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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 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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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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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...
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Mortgage rates were unchanged as the third quarter came to a close yesterday. MBS prices have moved sideways at their highest levels in over four months after rallying to those levels on Monday. With today's economic data releases, prices are moving HIGHER, pushing into levels not seen since the...