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Mortgage Rates Surprisingly Steady Despite Market Drama

Like many industries, housing finance has a superficial layer that’s fairly easy to understand for the average consumer.  A person wants a home.  They don’t want to pay cash.  They get a loan.  Lower rates = lower payments.  The end.
Shortly below that superficial layer of understanding, where a surprisingly high percentage of mortgage professionals operate, it’s popular to discuss 10yr Treasury yields as a basis for mortgage rates.  The only problem with viewing 10yr yields as the basis for mortgage rates is that they’re not.
Anyone can observe this objective fact by jumping just a bit deeper into the rabbit hole and acquainting themselves with MBS (mortgage-backed securities).  These are the true raw ingredients for mortgage rates even though they frequently mimic 10yr Treasury yield movement….(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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