Uneventful Day; MBS Underperform

Uneventful Day; MBS Underperform

It's not uncommon to see MBS outperform their Treasury benchmarks in the run up to a round of weekly Treasury auctions only to underperform when the auction cycle wraps up. That underperformance (or rather, Treasury outperformance) was on full display today with MBS losing about a quarter point while 5yr notes lost about half as much. While bonds are slightly closer to the weaker end of the recent range, they're still very much inside it.

Market Movement Recap
09:25 AM

Moderately weaker so far with 5.0 coupons down 6 ticks (.19) and 10yr yields up 2.6bps at 4.143

11:45 AM

flat since last update.  MBS down 6 ticks (.19) and 10yr up 1.9bps at 4.136

01:04 PM

Slightly weaker bond auction = slightly weaker response.  MBS down 7 ticks (.22) and 10yr up 2.9bps at 4.146

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Uneventful Day. MBS Underperform

MBS & Treasury Markets
UMBS 5.0 99.48 +0.02 10YR 4.139% +0.022% 10/9/2025 4:59PM EST
MBS are now down 9 ticks (.28) on the day and just over an eighth of a point from the AM price plateau. Some of the jumpiest lenders would be in a position to consider negative reprices.  10yr yields are up 3.2bps at the highs of the day 4.149.   READ MORE
Today's Mortgage Rates
30YR Fixed 6.38% +0.02% 15YR Fixed 5.88% +0.01% 10/9/2025
It's getting pretty tough to weave an interesting narrative on mortgage rates over the past 3 weeks. During that time, they just haven't changed that much for the average lender. Today was just another day in that regard. Bonds (which dictate day to day movement in rates) were slightly weaker than yesterday. This implies slightly higher mortgage rates and, indeed, today was no exception. But the important points are as follows: bond market movement has been relatively...   READ MORE
Economic Calendar
Time Event Period Actual Forecast Prior
Thursday, Oct 09
8:30AM Fed Chair Powell Speech
8:35AM Fed Bowman Speech
12:00PM WASDE Report (%)
12:45PM Fed Barr Speech
1:00PM 30-Yr Bond Auction (bl) 22
1:00PM 30-Year Bond Auction 4.734% 4.651%
3:45PM Fed Bowman Speech
Friday, Oct 10
12:00AM Roll Date - UMBS 30YR
9:45AM Fed Goolsbee Speech
10:00AM Oct Consumer Sentiment (ip) Oct 54.2 55.1
10:00AM Oct Sentiment: 1y Inflation (%) Oct 4.7%
10:00AM Oct Sentiment: 5y Inflation (%) Oct 3.7%
10:00AM Oct U Mich conditions Oct 60 60.4
1:00PM Fed Musalem Speech
2:00PM Sep Federal budget,(on hold, shutdown) (bl) Sep $50.0B $-345B
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Contrary to mainstream notions regarding the Fed rate cut, mortgage rates moved sharply higher on Fed Day as well as the following day. Since then, they've been in a calm, sideways range, but managed to trickle to the lowest levels in that range by the end of this week. This is a logical outcome considering this week's bond market movement. 10yr Treasury yields (the most visible part of the bon... READ MORE