Unlike many other countries, America has a consumer-driven economy. The National Association of Home Builders (NAHB), in a couple of recent entries in its Eye on Housing blog, highlights the role home buying plays in that dynamic. NAHB's Natalia Siniavskaia used data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics' most recent (2012-2014) Consumer Expenditure Survey (CES) to determine what a buyer spends on appliances, furniture, and remodeling in the first two years after they buy a home. Siniavskaia looked at buyers of both new and existing homes, and compared each to a non-moving homeowner. Buyers of new homes spend most , outspending non-movers by a factor of 2.6. Buyers of existing homes spend twice as much as non-moving owners. The typical new-home buyer spends an average of $4,500 more than a non

July 13, 2017 Download our Mobile App: Download our Mobile App: 30 Yr. Fixed 6.27% -0.04%   6.13% 7.26% 15 Yr. Fixed 5.82% -0.01%   5.6% 6.59% 30 Yr. Jumbo 6.20% -0.02%   6.14% 7.45% Compare Mortgage Rates from Local Lenders for Jul 13, 2017 Mortgage Rates at 2-Week Lows After Yellen Wed, Jul 12, 2017 4:26PM Mortgage rates had been holding in a narrow range near their highest levels in roughly 3 months over the past few days. Despite some stability in underlying bond markets, lenders had hesitated to make meaningful adjustments to rate sheets (in their defense, there wasn't much to work with). That all changed today after Fed Chair Yellen's congressional testimony. In fact, it was the prepared remarks for the testimony, released at 8:30am ET this morning that did the trick for bond markets (which underlie interest rate movement). Market participants were eager to see if Yellen would strike a simil... (read more) Mortgage News Daily Rate Change Points 30 Yr. Fixed 6.27% -0.04 0.00 15 Yr. Fixed 5.82% -0.01 0.00 30 Yr. FHA 6.00% -0.03 0.00 30 Yr. Jumbo 6.20% -0.02 0.00 7/6 SOFR ARM 5.71% -0.01 0.00 30 Yr. VA 6.02% -0.03 0.00 Updates Daily - Last Update: 10/15 Freddie Mac Rate Change Points 30 Yr. Fixed 6.30% -0.04 0.00 15 Yr. Fixed 5.53% -0.02 0.00 Updates Weekly - Last Update: 10/9 Mortgage Bankers Assoc. 30 Yr. Fixed 6.43% -0.03 0.60 15 Yr. Fixed 5.77% +0.01 0.79 30 Yr. Jumbo 6.60% +0.06 0.44 Updates Weekly - Last Update: 10/8 UMBS 30YR 5.0 99.70 -0.02   95.05 99.96 UMBS 30YR 5.5 101.08 -0.01   97.47 101.28 10 YR Treasury 4.030 +0.001   3.932 4.780 MBS Live Day Ahead: Familiar Floor Reemerges Ahead of Tomorrow's CPI Data Thu, Jul 13, 2017 8:56AM For the entire first quarter of 2017, bonds held inside a range from roughly 2.30 to 2.60 in terms of 10yr yields.  This was the purgatory we occupied after the US presidential election as we waited to see if things would get worse before they... (read more) MBS Live Recap: Bonds Build Case for Support After Yellen Wed, Jul 12, 2017 5:20PM " Support " and " resistance " are two terms often thrown around in market analysis.  They loosely refer to ceilings and floors respectively (as far as rates are concerned), but it's slightly more complicated than that (as covered in our primer on MBS Live).  The gist is that ceilings and floors can still be broken, but they represent levels where ... (read more) MBS Price Change UMBS 4.5 97.71 -0.05 UMBS 5.0 99.70 -0.02 UMBS 5.5 101.08 -0.01 GNMA 4.5 97.73 -0.01 GNMA 5.0 99.95 +0.01 GNMA 5.5 100.99 +0.06 Pricing as of: 10/16 4:13AM EST US Treasury Yield Change 2 YR Treasury 3.496 -0.004 5 YR Treasury 3.618 -0.002 7 YR Treasury 3.803 -0.001 10 YR Treasury 4.030 +0.000 30 YR Treasury 4.622 -0.004 Pricing as of: 10/16 4:13AM EST Other News What Homeowners Are Buying In Addition To The Home Thu, Jul 13, 2017 12:39PM Unlike many other countries, America has a consumer-driven economy. The National Association of Home Builders (NAHB), in a couple of recent entries in its Eye on Housing blog, highlights the role home buying plays in that dynamic. NAHB's Natalia Siniavskaia used data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics' most recent (2012-2014) Consumer Expenditure Survey (CE... (read more) Positive Opinion of Housing's Investment Value Highest in Decade Wed, Jul 12, 2017 12:05PM Time heals all wounds as the old saying goes, and the decade that has passed since the housing crisis seems to have allowed many Americans to recover from its attendant shocks. The National Association of Realtors'® (NAR's) 2017 National Housing Pulse Survey found that 84 percent of Americans now say purchasing a home is a good financial decision, the hi... 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