Bonds Beginning The Week on The Defensive After weeks of gradual strength in bonds, this week begins with rates under modest pressure.  The rest of the week brings several other potential market movers in addition to the ongoing hyperfocus on covid numbers.  Econ Data / Events 20min of Fed 30yr UMBS Buying  10am, 1130am (M-F) and 1pm (T-Th) Durable Goods Orders: 7.3 vs 7.0 f'cast , 15.1 prev Cap-Ex 3.3 vs 2.3 f'cast , 1.6 prev  Market Movement Recap 08:45 AM Stocks stayed modestly stronger in the overnight session with the street giving credit to generally positive earnings reports.  Bonds avoided paying too much attention, spending the night mostly flat and starting the domestic session in just slightly stronger territory.  No major reaction to the Durable Goods data. 12:55 PM Very little to report as bonds are little-changed from the outside.  Treasuries are minutes away from digesting the 5yr auction and that could be a reason yields are near the higher end of the day's range.  2.0 UMBS are outperforming, up 3 ticks on the day (0.09) still trading just shy of 103.00.   01:04 PM 5yr auction, 2.88 vs .284 forecast. Not causing a huge reaction, but could be the reason for modest weakness in Treasuries just now 03:22 PM A bit more weakness over the past 90 minutes with 10yr yields now up more than 2bps on the day.  MBS are still positive.  Stocks are at their highs.  

July 27, 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 Jul 27, 2020 How Low Can Rates Eventually Go? Fri, Jul 24, 2020 4:16PM The bond market saw yet another week with rates in a holding pattern at historic lows. With coronavirus being the primary motivation for rates, it wouldn't be a surprise to see indecision continue until we get a clearer idea of how things will shake out with respect to the pandemic vs the global economy. In fact, apart from the all-time low mortgage rates, things have been downright boring when it comes to the underlying bond market driving those rates. Absent a vaccine-related breakthrough, there's not much for the bond market to do besides hurry up and wait. After all, even if there is amazi... (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 Recap: Bonds Beginning The Week on The Defensive Mon, Jul 27, 2020 3:26PM Bonds Beginning The Week on The Defensive After weeks of gradual strength in bonds, this week begins with rates under modest pressure.  The rest of the week brings several other potential market movers in addition to the ongoing hyperfocus on covid numbers.  Econ Dat... 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