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Mortgage rates moved modestly higher today, for most lenders. This had more to do with yesterday's market movement than today's. Bond markets were weakening yesterday afternoon (which typically results in rates moving higher). But the weakness came too late in the day for most lenders to bother with reissuing rate sheets. Instead, they waited for this morning. With a bit of weakness remaining intact, it was an easy call to raise loan costs. Even so, the day to day movement in rate quotes continues to be quite small . The average scenario won't be detectably different if quoted today vs yesterday. Interest rates themselves will certainly be unchanged. It's only via modest changes in upfront closing costs that lenders can modulate "loan costs" (or the "effective rate") in these situations. What
Mortgage Rate Watch
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Mortgage rates moved modestly higher today, for most lenders. This had more to do with yesterday's market movement than today's. Bond markets were weakening yesterday afternoon (which typically results in rates moving higher). But the weakness came t... (read more)
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Housing News
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CoreLogic reports that mortgage delinquencies in March were at a 10 year low. The company's Loan Performance Insights Report shows that 4.4 percent of active mortgages were in some stage of delinquency-30 or more days past due or in foreclosure-in Ma... (read more)
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MBS Commentary
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While we do have some economic data to get through today (Producer Prices, which are already out stronger than expected, and the afternoon's 30yr bond auction), the lion's share of the f ocus remains on the bigger picture and the bigger-ticket event... (read more)
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Rob Chrisman
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How do you like these two headlines today, good news/bad news for lenders? “Fed set to shrink huge bond portfolio, pushing up interest rates.” And, “Trump Administration says financial watchdog agency should be defanged.” And ... (read more)
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MBS Commentary
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Today's bond trading was largely a story of the 3yr Treasury auction vs the 10yr Treasury auction. Both of these are used to encountering each other on the same week, but not usually on the same day . In fact the "3, 10, 30" auction cycl... (read more)
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MBS Commentary
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The past 3 trading sessions have largely represented a consolidation in prices and yields, just off the best levels of the year. There has certainly been a risk that rates were bouncing off those levels only to begin the next uptrend (much li... (read more)
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