Mortgage rates have finished the week near all time historic lows… amazing. Mortgage rates have been pushed down to their current levels over the past week by growing fears about the debt issues in Europe and economic data coming out of the US that indicates the economy may not be as healthy as previously thought. [...]

With all the recent talk about mortgage rates “hitting new all time historical lows” and rates remaining near “all time historical lows”, it can be difficult to appreciate exactly how low mortgage rates have come. This is especially true in the historical context of mortgage rates, which spans many years. For this reason, sometimes charts [...]