Brian Borchard
Managing Director National Sales & Recruiting
1st 2nd Mortgage Company of NJ, Inc.
License:
91047

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Back to Regularly Scheduled Programming (Unfortunately)

Bonds sold off on Tuesday both during the domestic session and in the overnight hours leading up to it. Motivations are a matter of conjecture as there is not a conveniently obvious scapegoat.  That hasn't stopped journalists, analysts, and traders from chiming in.  The resulting laundry list mostly includes political considerations ranging from specific revelations regarding cabinet appointees to generalizations about the market continuing to process fiscal implications. We'd certainly add a high likelihood of positional considerations with last Thu/Fri now looking very much like an opportunity to cover shorts (makes yields move lower)  and get neutral ahead of the 3-day weekend before getting yields back in line with post-election highs today. 

Market Movement Recap
08:41 AM

Bonds move sharply weaker overnight and in early trading.  10yr up 8.4bps at 4.389 and MBS down 13 ticks (.41)

11:59 AM

MBS are down 14 ticks (.44) on the day and just over an eighth of a point from the AM highs.  10yr yields are up 10.7bps at 4.413.

03:27 PM

Weakest levels of the day for MBS, down nearly 5/8ths of a point.  10yr up 13bps at 4.437

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MBS & Treasury Markets
UMBS 5.5 99.05 -0.46 10YR 4.318% +0.012% 11/11/2024 10:20PM EST
Bonds have been selling off in fits and starts after an initial recovery at the NYSE open.  That lasted all of 30 minutes and the selling has been linear since then.   MBS are down 14 ticks (.44) on the day and just over an eighth of a point from the AM highs.  The jumpiest lenders could be considering a negative reprice, but most would be waiting to see 2-3 ticks (.06-.09) of additional weakness. 10yr yields are up 10.7bps at 4.413.   READ MORE
Today's Mortgage Rates
30YR Fixed 7.02% +0.10% 15YR Fixed 6.39% +0.02% 11/12/2024
Last Thursday and Friday offered some hope that the persistent move to higher rates was finally leveling off.  It wasn't necessarily a rational hope, but if nothing else, it was "nice" to see the average 30yr fixed move back below 7%.  Even then, we cautioned against viewing the recovery as indicative of ongoing success.  Now today, we see why. Bonds (which dictate rates) have moved swiftly back into the weaker territory that precipitated the move over 7% in ...   READ MORE
Economic Calendar
Time Event Period Actual Forecast Prior
Tuesday, Nov 12
6:00AM Oct NFIB Business Optimism Index Oct 93.7 91.9 91.5
8:55AM Nov/09 Redbook yy (%) Nov/09 4.8% 6%
10:00AM Fed Waller Speech
10:10AM Nov IBD economic optimism Nov 53.2 47.3 46.9
10:15AM Fed Barkin Speech
10:30AM NY Fed Treasury Purchases 1 to 2.5 yrs (%) $75 million
11:00AM Oct Consumer Inflation Expectations Oct 2.9% 3%
11:30AM 52-Week Bill Auction (bl) 72
11:30AM 26-Week Bill Auction (bl) 81
11:30AM 3-Month Bill Auction 4.420% 4.440%
11:30AM 6-Month Bill Auction 4.310% 4.260%
1:00PM 52-Week Bill Auction (bl) 80
1:00PM 42-Day Bill Auction (%) 4.555% 4.550%
2:00PM Fed Kashkari Speech
2:00PM Loan Officer Survey
5:00PM Fed Harker Speech
5:30PM Fed Barkin Speech
Wednesday, Nov 13
12:00AM Roll Date - UMBS 30YR
7:00AM Nov/08 Mortgage Market Index Nov/08 191.4
7:00AM Nov/08 MBA Mortgage Applications Nov/08 -10.8%
7:00AM Nov/08 MBA 30-yr mortgage rate (%) Nov/08 6.81%
7:00AM Nov/08 MBA Purchase Index Nov/08 130.8
7:00AM Nov/08 MBA Refi Index Nov/08 513.5
8:30AM Oct CPI index, nsa Oct 315.59 315.30
8:30AM Oct Core CPI index, sa Oct 314.686
8:30AM Oct m/m Headline CPI (%) Oct 0.2% 0.2%
8:30AM Oct y/y Headline CPI (%) Oct 2.6% 2.4%
8:30AM Oct y/y CORE CPI (%) Oct 3.3% 3.3%
8:30AM Oct m/m CORE CPI (%) Oct 0.3% 0.3%
9:45AM Fed Logan Speech
11:00AM Q3 Total Household Debt Q3 $17.8T
11:30AM 17-Week Bill Auction (%) 4.410%
1:00PM Fed Musalem Speech
1:30PM Fed Schmid Speech
2:00PM Oct Federal budget, $ (bl) Oct $-211B $64B
4:30PM Nov/08 API weekly crude stocks (ml) Nov/08 3.132M
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Mortgage rates spent the entire month of October moving higher at a fairly quick pace. Some of that had to do with stronger economic data, but at least as much had to do with the bond market (bonds dictate rates) adjusting to election probabilities. As we've been advising in recent weeks, the consensus was that a Trump victory (or improved odds thereof) was associated with upward pressure on rates... READ MORE
Brian Borchard
Managing Director National Sales & Recruiting
1st 2nd Mortgage Company of NJ, Inc.
License:
91047