Mortgage rates held their ground fairly well today, despite the fact that underlying bond markets were weaker. Bond market weakness is associated with higher interest rates, all other things being equal. To understand this, consider that a bond is essentially a loan. An investor who buys a bond is buying the right to collect interest payments on a loan. That investor is effectively "the lender." Ideally, those investors would compete with one another for the right to collect interest on loans. If bonds are "weaker," it means those investors don't see as much value in buying those loans. The price they pay to obtain the loan goes down (aka "weakness"). In turn, the loan's rate of return needs to be bumped up in order to attract investors. And "bumping up the rate of return on a loan" is tantamount

February 11, 2019 Download our Mobile App: Download our Mobile App: 30 Yr. Fixed 6.28% -0.01%   6.11% 7.26% 15 Yr. Fixed 5.65% +0.05%   5.54% 6.59% 30 Yr. Jumbo 6.25% +0.00%   6.25% 7.45% Compare Mortgage Rates from Local Lenders for Feb 11, 2019 Low Rates Unfazed by a Bit of Market Weakness Mon, Feb 11, 2019 3:55PM Mortgage rates held their ground fairly well today, despite the fact that underlying bond markets were weaker. Bond market weakness is associated with higher interest rates, all other things being equal. To understand this, consider that a bond is essentially a loan. An investor who buys a bond is buying the right to collect interest payments on a loan. That investor is effectively "the lender." Ideally, those investors would compete with one another for the right to collect interest on loans. If bonds are "weaker," it means those investors don't see as much value in buying those loans. The pr... (read more) Mortgage Rates End Week at Lows Fri, Feb 8, 2019 5:36PM Mortgage rates may not be quite as low as they were on January 31st, but they nonetheless managed to end at the lowest levels of this week . Unlike January 31st, we can still say we're at the lowest levels in more than a year (yesterday was the first official day for that distinction). All of this is beside the point. We're effectively as low as we've been in a long time. The average lender is once again able to quote conventional 30yr fixed rates below 4.5% for the best-qualified borrowers. Beyond that, there's at least an equal chance that rates could go lower in the short-to-medium term dep... (read more) Mortgage News Daily Rate Change Points 30 Yr. Fixed 6.28% -0.01 0.00 15 Yr. Fixed 5.65% +0.05 0.00 30 Yr. FHA 5.94% -0.01 0.00 30 Yr. Jumbo 6.25% 0.00 0.00 7/6 SOFR ARM 5.62% +0.03 0.00 30 Yr. VA 5.95% -0.02 0.00 Updates Daily - Last Update: 9/8 Freddie Mac Rate Change Points 30 Yr. Fixed 6.50% -0.06 0.00 15 Yr. Fixed 5.60% -0.09 0.00 Updates Weekly - Last Update: 9/4 Mortgage Bankers Assoc. 30 Yr. Fixed 6.64% -0.05 0.59 15 Yr. Fixed 5.84% -0.19 0.84 30 Yr. Jumbo 6.58% -0.09 0.39 Updates Weekly - Last Update: 9/3 UMBS 30YR 5.5 101.22 -0.06   97.47 101.61 UMBS 30YR 6.0 102.47 -0.07   99.66 102.50 10 YR Treasury 4.065 +0.026   3.621 4.780 MBS Live Recap: Potential Warning About The Range Mon, Feb 11, 2019 4:26PM I have to stretch to make a day like today interesting.  As I'm fond of doing, I could easily label this one of those unofficial 3-day weekend type of Mondays.  That description still works as 10yr yields were only 2bps higher and Fannie 4.... (read more) MBS Live Week Ahead: Shutdown Data Finally Starts to Flow as Next Shutdown Looms Mon, Feb 11, 2019 8:53AM The two key fiscal issues at the moment are the trade deal with China and the expiration of temporary government funding at the end of this week.  Between those two, the trade deal is by far and away the bigger deal for markets.  The shut... (read more) MBS Live Recap: Bonds Calmly Trading Near Best Levels Fri, Feb 8, 2019 6:05PM The bond market is exuding a sort of confidence we've not seen in a long time.  I'm not saying that because outright rate levels are lower than they've been in more than a year.  Rather, I'm saying it because bonds have been content to hold inside a very narrow range near those lows.   As 2019 has progressed, we've seen less and less... (read more) MBS Price Change UMBS 5.0 99.70 -0.08 UMBS 5.5 101.24 -0.04 UMBS 6.0 102.48 -0.06 GNMA 5.0 100.02 -0.05 GNMA 5.5 101.19 +0.00 GNMA 6.0 102.13 -0.05 Pricing as of: 9/9 6:59AM EST US Treasury Yield Change 2 YR Treasury 3.499 +0.011 5 YR Treasury 3.576 +0.014 7 YR Treasury 3.784 +0.016 10 YR Treasury 4.060 +0.021 30 YR Treasury 4.718 +0.028 Pricing as of: 9/9 6:59AM EST Other News CRM Tools and News; Conventional Conforming Changes Continue Mon, Feb 11, 2019 8:57AM When I grow up, I want to live…next to the airport? Usually, airports are there before people move in around them, and then the residents all complain about the noise despite the airport already being there: Not in my backyard! But in some areas land is scarce, and there are big projects going in near the Atlanta and Denver airports. And anyone flying... 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