Category: Seattle Mortgage Rates

Seattle / Bellevue Real Estate Mortgage Rate Watch: United Nations approving a No-Fly zone over Libya to halt Gadaffi from attacking his own people through air-strikes. This has funds shifting out of the U.S. Safe Haven trade. Along with this news, Japan is “cautiously optimistic” that the nuclear reactor situation has been stabilized and will […]

Seattle / Bellevue Real Estate Mortgage Rate Watch: Buy on the HYPE & SELL on the news. Japan able to somewhat stabilize the nuclear reactor and this has been taken as good news as the stock market reacted optimistically. Money moves into the U.S. bonds & treasuries as a Safe Haven during uncertainty. As the […]

Seattle / Bellevue Real Estate Mortgage Rate Watch: Nuclear Meltdown in Japan has the Market moving into the U.S. Safe Haven helping bonds and Mortgage Rates dip to the best levels so far in 2011. The entire world is watching with concern for the unfolding events in Japan which has been headlining news by the […]

Seattle / Bellevue Real Estate Mortgage Rate Watch: Japan headlines global news as growing concerns over the impacts of the nuclear reactors and radiation. This has sent Japan’s nikkei stock exchange sharply lower, 17% loss which is the biggest two day loss since their stock market crash in 1987. This has shifted global investors to […]

Seattle / Bellevue Real Estate Mortgage Rate Watch: Japan continues to feel the aftershock of the Tsunami and its devastation. Here in the U.S., the bond market is on close Watch. Why? Going back in history, Kobe, Japan 1995, a major earthquake shook the country. At that time in order to rebuild Japan had to […]

Seattle / Bellevue Real Estate Mortgage Rate Watch: We send our thoughts and prayers to those affected by the earthquakes and Tsunami in Japan. The market is all over the board today. Bonds are being pressured higher. In what normally would cause investors to seek the U.S. “Safe Haven” during a natural disaster, we see […]

Seattle / Bellevue Real Estate Mortgage Rate Watch: 30 Year Bond Auction A+ rating and no rate improvement? Why? Today Jobless Claims came in lower than expected which should be good for the bonds, BUT no movement. A+ 30 year bond auction which should be good for bonds, but no movement. Oil prices fall good […]

Rates getting a boost today after a SOLID A rating which should help to pressure rate to improve.  Still waiting for lender reaction which should soon.  The Mortgage Market needed these results today to maintain and stabilize at the current rates.

Seattle / Bellevue Real Estate Mortgage Rate Watch: No economic data, all attention on today’s 10 Year note auction at 10:00 AM PT. Looking back at yesterday with a mediocre result from the auction results and a warning of INFLATION spooked the market and prices worsened mid-day.  Today we are hopeful for the 10 Year […]

Seattle / Bellevue Real Estate Mortgage Rate Watch: Geither states the economy is improving and better than several months ago.  Allies of Gadaffi rumor a plan his exit.  Both reports are shifting investors out of the U.S. Safe Haven pressuring bonds & mortgage rates to tick up higher.  Dow Jones has jumped over 140 points […]