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Mortgage rates fell today following a tame read on inflation as well as the announcement of Rex Tillerson's departure from the White House. The Consumer Price Index--the most widely followed economic report on consumer-level inflation--showed prices moving up 0.2% in February (rounded up from 0.1501%). The median forecast called for a 0.2% increase. When inflation is falling (or rising more slowly), it tends to benefit bond markets, thus pushing rates lower . Given that the inflation data was fairly close to forecasts, it didn't have any sort of extreme impact today, but it added some downward pressure on rates. The Tillerson news came out a few minutes later. Markets reacted as they typically do to news that creates uncertainty with stocks and rates moving lower together. But since Tillerson
Mortgage Rate Watch
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Mortgage rates fell today following a tame read on inflation as well as the announcement of Rex Tillerson's departure from the White House. The Consumer Price Index--the most widely followed economic report on consumer-level inflation--showed prices ... (read more)
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Housing News
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New home sales are projected to have increased again in February. The Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) said that based on its Builder Applications Survey (BAS) it anticipates those sales grew based on a 3 percent increase in purchase applications c... (read more)
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Rob Chrisman
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As I head to head to Chicago today to attend the Illinois MBA Conference , I won’t win any Brownie Points mentioning that a United Van Lines National Movers Study finds that last year, IL was the state where the most residents moved out. But th... (read more)
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MBS Commentary
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Since at least the middle of 2017, the Consumer Price Index has been in the driver's seat as far as economic data that matters to bonds. This likely has to do with the fact that inflation looked like it had finally achieved its 2% target in a s... (read more)
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MBS Commentary
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Bond markets were slightly weaker to start the session, but soon found some support from a European bond market rally. Even after the European close, the tone remained supportive in the domestic session. There wasn't the characteristic weakne... (read more)
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MBS Commentary
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Bond markets moved to their best levels in more than a week on a combination of tame inflation data and Trump's unexpected announcement of Rex Tillerson's departure from the White House.
In looking at the inflation data, we could ma... (read more)
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