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 close. Despite the price decline of MBS and maringal loss of rebate on rate sheets, par mortgage rates are still holding their recent range between 4.875 and 5.125. To remind readers, the price and yield of MBS and treasuries are inversely related. As the price moves higher, the yield or rate moves lower and vice versa.
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