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Rates Remain Range Bound into Quarter End

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by Victor Burek on September 30 2009, 11:14 AM

Mortgage rates were were unchanged for the most part yesterday as prices of mortgage-backed securities held to their recent range. Following Monday’s light volume trading session which pushed MBS prices to levels not seen in months, trading volume picked...
Mortgage Rates Sheltered From Related Markets. Holding Near Summer Lows

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by Victor Burek on September 29 2009, 10:39 AM

Despite a rally in equity markets, prices of mortgage-backed securities moved higher yesterday. No economic data was released, trading volume was very thin, however MBS closed at their highest level since early this summer which allowed some lenders...
Mortgage Rates Steady Ahead of Busy Week

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by Victor Burek on September 28 2009, 10:32 AM

Despite mixed economic reports last week, mortgage rates held near four month lows as prices of mortgage-backed securities approached four month highs. General weakness in stock markets contributed to the rally in fixed income and mortgage rates. As...
Mortgage Rates Hold Steady After Busy Week

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by Victor Burek on September 25 2009, 12:53 PM

Mortgage rates moved lower a few basis points yesterday after prices of mortgage backed securities steadily appreciated throughout the day. At 5pm, MBS prices were near their highest level in over 4 months. The main driving force of the move higher was...
Mortgage Rates Improve Following Fed Statement

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by Victor Burek on September 24 2009, 10:10 AM

The secondary mortgage market went on quite a ride yesterday! Following a weaker than expected 5 year Treasury note auction, market participants hurriedly sold their fixed income investments ahead of the FOMC statement. This led to MBS falling below the...
Mortgage Rates Steady Ahead of FOMC Statement

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by Victor Burek on September 23 2009, 10:09 AM

Mortgage rates were mostly unchanged yesterday as the economic calendar was empty and the market settled in for another FOMC statement. Prices of mortgage-backed securities did manage to move marginally higher following a successful auction of 2 year...
Mortgage Rates Slighty Higher As Stocks Hold Gains

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by Victor Burek on September 22 2009, 10:48 AM

After holding steady near the top of the current trading range, mortgage backed securities came under selling pressure yesterday afternoon as stocks rallied off intraday price lows. Several lenders repriced for the worse as MBS losses held into to the...
What Will Move Mortgage Rates This Week?

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by Victor Burek on September 21 2009, 10:25 AM

It was an up and down week for mortgage backed securities last week. Despite better than expected economic data, MBS didn’t give up too much ground and mortgage rates did manage to dip to 4.75%. However by week’s end, rates had risen to 4.875% for the...
Mortgage Rates Improve Despite Positive Data

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by Victor Burek on September 18 2009, 9:37 AM

The type of positive economic headlines seen yesterday would normally lead to lower bond prices and higher mortgage rates, but that turned out to be far from the case. And though MBS initially moved lower, that trend soon reversed and we saw the best...
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by Victor Burek on September 17 2009, 10:29 AM

It was a bumpy ride in the mortgage backed security market yesterday. At the open, MBS moved considerably higher and lenders that issued rate sheets at 9am, passed along considerable improvements from the prior day; however, the gains did not last long...
Mortgage Rates Tick Higher as Stocks Make New Highs

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by Victor Burek on September 16 2009, 12:00 PM

The bond market held up remarkably well yesterday considering stocks set new 2009 highs following more "better than expected" economic data and hopeful words from Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke. After reaching 3.49% yesterday the benchmark 10 yr...
Mortgage Rates Tick Higher After Stint at Summer Lows

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by Victor Burek on September 15 2009, 9:35 AM

After holding levels not seen since early this summer for over a week, mortgage rates are under some pressure to move higher. Yesterday, mortgage backed securities were lower in price which forced lenders to offer higher mortgage rates. The downward move...
What Might Move Mortgage Rates This Week?

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by Victor Burek on September 14 2009, 10:15 AM

Mortgage rates continue to hold below 5% despite some better than expected economic data last week. As a general rule, better than expected economic data usually leads to higher mortgage rates while worse than expected data improves rates (that has...
Mortgage Rates Holding Below 5.00%

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by Victor Burek on September 11 2009, 10:06 AM

Despite a rally in stocks, mortgage backed securities managed to post nice gains yesterday after a stronger than expected 30 year bond auction. It is not very common to see stocks and bonds both rally on the same day especially when stocks tested their...
Mortgage Rates Fall After Treasury Auction

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by Victor Burek on September 10 2009, 10:00 AM

A lack of economic data combined with generally optimistic actions in the stock market kept mortgage-backed securities mostly unchanged yesterday morning, however, following a strong 10 yr TSY note auction, mortgage rates made modest improvements in the...

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