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MBS Day Ahead: Every Day is a Chance For Fear and Hope

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by Matthew Graham on March 10 2020, 9:30 AM

If you're looking at the world through the lens of an epidemiologist, CDC employee, airline CEO, the stock market, the economy, or person over 65 living in close contact with sick people, the case for fear has been pretty obvious lately. Like a glorious...
MBS Week Ahead: 10yr Yield Bottoms Out at 0.318%. What Next?

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by Matthew Graham on March 09 2020, 11:43 AM

Overnight market panic made for some truly spectacular movement in the bond market with the 10yr Treasury yield down more than 40 bps at one point to 0.32%. That number is made all the more wild considering the previous all-time low was exactly 100bps...
Craziest Week For Rates Since Financial Crisis

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by Matthew Graham on March 06 2020, 10:58 AM

At the moment I'm typing this, 10yr Treasury yields are 40 basis points lower than they were at the end of last week. This hasn't happened since the two craziest days of the financial crisis. But this week trumps the crisis in another metric:...
MBS Day Ahead: Mortgages Are Underperforming. Would The Fed Ever Step Back In?

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by Matthew Graham on March 05 2020, 8:00 AM

A bit of a diversion from the typical "Day Ahead" this morning as I came across an interesting assertion while talking about mortgage rates with some friends... One of them suggested mortgage rates have more room to move lower if the Fed decides...
MBS RECAP: OK, How About Now?

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by Matthew Graham on March 04 2020, 7:08 PM

Gigantic bond rallies resulting in all-time rate lows have some side effects. One of them is that we subsequently find ourselves wondering if each reasonably big sell-off is the beginning of the end of the super low rates. On any other day, a 5.3bp increase...
How Crazy Is This Move in Rates and Refis?

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by Matthew Graham on March 04 2020, 3:37 PM

I was surprised to open up shop this morning and find yields and MBS right about where we left them yesterday afternoon. I was also surprised yesterday afternoon when yields were able to hold under 1% by the end of the day. In other words, this bond rally...
THE FED RATE CUT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH MORTGAGE RATES

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by Matthew Graham on March 03 2020, 12:42 PM

The Fed announced an emergency rate cut of 50bps today (0.50%). Great! So your mortgage rate could be 0.5% lower, right? WRONG! And to be clear, that's not one of those all-caps, bold lettered internet claims made by some guy with an agenda who may or...
MBS RECAP: Coronavirus Correction Fires a Warning Shot

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by Matthew Graham on March 02 2020, 5:15 PM

There is always that one stomach-churning day that arrives in the midst of an epic bond rally that makes you question everything. Well, perhaps we don't need to question "everything" as much as we need to ask ourselves if we've just...
MBS Week Ahead: Brave (Scared) New World

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by Matthew Graham on March 02 2020, 9:58 AM

I'm not an infectious disease specialist. I haven't been staying up all night reading all available literature on coronavirus (CV). But best I can tell, it's an awful lot like the flu. Perhaps it's a bit more contagious or perhaps the...
MBS Day Ahead: All About Mortgages/MBS Underperforming vs Treasuries

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by Matthew Graham on February 28 2020, 11:40 AM

This post will focus mostly on the charts, which many of you have requested, as I need to turn my focus toward a few other things (especially when it comes to giving you a more thorough and tangible piece to share with your clients). Long story short...
MBS RECAP: 4 Year Prophecy Fulfilled; Now What?

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by Matthew Graham on February 27 2020, 6:30 PM

10yr yields were as low as 1.24% and ended the day at 1.27% after a decent amount of volatility. MBS gained almost a quarter point, but mortgage lenders did not generally improve rate sheets by that much (and some not at all). Back in the day (but not...
MBS Day Ahead: Don't Expect Mortgage Rates to be Thrilled

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by Matthew Graham on February 27 2020, 9:09 AM

Good morning. 10yr yields are in the 1.2's. All-time lows. We follow MBS and the 10yr Treasury yield (and other rates, when relevant) here. The focus is on the 10yr for THESE REASONS . Today will be "interesting" then, because mortgage rates...
MBS Day Ahead: Past Examples of Trips to All-Time Yield Lows

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by Matthew Graham on February 26 2020, 10:03 AM

2012 was almost all about the European systemic crisis, although doubts remained about the US economic lift-off as well. All of the above played out against the background of a generally supportive Federal Reserve. In the summertime, QE was in one of...
Freddie Mac MBS Don't Exist Anymore

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by Matthew Graham on February 25 2020, 12:22 PM

For the purposes of following along with the underlying forces affecting mortgage rates, Freddie Mac MBS essentially never mattered. Fannie had always been the big show, and that message was driven home with the implementation of the Single Security Initiative...
MBS Day Ahead: 4 Key Levels to Watch as Bonds Trade Near All-Time Low Yields

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by Matthew Graham on February 25 2020, 9:43 AM

1.67, 1.50, 1.43, and 1.32% in 10yr Treasury yields... These are the only 4 key levels you need right now. Why are we talking about 10yr yields if this is an MBS site? Funny you should ask. Here's a primer: Why So Much Focus 10yr Treasuries if This...

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30 Yr FRM 3.40%
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15 Yr FRM 3.50%
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Jumbo 30 Year Fixed 4.50%

MBS Prices:

30YR FNMA 4.5 106-24 (0-12)
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30YR FNMA 5.0 107-01 (0-10)
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30YR FNMA 5.5 108-24 (-0-09)

Recent Housing Data:

Mortgage Apps 15.13%
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Refinance Index 25.99%
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Purchase Index -2.67%

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