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Mortgage rates moved higher for the second day in a row yesterday following another weaker than anticipated Treasury note auction. Less investor demand for 3 year and 10 year Treasury notes combined with what seems to be the beginnings of a recovery rally in stocks both contributed to rising consumer...
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Mortgage rates extended their streak of moving sideways near the most aggressive levels of the year yesterday. Although prices of mortgage backed securities were moderately weaker at the end of the day, lenders were not forced to reprice for the worse, leaving rates unchanged at the end of the day but...
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Mortgage rates have been stuck in a back and forth battle all week. We started the new year with improvements which carried over into Tuesday only to see positive momentum fizzle out yesterday morning after the St. Louis Federal Reserve released a paper titled:INFLATION MAY BE THE NEXT DRAGON TO SLAY...
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Trading action in the rates market yesterday was similiar to the previous session: early morning weakness, followed by a move higher in the lunch hour, which was then lost heading into the close. News and events were fairly positive for the fixed income sector which helped spark the move higher in price...
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The theme in the secondary mortgage market this week has been volatility. Prices of mortgage backed securities have moved around a wide range as traders attempt to balance their uncertain long term economic outlooks with optimistic short term sentiment in stocks. This ongoing struggle has mostly insulated...
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A steady rally in benchmark Treasury yields yesterday helped prices of mortgage backed securities move to five month highs which allowed lenders to keep mortgage rates near five month lows. The major event that took place in the rates market yesterday was the Treasury auction of $20 billion in 10 year...