Mortgage Rates Dodging Some Risk For Now

Mortgage rates were higher heading into the end of the previous week.  To make matters worse, as of Friday afternoon, it didn’t look like the average lender had fully accounted for the losses in the bond market.
Bonds dictate interest rate movement.  When it comes to mortgages, lenders are paying close attention to trading levels in bond markets, but only change their rate sheet terms if markets move enough.  This is known as a “mid-day reprice.”  Bonds were weak enough for some lenders to reprice on Friday, but most didn’t.  That meant we were likely to see that bond market weakness reflected in this morning’s new rate sheet offerings. …(read more)Forward this article via email:  Send a copy of this story to someone you know that may want to read it.
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