Posted To: Mortgage Rate Watch
Mortgage rates fell today as a majority of lenders finally got caught up with the past few days of strength in the bond market. Lenders rely on bonds–specifically mortgage-backed securities (MBS)–to determine where to set mortgage rates. Bonds are constantly on the move, but lenders prefer to just set mortgage rates once per day, if possible. As such, when volatility is higher and when rates have been rising more than falling, lenders tend to be more defensive. In other words, they need to see more sustained improvement than normal before bringing rates back down. Today’s improvement was the biggest of the week, and it brings the average conventional 30yr fixed quote well below those seen at the end of last week. Even so, there are numerous news articles out today proclaiming “sharply higher…(read more)
