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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 market. After the steady recovery run seen in MBS over the last...
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Mortgage rates spent all last week attempting to recover from a few weeks of bad news in the bond market. We went home on Friday afternoon in good spirits as rates were seen at their best levels since the week before the Fed exited the mortgage backed securities market. The week ahead is very busy with...
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Mortgage rates moved a few basis points lower yesterday after producer price data indicated inflation is still not a market moving concern. This data came out early in the morning which allowed lenders to improve rate sheet pricing right out of the gates. After that, mortgage backed securities prices...
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All I can say about yesterday is that it was an UGLY UUUGLY day for interest rate watchers. Mortgage rates were pressured higher right out of the gate following a warmer than expected read on producer level price inflation. And then, to make matters worse, as the day progressed, benchmark rates drifted...
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Mortgage rates moved higher yesterday morning...and then they moved even higher yesterday afternoon! The day began with mortgage-backed securities prices moving lower, which forced lenders to increase consumer borrowing costs before many rate watchers had a chance to get to a computer. Later in the day...
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All week we said "wait until Thursday to lock", "mortgage rates will improve after the bond auction on Thursday", "the end of the week will be the best time to lock in your loan". The Treasury auction came and went. After the last round of debt was sold, $13 billion of 30...
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Benchmark Treasury prices and mortgage-backed security prices rallied yesterday. AQ described the inner dynamics of the trade strategy that led to rate improvements READ MORE . In terms of the headline news catalyst for the rally in bond markets, some fixed income friendly verbiage from Federal Reserve...