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Mortgage rates rose moderately today, depending on the lender. It's worth noting that lender pricing is exceptionally widely stratified at the moment. In other words, some lenders made big moves today while others did not. Disparity between lenders is nothing new, but the point is that it's been elevated and persistently volatile. This began after the pandemic hit financial markets a year ago this month, but it has ramped up in the past week or so as lenders contend with new restrictions handed down from regulators (via Fannie and Freddie, collectively "the agencies"). Those restrictions limit the amount of certain types of loans that can receive the agencies' stamp of approval. Lenders who were over the limit had to raise rates on those loans abruptly in order to bring their ratios back down
Mortgage Rate Watch
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Mortgage rates rose moderately today, depending on the lender. It's worth noting that lender pricing is exceptionally widely stratified at the moment. In other words, some lenders made big moves today while others did not. Disparity between lenders i... (read more)
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Housing News
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Whether or not it was another biproduct of the pandemic, The National Association of Realtors® (NAR) said the popularity of multigenerational homes increased last year. Homes that will house adult siblings, adult children, parents, or grandparent... (read more)
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Rob Chrisman
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Many years ago I asked my father about why we didn’t have a home gym. He replied, “Want exercise? Jog to the liquor store and get me a beer, then do a 100 pushups, and we’ll talk about it.” Okay, he didn’t really say tha... (read more)
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Housing News
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Mortgage application volume declined again during the week ended March 12, as refinancing deflated in the face of rising interest rates. The Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) said its Market Composite Index, a measure of that volume, decreased 2.2 p... (read more)
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Housing News
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It looked last month as though residential construction was about to take off. While starts were down in January, permits surged by 10.4 percent. Builders apparently had second thoughts in February as both measures fell by double digits. The U.S. Cen... (read more)
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MBS Commentary
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Powell Punts on SLR; Bonds Survive... Sorta
Today could have been much worse even though no one will look back on it as a great day for bonds. We started out at the highest yields in more than a year... (read more)
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