Mortgage Refinance Rates Move Higher As We Head Over the Fiscal Cliff

Boehner's failure to get his own "plan B" passed points to an almost certainly that we are heading over the fiscal cliff. The markets are finally starting to realize this and look to decline again today after Friday's steep decline. Average mortgage refinance rates are higher today but will start to head lower following bond yields lower. Investors will flee equities in the coming days, pile into U.S. Treasuries which will send bond yields and mortgage rates lower.