Published Date 4/2/2024
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 under pressure today. The MBS market worsened by -23 bps yesterday. This may have been enough to increase mortgage rates or fees. The market experienced high volatility yesterday.
Manufacturing: February Factory Orders were 1.4% versus expectations of 1%.
Jobs: The February Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey (JOLTS) was 8.756M versus expectations of 8.74M unfilled jobs. January's pace was 8.863M.
The Fed: Today we will hear from Bowman, Mester, Williams, Daly.
This morning markets took some big hits but have recovered a little. Volatility has started high.
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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