Mortgage rates managed another slight improvement today, which means the average lender is offering new all-time low rates for the 4th time this month. Even if rates had lurched unexpectedly higher today, June still would have gone down as the best month in the history of the mortgage market with many lenders now offering conventional 30yr fixed rates under 3% on top tier scenarios. The low rate environment has been made possible first and foremost by the economic contraction resulting from coronavirus. In and of itself, however, that still likely wouldn't be sufficient to get rates as low as they are. The rest of the heavy lifting has been done by the Federal Reserve, which stepped in when markets were experiencing the height of their recent volatility in early March 2020. The Fed helped restore

July 1, 2020 Download our Mobile App: Download our Mobile App: 30 Yr. Fixed 6.29% +0.01%   6.11% 7.26% 15 Yr. Fixed 5.69% +0.04%   5.54% 6.59% 30 Yr. Jumbo 6.25% +0.00%   6.25% 7.45% Compare Mortgage Rates from Local Lenders for Jul 1, 2020 Best Month Ever For Mortgage Rates Tue, Jun 30, 2020 3:36PM Mortgage rates managed another slight improvement today, which means the average lender is offering new all-time low rates for the 4th time this month. Even if rates had lurched unexpectedly higher today, June still would have gone down as the best month in the history of the mortgage market with many lenders now offering conventional 30yr fixed rates under 3% on top tier scenarios. The low rate environment has been made possible first and foremost by the economic contraction resulting from coronavirus. In and of itself, however, that still likely wouldn't be sufficient to get rates as low as ... (read more) Mortgage News Daily Rate Change Points 30 Yr. Fixed 6.29% +0.01 0.00 15 Yr. Fixed 5.69% +0.04 0.00 30 Yr. FHA 5.98% +0.04 0.00 30 Yr. Jumbo 6.25% 0.00 0.00 7/6 SOFR ARM 5.68% +0.06 0.00 30 Yr. VA 6.00% +0.05 0.00 Updates Daily - Last Update: 9/9 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 5.5 101.06 -0.22   97.47 101.61 UMBS 30YR 6.0 102.36 -0.18   99.66 102.50 10 YR Treasury 4.082 +0.043   3.621 4.780 MBS Live Recap: Limited Reaction to Headlines and Fed Minutes Wed, Jul 1, 2020 4:36PM Limited Reaction to Headlines and Fed Minutes After a quiet trading day yesterday, today proved to be even quieter.  That said, bonds were still willing to react to covid headlines and the Fed meeting minutes, albeit just barely enough to notice. Econ Data / Events ... (read more) MBS Price Change UMBS 5.0 99.45 -0.32 UMBS 5.5 101.06 -0.22 UMBS 6.0 102.38 -0.16 GNMA 5.0 99.76 -0.32 GNMA 5.5 101.03 -0.16 GNMA 6.0 102.01 -0.18 Pricing as of: 9/9 5:53PM EST US Treasury Yield Change 2 YR Treasury 3.557 +0.070 5 YR Treasury 3.615 +0.054 7 YR Treasury 3.814 +0.045 10 YR Treasury 4.085 +0.046 30 YR Treasury 4.731 +0.041 Pricing as of: 9/9 5:53PM EST Other News Purchase Apps Retreat Again as Inventory Dries Up Wed, Jul 1, 2020 8:16AM Applications for both refinancing and purchase mortgages retreated last week , pulling the Mortgage Bankers Associations (MBA's) Market Composite Index lower for the second time in as many weeks. MBA said the index, a measure of application volume, declined by 1.8 percent on a seasonally adjusted basis during the week ended June 26 and was down 2.0 percent o... (read more) Home Prices "Remarkably Stable" in April Tue, Jun 30, 2020 10:12AM Home prices continued to hold up on a national basis in April. The S&P CoreLogic Case-Shiller U.S. National Home Price Index, covering all nine U.S. census divisions, reported a 4.7 percent annual gain in April, up from 4.6 percent in March. The National Index posted a 1.1 percent month-over-month increase before seasonal adjustment and an 0.5 percent ga... (read more) Supreme Court Rules Single CFPB Director Unconstitutional Mon, Jun 29, 2020 1:38PM The Supreme Court, in a 5-4 decision along partisan lines, took a chunk out of the intentions the Dodd-Frank Act had for the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) when it created it. The court ruled that the single-director structure of the agency is unconstitutional as is its limits on the President's ability to replace its occupant. When Congress est... (read more) Servicing, Inspection, Loss-mit Products; CFPB's Structure to Change; Ginnie Adjusts Pooling Requirements Tue, Jun 30, 2020 8:50AM Some days you don’t learn much, other days you learn a lot (skip the ad). We’ve learned that COVID is driving our economy, not fundamental economic news, and at this point virologists have better forecasts than economists. Appearing with Treasury Secretary Mnuchin today before Congress, it is believed that Fed Chairman Powell will state that ther... (read more) Latest Video Some unintentional consequences with Fed holding rates artificially low: An... 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