Mon, Jun 21 2010, 4:18 PM
Although the economic calendar isn't jammed packed in the week ahead, the data and events on the ballot carry more potential to move interest rates. W...
Thu, Jun 17 2010, 4:31 PM
It was another volatile day in the markets. Stocks traded in a wide range before eventually closing in positive territory. Interest rates seem to now ...
Wed, Jun 16 2010, 7:58 PM
Here is the good news: ONLY A FEW LENDERS REPRICED FOR THE WORSE! Here is the bad news: THIS PUTS LENDERS ON THE DEFENSIVE. Unless stocks are red hot...
Tue, Jun 15 2010, 5:41 PM
Floating your loan is getting more risky as stocks have broken an important level of resistance and investor optimism is improving. If stocks do exten...
Mon, Jun 14 2010, 3:21 PM
While mortgage rates either held steady or improved in four of the last five sessions, they still ended last week higher than where they began it. The...
Fri, Jun 11 2010, 5:53 PM
While it will cost a borrower almost 50 basis more at the closing table (0.50% of the loan amount), 4.50% is still available for most WELL-QUALIFIED b...
Thu, Jun 10 2010, 5:18 PM
Stocks rallied all day long before closing at the highs of the session. This resulted in another investor exodus from risk averse assets which sent be...
Wed, Jun 9 2010, 4:58 PM
Mortgage rates moved slightly higher this morning as stocks rallied and MBS prices ticked lower. About the time the 10-year note auction results were ...
Tue, Jun 8 2010, 5:08 PM
The par 30 year conventional rate mortgage remains in the 4.50% to 4.75% range for well qualified consumers. Although it it's very tempting to float y...
Mon, Jun 7 2010, 5:34 PM
It was a quiet trading session for most of the day in financial markets. Stocks rallied early in the day and lenders offered slightly worse mortgage r...
Fri, Jun 4 2010, 5:37 PM
Mortgage rates held steady near the lowest levels of the year yesterday. That was a dominant theme this week. Regardless of volatility in the stock an...
Wed, Jun 2 2010, 5:42 PM
Like yesterday, I continue to favor locking as mortgage rates are holding steady near historically low levels. If you wish to float in hopes of rates...
Tue, Jun 1 2010, 4:56 PM
It was a very volatile day in financial markets. Stocks moved lower then higher then lower again. This led benchmark Treasuries on a roller coaster ri...
Thu, May 27 2010, 4:42 PM
Even though economic data was WORSE THAN EXPECTED this morning, which usually benefits the fixed income sector and mortgages, interest rates continue...
Wed, May 26 2010, 5:32 PM
The stock market rally that began yesterday afternoon extended into overseas trading last night and into this morning's trading session. Optimism in e...
Tue, May 25 2010, 6:29 PM
Overnight, stock markets around the world sold off due to continued debt concerns across Europe and tensions between North and South Korea. Stocks ope...
Mon, May 24 2010, 5:21 PM
Mortgage rates capped off a great week in sour fashion last Friday. After four days of stock selling induced rate rallying, lenders were finally force...
Fri, May 21 2010, 5:45 PM
If you've been floating for the past few weeks, your rate has greatly improved. Even after rates mortgage rose today, they're still close to record lo...
Thu, May 20 2010, 6:25 PM
The flight to safety continued today as stocks moved lower around the world. This sent benchmark Treasuries to their lowest yields of the year and hel...
Wed, May 19 2010, 5:55 PM
It was another volatile day for both stocks and interest rates. The ups and downs in the market forced lenders to reprice for the worse, and allowed l...
Tue, May 18 2010, 6:48 PM
Mortgage rates looked like they were going to move up today as stocks were indicated to open higher before the lenders published rate sheets. However ...
Mon, May 17 2010, 4:33 PM
Reports from fellow mortgage professionals indicate lender rate sheets to be marginally better today. The par 30 year conventional mortgage rate is in...
Fri, May 14 2010, 6:48 PM
For whatever reason, which fundamental and technical can be offered, stocks sold off today. The S&P was down 2.01% to 1135.80 and the Dow fell 1.50% t...
Thu, May 13 2010, 4:58 PM
With rates at the best levels of the year, I continue to advise locking all loans closing within 30 days and also encourage you to consider longer ter...
Wed, May 12 2010, 5:26 PM
The most mortgage rate influential event of the day was supposed to be the Treasury's auction of $24 billion of 10 year notes. However the auction res...
Tue, May 11 2010, 5:42 PM
Mortgage rates continue to take their directional guidance from headline news and stocks. Today stocks opened lower which helped Treasuries and MBS ra...
Mon, May 10 2010, 4:05 PM
Over the weekend the European Union, IMF, and several Central Banks including the U.S. Federal Reserve announced a coordinated effort to put an offici...
Fri, May 7 2010, 6:44 PM
Normally a better than expected economic release, especially one as influential as the Employment Situation Report, gives stock traders a reason to bu...
Thu, May 6 2010, 5:58 PM
The biggest single day point drop in the history of the Dow Jones Industrial Average was the primary source of motivation in the interest rate market ...
Wed, May 5 2010, 5:33 PM
We have seen several days in a row of improving lender pricing thanks to the sovereign debt concerns with Greece and other European countries. At som...
Tue, May 4 2010, 6:05 PM
The market's nervous sentiment surrounding Greece carried over into today's trading session which has once again led to a flight to safety into the bo...
Mon, May 3 2010, 4:16 PM
Reports from fellow mortgage professionals indicate lender rate sheets to be similar to Friday’s repriced sheets. The par 30 year conventional rate m...
Thu, Apr 29 2010, 6:23 PM
Lender loan pricing is ever so slightly improved today. An afternoon MBS rally allowed a few lenders to reprice for the better as well, but overall mo...
Wed, Apr 28 2010, 5:06 PM
Mortgage rates are improved from yesterday morning but higher than they were after lenders repriced for the better yesterday afternoon. It appears the...
Tue, Apr 27 2010, 5:23 PM
S&P, the ratings agency, downgraded Greece's government debt to junk status earlier in the day. This was an unexpected event and resulted in stocks se...
Mon, Apr 26 2010, 4:27 PM
Mortgage rates bounced back and forth in a relatively tight range before going out at their highest levels of the week last Friday. Although prices of...
Fri, Apr 23 2010, 6:31 PM
Mortgage rates bounced around a tight range for most of the week. There wasn't much in the way of news to motivate movement in the first three days of...
Thu, Apr 22 2010, 5:57 PM
The Department of Treasury announced the terms of next week’s debt offering. They will sell $44 billion 2 year notes, $42 billion 5 year notes, $32...
Wed, Apr 21 2010, 5:30 PM
Mortgage rates did improve today, but the Treasury Department will announce the terms of next week's government debt auctions at 11am tomorrow. The Tr...
Tue, Apr 20 2010, 4:02 PM
Despite mortgage rates bumping a few basis points higher, I continue to favor locking. Stocks seem like an unstoppable force moving higher plus we hav...
Mon, Apr 19 2010, 3:54 PM
It was a very slow day on Wall Street as most market participants are still trying to figure out if the Goldman Sachs news is going to spread around t...
Fri, Apr 16 2010, 5:13 PM
We had a choppy start to the day. Mortgage rates opened up marginally better vs, yesterday but mostly the same. However, in the lunch hour, breaking n...
Thu, Apr 15 2010, 4:29 PM
Benchmark Treasury yields rose and mortgage-backed security prices fell after the market received mostly positive economic data on the manufacturing s...
Wed, Apr 14 2010, 4:51 PM
Mortgage rates yesterday ended a rally streak that brought consumer borrowing costs back down toward their best levels of 2010. Almost erasing all the...
Tue, Apr 13 2010, 7:36 PM
If you have been floating you should have seen your interest rate drop by 0.25% to 0.375% over the past week. We always say "Float at the Price Lows a...
Mon, Apr 12 2010, 2:41 PM
When the day began, lender rate sheets were very similar where they were set on Friday, however both benchmark Treasury yields and mortgage-backed sec...
Fri, Apr 9 2010, 5:17 PM
Mortgage rates spent this week slowly recovering from a healthy losing streak. If you were floating two weeks ago, when mortgage rates started this lo...
Thu, Apr 8 2010, 4:46 PM
I continue to favor floating one day at a time. Lenders are being very slow to pass along the price gains we have enjoyed over the last couple days. ...
Wed, Apr 7 2010, 5:40 PM
Mortgage rates are slowly rallying away from the highs of 2010 after a two successful Treasury auctions. I continue to favor floating my loans, but wi...
Tue, Apr 6 2010, 5:19 PM
Treasury yields did move lower today and MBS prices rose which has allowed lenders to offer better pricing. With that said, I continue to favor floati...
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