Mortgage Rates made an abrupt move higher today, leaving most lenders at their worst levels since early June.  Recent momentum has carried rates in a weaker direction despite a relative lack of impetus from underlying market events.  At first, this could be chalked up to low volume volatility, but volume surged today (yesterday too, to a smaller extent), and securities in rates markets hit levels not seen in months.  All told, it was enough to move the Best-Execution rate decisively up to 3.625%. Read more…