Wednesday, May 24, 2017

Rate Pressure Pauses After Fed; Inventory Issues Hurt Existing Sales; Price Gains Decelerate

Mortgage rates moved moderately higher this morning, beginning the day at the highest levels in roughly 2 weeks. Afternoon events helped underlying bond markets bounce back, however, resulting in several lenders issuing positive reprices. This means that some lenders are in slightly better shape vs yesterday while others remain in worse shape. All things being equal, any lender who did not adjust rate sheets this afternoon would have incentive to offer bigger improvements tomorrow morning. The key consideration for interest rates was today's release of the Minutes from the most recent Fed meeting. The Minutes provide a more detailed account of the meetings where the Fed officially sets monetary policy. The policy statement is several hundred words while the Minutes are several thousand words

from
http://www.mortgagenewsdaily.com/reports/newsletter/2017/5/24/2808

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