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Mortgage Rates Mostly Unchanged Near Aggressive Levels

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by Victor Burek on April 29 2010, 9:58 AM

Lender loan pricing is ever so slightly improved today. An afternoon MBS rally allowed a few lenders to reprice for the better as well, but overall mortgage rates are pretty much the same as yesterday. Reports from fellow mortgage professionals indicate...
Mortgage Rates Tip-Toe Around Headline News and Events

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by Victor Burek on April 28 2010, 5:06 PM

Mortgage rates are improved from yesterday morning but higher than they were after lenders repriced for the better yesterday afternoon. It appears the stock sell off that happened yesterday was overdone. This was confirmed when Standard and Poor's...
Mortgage Rates Improve as Stocks Sell on Greek Downgrade

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by Victor Burek on April 27 2010, 10:17 AM

S&P, the ratings agency, downgraded Greece's government debt to junk status earlier in the day. This was an unexpected event and resulted in stocks selling off and the bond market rallying. Lower benchmark Treasury yields helped mortgage-backed...
Mortgage Rates Face Several Hurdles in the Days Ahead

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by Victor Burek on April 26 2010, 10:22 AM

Mortgage rates bounced back and forth in a relatively tight range before going out at their highest levels of the week last Friday. Although prices of mortgage-backed securities managed to rally of their lows of the day, most lenders did not reprice for...
Mortgage Rates End Back and Forth Week at Highest Levels

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by Victor Burek on April 23 2010, 10:14 AM

Mortgage rates bounced around a tight range for most of the week. There wasn't much in the way of news to motivate movement in the first three days of the week. Although we did get several key earnings releases, the economics calendar was essential...
Mortgage Rates Move Higher After Auction Announcement

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by Victor Burek on April 22 2010, 11:17 AM

The Department of Treasury announced the terms of next week’s debt offering. They will sell $44 billion 2 year notes, $42 billion 5 year notes, $32 billion 7 year notes, and $11billion 5 year TIPS notes for a total of $129 billion. All auctions amounts...
Mortgage Rates Take One Step Forward Then One Step Back

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by Victor Burek on April 21 2010, 5:30 PM

Mortgage rates did improve today, but the Treasury Department will announce the terms of next week's government debt auctions at 11am tomorrow. The Treasury will sell 2 year notes, 5 year notes, and 7 year notes. New supply of debt on the market can...
Stock Rally Pushes Mortgage Rates Higher

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by Victor Burek on April 20 2010, 4:02 PM

Despite mortgage rates bumping a few basis points higher, I continue to favor locking. Stocks seem like an unstoppable force moving higher plus we have more Treasury auction supply coming on Thursday. Both of these factors are pressuring mortgage rates...
Mortgage Rates Hold Steady as Market Waits for Data and News

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by Victor Burek on April 19 2010, 10:12 AM

It was a very slow day on Wall Street as most market participants are still trying to figure out if the Goldman Sachs news is going to spread around to other primary dealers and banks. Unfortunately this was not helpful for the bond market as yields slowly...
Mortgage Rates Rally After Goldman Sachs News

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by Victor Burek on April 16 2010, 10:14 AM

We had a choppy start to the day. Mortgage rates opened up marginally better vs, yesterday but mostly the same. However, in the lunch hour, breaking news was released which had a big affect on the bond market. The SEC today filed civil charges against...
Mortgage Rates Recover From Bad Start to the Day

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by Victor Burek on April 15 2010, 10:25 AM

Benchmark Treasury yields rose and mortgage-backed security prices fell after the market received mostly positive economic data on the manufacturing sector. Consequently lenders pushed mortgage rates a few basis points higher this morning. However, as...
Mortgage Rates Give Back Gains After Steady Winning Streak

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by Victor Burek on April 14 2010, 9:46 AM

Mortgage rates yesterday ended a rally streak that brought consumer borrowing costs back down toward their best levels of 2010. Almost erasing all the losses experienced before and after the Federal Reserve exited the secondary mortgage marktet. After...
Mortgage Rates Nearing Best Levels of 2010 Again. Locking in Some Loans

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by Victor Burek on April 13 2010, 7:36 PM

If you have been floating you should have seen your interest rate drop by 0.25% to 0.375% over the past week. We always say "Float at the Price Lows and Lock at the Price Highs". Mortgage rates are once again nearing their best levels of 2010...
Mortgage Rates Improve on Only Slow Day of the Week

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by Victor Burek on April 12 2010, 2:41 PM

When the day began, lender rate sheets were very similar where they were set on Friday, however both benchmark Treasury yields and mortgage-backed security prices have rallied throughout the session. This has allowed several lenders to reprice for the...
Mortgage Rates Spend Week Recovering from 2010 Highs

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by Victor Burek on April 09 2010, 10:56 AM

Mortgage rates spent this week slowly recovering from a healthy losing streak. If you were floating two weeks ago, when mortgage rates started this losing streak, and are still floating today, you should re-evaluate your position. How close is your current...

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