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Mortgage rates were under a modest amount of pressure yesterday but generally held near the most aggressive levels of our lifetime . The economic calendar was a busy today, starting with Jobless Claims. Released by the Department of Labor, this report provides three timely metrics on the health of the...
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Mortgage rates moved a few basis points lower yesterday after lenders passed along the loan pricing improvements we should have been awarded on Friday afternoon. It was a volatile day in most financial markets, with the exception of mortgage-backed securities which traded in a very tight range. No lenders...
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Mortgage rates held steady near aggressive levels yesterday. While we had more than one scheduled economic release to digest, trading in the bond market was slow as several overseas markets were out on holiday. Over the past week mortgage rates have slowly improved thanks to market participants allocating...
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Mortgage rates rose anywhere from 0.125 to 0.375% last week as the end of the Federal Reserve's MBS purchase program followed by a positive jobs report were too much for the bond market to handle at once. It could have been worse though. While the Federal Reserve's withdrawal from the secondary...
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Its been a wild week in mortgage rate land. Lenders have repriced for the better, they have repriced for the worse, only to reprice for the better again! And that's just two days of action. Its been a roller coaster ride to say the least, but some how we've managed to end up right back where...
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Mortgage rates held steady yesterday despite a healthy rally in the stock market. Lenders were able to keep mortgage rate sheets mostly unchanged as prices of mortgage backed securities held to a tight range throughout the day. President Obama released his 2011 Budget yesterday morning. We were hoping...
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Although prices of mortgage backed securities moved higher yesterday, lenders were unwilling to move mortgage rates lower. This was a frustrating event for most originators and borrowers who were expecting to see at least modest improvements in the primary market (mortgage rates) as the secondary market...
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Prices of mortgage backed securities hit a new all time high yesterday. To remind readers, as prices of mortgage backed securities move higher, lenders are able to offer lower mortgage rates. Unfortunately, despite the move higher in MBS prices, lenders have been reluctant to push mortgage rates much...
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I hope everyone had a fantastic holiday weekend...now it’s back to work. Last week ended on a flat note with mortgage backed securities closing basically where they opened Friday morning. Bolume was extremely light but that was expected as the markets were only open for a half day. The data calendar...
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Last week ended on positive note for mortgage backed securities and mortgage rates. As stock indexes fell, market participants re-allocated portfolios from risky assets to safer investments, resulting in added demand for government AAA rated fixed income securities. The benchmark 10 yr Treasury note...