The Urban Institute says that homes categorized as low priced, that is in the bottom 20 percent of the distribution, appreciated 126 percent between the turn of the century and the end of 2019. During that same 20-year period, those in the top 20 percent of the price distribution increased only 87 percent . An analysis of 285 metropolitan statistical areas (MSAs) by Jung Hyun Choi, John Walsh, and Laurie Goodman found that rapid employment growth combined with supply constraints from zoning and other regulations was one driver of this disproportionate price growth on the low end. Those MSAs with the greatest constraints on housing inventory experienced the greater price growth on the low end relative to the high. They measured this using two indices, Wharton Residential Land Use Regulatory

June 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 Jun 4, 2020 Mortgage Rates Not Panicking Yet, But That Could Always Change Thu, Jun 4, 2020 4:17PM Mortgage rates are directly tied to the bond market. This isn't too much of a surprise considering pretty much anything with an interest rate can be traced back to the bond market. Mortgages are especially relevant though, considering they comprise a very large dollar amount of the debt that's bought and sold in the market every day. In order to be bought and sold in financial markets, mortgages are grouped together based on shared characteristics, and those groups effectively become bonds . Those bonds then offer an alternative to other bonds like US Treasuries or investment grade corporate b... (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 5.5 101.22 -0.06   97.47 101.61 UMBS 30YR 6.0 102.47 -0.07   99.66 102.50 10 YR Treasury 4.065 +0.026   3.621 4.780 MBS Live Recap: Big Risks Ahead For Rates and Some Solid Opporunities Right Now Thu, Jun 4, 2020 4:15PM Big Risks Ahead For Rates and Some Solid Opporunities Right Now Treasury yields broke one important ceiling yesterday (.74%) and another today at .79% before finding support at .823%.  This leaves them at the highest levels since late March and in danger of moving higher.  Mortgage rates have been outperfor... (read more) MBS Price Change UMBS 5.0 99.70 -0.08 UMBS 5.5 101.24 -0.04 UMBS 6.0 102.48 -0.06 GNMA 5.0 100.02 -0.05 GNMA 5.5 101.19 +0.00 GNMA 6.0 102.13 -0.05 Pricing as of: 9/9 6:59AM EST US Treasury Yield Change 2 YR Treasury 3.499 +0.011 5 YR Treasury 3.576 +0.014 7 YR Treasury 3.784 +0.016 10 YR Treasury 4.060 +0.021 30 YR Treasury 4.718 +0.028 Pricing as of: 9/9 6:59AM EST Other News Pandemic's Disproportionate Effects on Housing Supply, Affordability Thu, Jun 4, 2020 2:24PM The Urban Institute says that homes categorized as low priced, that is in the bottom 20 percent of the distribution, appreciated 126 percent between the turn of the century and the end of 2019. During that same 20-year period, those in the top 20 percent of the price distribution increased only 87 percent . An analysis of 285 metropolitan statistical areas (... (read more) CoreLogic Expects 2021 to see First Home Price Decline in 9 Years Tue, Jun 2, 2020 11:12AM CoreLogic's report on April home prices, the first for that month, says that despite fears that home prices would "bottom out like they did in the Great Recession," they continued to accelerate reaching their highest annual growth since August 2018. The U.S. CoreLogic HPI was up 5.4 percent compared to April 2019, with gains in all states and rose 1.4 percen... (read more) Falling Mortgage Rates Boost Purchase Apps 18% YoY Wed, Jun 3, 2020 10:03AM Refinancing volume continued to slide but purchase mortgage activity partially compensated during the holiday shortened week that ended May 29. The Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) said its Market Composite Index, a measure of mortgage loan application volume, decreased 3.9 percent on a seasonally adjusted basis from one week earlier. On an unadjusted basi... 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