Day: August 9, 2016

Mortgage Rates Revert to Near 2016 Low Treasury yields fell for the week ending Aug. 4 following the Federal Open Market Committee’s meeting and a disappointing advance estimate for second-quarter gross domestic product. According to the most recent Freddie Mac Primary Mortgage Market Survey, mortgage rates—which had increased 7 basis points during the previous three weeks— responded by erasing most of those gains, falling 5 basis points to 3.43