Published Date 2/12/2024
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 sideways today. The MBS market worsened by -30 bps last week. This may have been enough to increase mortgage rates or fees. The market experienced high volatility last week.
Three Things: These are the three areas that have the greatest ability to impact rates this week. 1) Inflation, 2) The Fed and 3) Retail Sales.
1) Inflation: Last week the BLS completed their annual recalibration (called a "seasonal adjustment") of how they calculate CPI. Now, this week we will get CPI on Tuesday and PPI on Friday. The CPI can have a major impact on rates.
2) The Fed: The bond market will continue to try to hedge their bets on the timing of a change in policy from the Federal Reserve. Here is this week's speaking schedule:
02/12 Kashkari, Barkin
02/14 Goolsbee, Barr
02/15 Bostic, Waller
02/16 Daly, Fed's Monetary Policy Report.
3) Retail Sales: After a big pull back in Consumer Credit, there is concern over this week's Retail Sales report for January with the headline expectations looking for a contraction of -0.1%.
This morning markets are moving sideways without any major economic news. Volatility has started low but will increase later in the week.
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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