Posted To: Mortgage Rate Watch
Mortgage rates improved today following a slightly weaker reading on Retail Sales data this morning. It seems that bond markets were waiting to rule out the possibility of stronger data. Reason being, the pace of the improvements was aggressive considering the fact that the Retail Sales report was very close to forecast levels. Improvements in bond markets equate to rates moving lower. Despite the quick move initially, bonds were unable to keep the rally going. Mortgage-backed securities lost enough ground in the afternoon for several lenders to raise rates, but the net effect is still clearly positive compared to yesterday. Most lenders had already been quoting conventional 30yr fixed rates of 3.75% for top tier scenarios and today’s strength brought several down to 3.625% . In cases where…(read more)
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