Mortgage rates fell today following a tame read on inflation as well as the announcement of Rex Tillerson's departure from the White House. The Consumer Price Index--the most widely followed economic report on consumer-level inflation--showed prices moving up 0.2% in February (rounded up from 0.1501%). The median forecast called for a 0.2% increase. When inflation is falling (or rising more slowly), it tends to benefit bond markets, thus pushing rates lower . Given that the inflation data was fairly close to forecasts, it didn't have any sort of extreme impact today, but it added some downward pressure on rates. The Tillerson news came out a few minutes later. Markets reacted as they typically do to news that creates uncertainty with stocks and rates moving lower together. But since Tillerson

March 13, 2018 Download our Mobile App: Download our Mobile App: 30 Yr. Fixed 6.37% +0.15%   6.13% 7.26% 15 Yr. Fixed 5.88% +0.13%   5.54% 6.59% 30 Yr. Jumbo 6.25% +0.11%   6.14% 7.45% Compare Mortgage Rates from Local Lenders for Mar 13, 2018 Mortgage Rates Lowest in More Than a Week Tue, Mar 13, 2018 4:15PM Mortgage rates fell today following a tame read on inflation as well as the announcement of Rex Tillerson's departure from the White House. The Consumer Price Index--the most widely followed economic report on consumer-level inflation--showed prices moving up 0.2% in February (rounded up from 0.1501%). The median forecast called for a 0.2% increase. When inflation is falling (or rising more slowly), it tends to benefit bond markets, thus pushing rates lower . Given that the inflation data was fairly close to forecasts, it didn't have any sort of extreme impact today, but it added some downward... (read more) Mortgage News Daily Rate Change Points 30 Yr. Fixed 6.37% +0.15 0.00 15 Yr. Fixed 5.88% +0.13 0.00 30 Yr. FHA 6.05% +0.10 0.00 30 Yr. Jumbo 6.25% +0.11 0.00 7/6 SOFR ARM 5.77% +0.12 0.00 30 Yr. VA 6.07% +0.09 0.00 Updates Daily - Last Update: 9/18 Freddie Mac Rate Change Points 30 Yr. Fixed 6.26% -0.09 0.00 15 Yr. Fixed 5.41% -0.09 0.00 Updates Weekly - Last Update: 9/18 Mortgage Bankers Assoc. 30 Yr. Fixed 6.49% -0.15 0.56 15 Yr. Fixed 5.70% -0.14 0.55 30 Yr. Jumbo 6.44% -0.14 0.48 Updates Weekly - Last Update: 9/10 UMBS 30YR 5.0 99.49 -0.10   95.05 100.47 UMBS 30YR 5.5 101.06 +0.03   97.47 101.61 10 YR Treasury 4.105 +0.024   3.706 4.780 MBS Live Day Ahead: CPI to Set Tone Early, Auction Cycle Batting Clean-Up Tue, Mar 13, 2018 8:30AM Since at least the middle of 2017, the Consumer Price Index has been in the driver's seat as far as economic data that matters to bonds.  This likely has to do with the fact that inflation looked like it had finally achieved its 2% target in a s... (read more) MBS Live Recap: Slightly Stronger, Fairly Quiet Day. CPI Sets Tone Tomorrow Mon, Mar 12, 2018 5:23PM Bond markets were slightly weaker to start the session, but soon found some support from a European bond market rally. Even after the European close, the tone remained supportive in the domestic session.  There wasn't the characteristic weakness in the run up to the 10yr Treasury auction.  And the auction itself was fairly strong. The caveat to... (read more) MBS Live Recap: Tame Inflation and Tillerson Usher Bonds to Week's Best Levels Tue, Mar 13, 2018 4:56PM Bond markets moved to their best levels in more than a week on a combination of tame inflation data and Trump's unexpected announcement of Rex Tillerson's departure from the White House.   In looking at the inflation data, we could make a case for bonds two ways.  First , today's Consumer Price Index (CPI) was not stronger than expected... (read more) MBS Price Change UMBS 4.5 97.40 -0.23 UMBS 5.0 99.49 -0.10 UMBS 5.5 101.06 +0.03 GNMA 4.5 97.50 -0.52 GNMA 5.0 99.73 -0.10 GNMA 5.5 100.89 +0.00 Pricing as of: 9/18 8:38PM EST US Treasury Yield Change 2 YR Treasury 3.569 +0.006 5 YR Treasury 3.667 +0.011 7 YR Treasury 3.857 +0.018 10 YR Treasury 4.112 +0.031 30 YR Treasury 4.720 +0.033 Pricing as of: 9/18 8:38PM EST Other News New Home Sales Up 3% YoY Tue, Mar 13, 2018 11:04AM New home sales are projected to have increased again in February. The Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) said that based on its Builder Applications Survey (BAS) it anticipates those sales grew based on a 3 percent increase in purchase applications compared to January and a 4.6 percent increase on a year-over-year basis . T hese numbers do not include any ad... (read more) LO and Capital Markets Products; Upcoming Training and Events Tue, Mar 13, 2018 9:12AM As I head to head to Chicago today to attend the Illinois MBA Conference , I won’t win any Brownie Points mentioning that a United Van Lines National Movers Study finds that last year, IL was the state where the most residents moved out. But those moving in still need mortgages, right!? A whopping 63% of moves there were outbound. IL was followed by NJ... 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