In the world of interest rates, it's good to be a mortgage today . The dominant species on that world is US Treasuries: the quintessential dollar-based loans (after all, they are loans to the US government). Loaning dollars to the entity responsible for the dollar is about as foundational as it gets, but I digress. Treasuries and mortgage rates tend to move in the same direction and by generally similar amounts. That's because mortgage rates are based on underlying bonds (mortgage-backed securities or "MBS") that are fairly similar to Treasuries in most of the ways investors care about. The prices of MBS dictate where lenders can and should set their interest rates, but ultimately, it's up to the lender. If they're flush with business and want to slow things down, they might set rates a bit

February 4, 2020 Download our Mobile App: Download our Mobile App: 30 Yr. Fixed 6.28% -0.01%   6.11% 7.26% 15 Yr. Fixed 5.65% +0.05%   5.54% 6.59% 30 Yr. Jumbo 6.25% +0.00%   6.25% 7.45% Compare Mortgage Rates from Local Lenders for Feb 4, 2020 Mortgage Rates Digging Deeper Into Multi-Year Lows Mon, Feb 3, 2020 5:39PM In the world of interest rates, it's good to be a mortgage today . The dominant species on that world is US Treasuries: the quintessential dollar-based loans (after all, they are loans to the US government). Loaning dollars to the entity responsible for the dollar is about as foundational as it gets, but I digress. Treasuries and mortgage rates tend to move in the same direction and by generally similar amounts. That's because mortgage rates are based on underlying bonds (mortgage-backed securities or "MBS") that are fairly similar to Treasuries in most of the ways investors care about. The pr... (read more) Mortgage News Daily Rate Change Points 30 Yr. Fixed 6.28% -0.01 0.00 15 Yr. Fixed 5.65% +0.05 0.00 30 Yr. FHA 5.94% -0.01 0.00 30 Yr. Jumbo 6.25% 0.00 0.00 7/6 SOFR ARM 5.62% +0.03 0.00 30 Yr. VA 5.95% -0.02 0.00 Updates Daily - Last Update: 9/8 Freddie Mac Rate Change Points 30 Yr. Fixed 6.50% -0.06 0.00 15 Yr. Fixed 5.60% -0.09 0.00 Updates Weekly - Last Update: 9/4 Mortgage Bankers Assoc. 30 Yr. Fixed 6.64% -0.05 0.59 15 Yr. Fixed 5.84% -0.19 0.84 30 Yr. Jumbo 6.58% -0.09 0.39 Updates Weekly - Last Update: 9/3 UMBS 30YR 5.5 101.28 +0.16   97.47 101.61 UMBS 30YR 6.0 102.54 +0.05   99.66 102.54 10 YR Treasury 4.039 -0.047   3.621 4.780 MBS Live Day Ahead: Dangerous Day For Bonds: What's Behind The Drama? Tue, Feb 4, 2020 9:32AM In many respects, the market response to the coronavirus outbreak has been able to take cues from past experience with SARS in 2002/2003.  In many other respects, markets are flying blind due to substantial differences between the past and present.  In addition to the fact that coronavirus has already proven far more contagious and deadly than SARS... (read more) MBS Price Change UMBS 5.0 99.78 +0.31 UMBS 5.5 101.28 +0.16 UMBS 6.0 102.54 +0.05 GNMA 5.0 100.07 +0.24 GNMA 5.5 101.19 +0.06 GNMA 6.0 102.18 +0.05 Pricing as of: 9/8 7:14PM EST US Treasury Yield Change 2 YR Treasury 3.487 -0.030 5 YR Treasury 3.562 -0.027 7 YR Treasury 3.768 -0.032 10 YR Treasury 4.039 -0.047 30 YR Treasury 4.690 -0.079 Pricing as of: 9/8 7:14PM EST Other News How Lenders Plan to Find and Retain Customers (And How That Might Change) Tue, Feb 4, 2020 2:26PM Almost 200 senior mortgage lenders told Fannie Mae about their plans to both acquire and keep customers through the company's Fourth Quarter Mortgage Lender Sentiment Survey. Mortgage lenders cited a number of channels and strategies and ranked them by their effectiveness. When questioned about channels, the most frequent response , cited by 67 percent of re... (read more) Home Price Gains at Entry Level Vex First-Time Buyers Tue, Feb 4, 2020 10:15AM Home price increases, as measured by CoreLogic's Home Price Index (HPI) continued to pick up speed in December on an annual basis. However, they pulled back a bit from the sudden surge they had displayed in November. The HPI, which includes distressed sales, had a national rate of appreciation of 4.0 percent in December compared to a 3.7 percent gain in Nove... (read more) Total Construction Spending Essentially Unchanged in 2019 Mon, Feb 3, 2020 12:44PM Total construction spending ended 2019 down slightly from the prior year. The U.S. Census Bureau said the total value of construction, both public and private, put in place during the year was $1.304 trillion compared to $1.307 trillion in 2018, an 0.3 percent decrease. Residential spending was down 4.6 percent from the prior year with expenditures of $520.9... (read more) MLO Jobs; Non-QM, Vendor Products; Conventional Conforming Product Shifts Tue, Feb 4, 2020 9:02AM Fitness instructor: “Have you ever done a marathon?” Me: “You mean like on Netflix?” Both take stamina (of some sort), as does merely looking at the U.S. Debt Clock website that Kim G. reminded me continues to click along. Originators and branch managers will tell you that recruiting MLOs and retaining customers are both marathons, an... (read more) Latest Video Fed rate cut in 2020 now possible as coronavirus spreads: Top economist It's too early for markets worry about the Democratic nominee: Pimco's Cant... Santelli Exchange: Economic indicators and the yield curve Reports of coronavirus test shortages in China leads to diagnosing challeng... 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