calendar. Flip, swipe, or glance back at May 29th. That's where we have to go to see mortgage rates any lower than they are today. After a delightful, but incredibly boring streak of mostly good days, rates finally swung for the fences. Actually, that might be a bit of a stretch depending on your perspective, but consider the following. Mortgage rates tend to be broken up in .125% increments. For the past several weeks (or more, depending on the lender), rates haven't moved enough for the actual interest rate to change. Instead, the upfront costs act like fine-tuning adjustments for any given rate. In other words, you might be quoted 4.125% on two different days, but with $1000 origination one day and only $500 the next. The rate is the same, but paying less for it means the effective...(read more)

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