Kevin Burrus
Senior Home Loan Officer / Certified Financial Coach
Barrett Financial Group, L.L.C. NMLS#181106
License:
NMLS#745375

Uneventful Start to 2025

Uneventful Start to 2025

Bonds began the day in moderately stronger territory before losing ground after the Jobless Claims data.  AM selling stalled out shortly after bonds hit negative territory and settled sideways to slightly stronger in the afternoon. While that constitutes a reasonably amount of volatility (as did the previous session on Tuesday), the magnitude of the movements has been fairly mild.  All in all, it's an uneventful start to the new year and a typically boring winter holiday trading environment.  If there's one thing to focus on, it's that trading levels are still right in line with the day after Fed day.  If there are two things, the second would be that yields are a bit lower than they were at the end of last week.

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Uneventful Start to 2025

MBS & Treasury Markets
UMBS 5.5 98.50 -0.11 10YR 4.599% +0.036% 1/3/2025 5:00PM EST
Bonds have steadily been giving up the overnight gains despite remaining in positive territory on the day.  10yr yields are still down about half a bp at 4.565, but that's up from lows of 4.514. MBS are still up 2 ticks (.06) on the day, but down a quarter point from AM highs and an eighth of a point from many lenders' rate sheet print times.  As such, the jumpier lenders could be close to considering negative reprices.     READ MORE
Today's Mortgage Rates
30YR Fixed 7.10% +0.03% 15YR Fixed 6.49% +0.02% 1/3/2025
The last time mortgage rates were moving with any sense of urgency was in the days surround the Fed's rate cut on December 18th. Incidentally, that movement was sharply higher, which is just as likely as any other outcome when the Fed is cutting rates for a variety of reasons . The rate rise leveled off by the end of Fed week with the average lender offering top tier conventional 30yr fixed rates near 7.125.  The average is only modestly lower today (7.07) and hasn'...   READ MORE
Economic Calendar
Time Event Period Actual Forecast Prior
Friday, Jan 03
10:00AM Dec ISM Manufacturing PMI Dec 49.3 48.4 48.4
10:00AM Dec ISM Manufacturing Employment Dec 45.3 48 48.1
10:00AM Dec ISM Manufacturing New Orders Dec 52.5 50.4
10:00AM Dec ISM Mfg Prices Paid Dec 52.5 51.7 50.3
10:30AM Dec/27 Nat gas-EIA, change bcf Dec/27 -116Bcf -127Bcf -93Bcf
11:00AM Fed Barkin Speech
1:00PM Jan/03 Baker Hughes Total Rig Count Jan/03 588 589
1:00PM Jan/03 Baker Hughes Oil Rig Count Jan/03 482 483
Monday, Jan 06
9:15AM Fed Cook Speech
9:45AM Dec S&P Global Composite PMI Dec 56.6 54.9
9:45AM Dec S&P Global Services PMI Dec 58.5 56.1
10:00AM Dec Total Vehicle Sales (ml) Dec 16.5M 16.5M
10:00AM Nov Factory orders mm (%) Nov -0.3% 0.2%
10:00AM Nov Factory ex-transp mm (% ) Nov 0.1%
10:30AM NY Fed Treasury Purchases 6 to 10 yrs (%) $25 million
11:30AM 52-Week Bill Auction (bl) 72
11:30AM 26-Week Bill Auction (bl) 84
11:30AM 3-Month Bill Auction 4.230%
11:30AM 6-Month Bill Auction 4.135%
1:00PM 3-Year Note Auction 4.117%
1:00PM 3-Yr Note Auction (bl) 58
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"So long 2024. Don't let the door hit ya!" Or... "another year closer to turning a longer-term corner in the housing market." For better or worse, 2024 was a lot more like 2023 than most housing/mortgage pros were expecting. Existing home sales still have another month of reporting for 2024, but there's no result that would change the perception of this year being an almost perfect carbon copy ... READ MORE
Kevin Burrus
Senior Home Loan Officer / Certified Financial Coach
Barrett Financial Group, L.L.C. NMLS#181106
License:
NMLS#745375