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Mortgage rates dodged a bullet yesterday. As you know mortgage rates have basically mirrored the movements of the stock markets recently. As stocks rallied, loan pricing worsened and mortgage rates rose. As stocks sold, loan pricing improved and mortgage rates fell. This relationship has dictated the...
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Mortgage rates improved a few basis points yesterday, but only enough to recover loan pricing losses that occurred the previous day. A lack of meaningful economics data combined with a generally slow trading environment have kept mortgage rates in a tight range this week. Although benchmark Treasury...
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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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Good Morning All. We were dominant in Vancouver yesterday....at least based on what NBC aired last night. Shaun White was a man among boys on the halfpipe...I had to take Dramamine after his second run to slow the spins. Lindsey Vonn , of SI swimsuit edition fame, took gold in downhill skiing...and was...
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While mortgage rates ended the week on a three day losing streak , we did find solace in the fact that prices of mortgage-backed securities (MBS) were able to stabilized by the end of the trading session on Friday. After two better than expected economic reports, retail sales and consumer sentiment,...
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Last week consumers who were floating loans watched mortgage rates rise almost 0.25% by Friday. After touching five month lows in the previous week, better than expected economic data and corporate earnings reports pressured prices of mortgage backed securities lower which resulted in lender's raising...
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Mortgage rates continue to hold below 5% despite some better than expected economic data last week. As a general rule, better than expected economic data usually leads to higher mortgage rates while worse than expected data improves rates (that has not been the case recently though). At the close on...
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Twin releases at 8:30 am EST will help set the tone on Thursday, as markets will receive the latest employment and inflation data. Before those releases, markets look set to open lower as oil prices have slipped in the overnight, due to an IEA forecast predicting oil consumption would fall by its fastest...