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Mortgage rates were unchanged today, on average, although a few lenders made small adjustments to rates sheets in response to bond market volatility. Bond markets began the day heading into stronger territory (which implies lower rates), but gave up much of the gains by early afternoon. That prompted a few lenders to raise the costs associated with prevailing rates. In other words, markets didn't move enough for published interest rates to change. Those tend to move in .125% increments and it takes an uncommonly big day in bond markets to push mortgage rates higher or lower by that much. The "upfront costs" associated with a mortgage (origination and discount, typically) give lenders a way to fine-tune the overall cost of financing. It's those costs that moved higher, but again, only for a
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Mortgage Rate Watch
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Mortgage rates were unchanged today, on average, although a few lenders made small adjustments to rates sheets in response to bond market volatility. Bond markets began the day heading into stronger territory (which implies lower rates), but gave up ... (read more) |
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Housing News
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Existing home sales continued a gradual recovery in October after a summer of sliding sales. For the second straight month the National Association of Realtors® (NAR) is reporting that sales of previously owned homes increased, this time by 2.0 p... (read more) |
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Housing News
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Freddie Mac's Economic and Strategic Research Team gave its forecast for housing in 2018 (which, as discussed below, it is now hedging a bit) in its October Outlook . This month they present a retrospection of how housing fared in the old one. Since ... (read more) |
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Rob Chrisman
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What is more relaxing than breakfast in bed? IHOP is there for you, and is testing IHOP home delivery in various states. Roshambo to see who answers the doorbell? In even more exciting news, we now have a new threshold for the smaller loan exemption ... (read more) |
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MBS Commentary
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It's no great mystery that momentum in bond markets (at least in 10yr Treasury yields and MBS) is sharply sideways at the moment--not only in terms of the trajectory of the range, but also in terms of that range's narrowness. For the time bei... (read more) |
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MBS Commentary
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Looked at under a microscope, there was a fair amount of intraday volatility this morning. Treasury yields fell overnight, reaching the best levels in 3 sessions, but then abruptly sold-off soon after domestic trading began.
The bulk ... (read more) |
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