Thu, Jan 26 2012, 7:52 AM
Bond markets improved in the overnight session. The pace was slow at first as German, French, and Italian economic data were all close to consensus e...
Thu, Jan 26 2012, 4:19 PM
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Thu, Jan 26 2012, 3:17 PM
Mortgages Rates over the past two days have done much to make ground lost leading up to Yesterday's FOMC Announcement. After further improvements to...
Thu, Jan 26 2012, 2:44 PM
The "flatness" of MBS prices is simply uncanny considering that Fannie 3.5's are currently right at their highest levels since late September, and con...
Wed, Jan 25 2012, 11:21 AM
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Wed, Jan 25 2012, 8:57 AM
The overnight session was almost completely
unnecessary. 10yr yields climbed to
nearly 2.08, apparently not willing to test yesterday's highs, and ...
Wed, Jan 25 2012, 4:16 PM
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Wed, Jan 25 2012, 4:02 PM
Mortgages Rates spent 2 days at 4.0% in terms of rounded average "Best-Execution" rates (for detail on what that means, READ THIS POST from a few d...
Wed, Jan 25 2012, 2:45 PM
Let's cut right to the chase... Although the 5yr auction earlier today was strong and although there were several paragraphs-worth of content in toda...
Tue, Jan 24 2012, 11:16 AM
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Tue, Jan 24 2012, 8:27 AM
Bond markets are off to a decent start with 10yr yields down just over a bp at 2.044 and Fannie 3.5 MBS up 4 ticks at 102-24. The overnight session...
Tue, Jan 24 2012, 4:16 PM
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Tue, Jan 24 2012, 2:34 PM
Mortgages Rates are steady to slightly improved today after rising for the first time in a month yesterday. Although rates change slightly every day...
Tue, Jan 24 2012, 1:32 PM
Not simply because MBS are currently at the same price levels as Friday afternoon do we say that their week begins tomorrow. In fact, Friday's levels...
Mon, Jan 23 2012, 11:16 AM
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Mon, Jan 23 2012, 11:05 AM
It's been a choppy morning for MBS. At their lows, Fannie 3.5's hit 102-13, while highs have been mostly capped out at 102-19. The 6/32nds gap betwe...
Mon, Jan 23 2012, 8:47 AM
"Things were fairly flat for most of the overnight session, and 10yr notes got as low as 1.99's earlier in the morning when the potential inability of...
Mon, Jan 23 2012, 4:16 PM
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Mon, Jan 23 2012, 3:12 PM
For the first time in over a month, the Best-Execution rate for 30yr fixed mortgages rose from a rounded average of 3.875% to 4.00% today. The underl...
Fri, Jan 20 2012, 11:20 AM
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Fri, Jan 20 2012, 8:33 AM
Yesterday's busy calendar of economic reports gives way to relative silence. Existing Home Sales at 10am is the only scheduled release. But as we've...
Fri, Jan 20 2012, 4:16 PM
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Fri, Jan 20 2012, 2:21 PM
Mortgage Rates
moved higher again today, albeit by a relatively small amount on average. But averages only tell part of the story. We're seeing t...
Fri, Jan 20 2012, 1:19 PM
"It's impressive that Fannie 3.5's have held on to 102-20 as long as they have with 10's inching closer to 2.03. With prices near their lows of the da...
Thu, Jan 19 2012, 11:20 AM
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Thu, Jan 19 2012, 9:29 AM
This morning's bond market weakness is highly deceptive unless you take a closer look at when the various movements occurred and match the movements a...
Thu, Jan 19 2012, 8:10 AM
Bond markets traded almost exclusive sideways in the overnight session after reaching their weakest levels of the day late yesterday. This went on in...
Thu, Jan 19 2012, 4:20 PM
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Thu, Jan 19 2012, 3:41 PM
Mortgage Rates worsened at a reasonably brisk pace today when compared with recent relative stability. Still, the movement remains confined to costs...
Thu, Jan 19 2012, 3:12 PM
MBS hit their highs of the day just after Philly Fed at 11AM and have been weaker ever since. 10yr yields made an attempt to hold their ground at 1.9...
Wed, Jan 18 2012, 11:20 AM
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Wed, Jan 18 2012, 10:24 AM
After a glut of economic data this morning, MBS are roughly in line with pre -data levels, down 1/32 nds in Fannie 3.5 coupons. Although this m...
Wed, Jan 18 2012, 8:10 AM
The big story overnight cited an anonymous source within the IMF as saying the fund is proposing to boost its resources by $1 Trillion dollars. Short...
Wed, Jan 18 2012, 4:20 PM
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Wed, Jan 18 2012, 2:54 PM
Mortgage Rates
continue to ebb and flow in the same pattern that has persisted for over a month. The average Best-Execution interest rate for a 30...
Wed, Jan 18 2012, 2:35 PM
Alert and video of the live price action from MBS Live (learn more... ) :
10yr yields dashed to their highs in the steepest and highest volume mo...
Tue, Jan 17 2012, 11:20 AM
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Tue, Jan 17 2012, 8:42 AM
MBS are off to an uneventful start this morning, quickly capturing back some of the losses that took them near the lows of Friday's session. Similarl...
Tue, Jan 17 2012, 4:15 PM
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Tue, Jan 17 2012, 3:08 PM
After setting new records on Friday, Mortgage Rates
are absolutely flat to start the week. That means that Best-Execution
remains most appropri...
Tue, Jan 17 2012, 1:54 PM
Today has been overwhelmingly slow and uneventful for MBS and Treasury markets alike. Volume is lower than every day last week with the exception, pe...
Mon, Jan 16 2012, 11:15 AM
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103-07 : +0-05
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Mon, Jan 16 2012, 4:15 PM
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103-07 : +0-05
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Fri, Jan 13 2012, 11:15 AM
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103-10 : +0-08
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Fri, Jan 13 2012, 8:15 AM
Volume was moderate overnight after a healthy session yesterday. 10yr yields rose to yesterday's highs around 1.94 around 230am this morning before c...
Fri, Jan 13 2012, 4:15 PM
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Fri, Jan 13 2012, 3:54 PM
How many times will we have the opportunity to write this headline in 2012? Yet again, Mortgage Rates
on average, have broken recently set record...
Fri, Jan 13 2012, 2:52 PM
In both long and short term contexts, MBS's march to the top has been uncanny in terms of its stability and determination. Lately we've noted with in...
Thu, Jan 12 2012, 11:24 AM
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Thu, Jan 12 2012, 10:02 AM
Economic Data Recap:
Retail Sales - Perhaps the most anticipated report of the week, December Retail Sales, missed expectations this morning, r...
