Mortgage Rates Quickly Moving Toward 4 Month Lows

Over the past 4 business days, the average top tier mortgage rate has fallen by 0.22%. While that may seem like a small number, consider that mortgage rates haven't moved half as much in either direction for the entire month up until this point. Looked at another way, the last time rates moved down this much, it took more than 3 weeks. While there are examples of rates dropping faster, the point is that the current pace is relatively rare. It's made all the more interesting by the absence of what we would consider to be top tier motivations.  Such motivations typically include things like the jobs report, other key economic reports, major geopolitical events, or big policy revelations from the Federal Reserve.  The current example definitely draws on some downbeat economic data fo