Published Date 4/25/2024
Conventional and Government (FHA and VA) lenders set their rates based on the pricing of Mortgage-Backed Securities (MBS) which are traded in real time, all day in the bond market. This means rates or loan fees (mortgage pricing) moves throughout the day, being affected by a variety of economic or political events. When MBS pricing goes up, mortgage rates or pricing generally goes down. When they fall, mortgage pricing goes up.
Mortgage rates are moving higher today. The MBS market worsened by -8 bps yesterday. This was not enough to increase mortgage rates or fees. The market experienced moderate volatility yesterday.
Report Card: The preliminary 1st QTR GDP was much lighter than expected, showing a QoQ increase of 1.6% which was well below the market consensus of 2.5%. However, inflation reared its ugly head with prices paid rising from 2.0% in the 4th QTR to 3.7% in the 1st QTR.
Jobs: Initial Weekly Jobless Claims were lower than expected, 207K versus 214K. The 4 week moving average dropped to 213K. Continuing Claims dipped below 1.8M, 1.781M versus estimates of 1.810M.
Housing: We will get the March Pending Home Sales Index at 10 am.
Treasury Auction: We have our 7 year note auction at 1 pm today.
This morning markets are very concerned about the GDP report. Volatility has started high with markets also concerned about tomorrow's PCE report.
If you are looking for the risks and benefits of locking your interest rate in today or floating your loan rate, contact your mortgage professional to discuss it with them.
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