Uneventful Conclusion to a Volatile Week

Uneventful Conclusion to a Volatile Week

Bonds put in a decent day on Friday, ultimately getting back into positive territory and the best closing levels of the week.  Yields were almost perfectly in line with last Friday's. Overall, most of the past 3 days have been uneventful, but Tuesday's range breakout meant it was a volatile week overall. MBS and mortgage rates enjoyed ample insulation against that breakout thanks to recent outperformance driven by GSE MBS purchases (both actual and anticipated). The Fed is on deck next week, but with a zero percent chance of a rate cut. True big ticket data won't return until the week after next.

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Uneventful Conclusion to a Volatile Week

MBS & Treasury Markets
UMBS 5.0 99.94 +0.05 10YR 4.226% -0.016% 1/23/2026 5:00PM EST
Bonds have been losing ground gradually heading into the afternoon. Treasuries and MBS are just now inching to the weakest levels of the day.  That said, this is only 1.3bps higher on the day for 10yr yields--currently at 4.255. MBS are only down 2 ticks (.06) on the day, but an eighth of a point from intraday highs. Most lenders don't set initial rate sheets to reflect intraday highs, but this would be the earliest threshold of negative reprice risk consideration ...   READ MORE
Today's Mortgage Rates
30YR Fixed 6.19% +0.00% 15YR Fixed 5.76% +0.00% 1/23/2026
This week's only real mortgage rate movement was seen at the outset on Tuesday morning (Monday was closed for the holiday) in response to geopolitical issues and tariff escalation potential. Rates recovered only modestly when those threats abated--a fact that had everything to do with the bond market refusing to return to last week's levels and nothing to do with any mortgage-specific issue. If anything, the mortgage market is in the midst of stunning outperformance relativ...   READ MORE
Economic Calendar
Time Event Period Actual Forecast Prior
Friday, Jan 23
9:45AM Jan S&P Global Services PMI Jan 52.5 52.8 52.5
9:45AM Jan S&P Global Manuf. PMI Jan 51.9 52 51.8
9:45AM Jan S&P Global Composite PMI Jan 52.8 52.7
10:00AM Jan Consumer Sentiment (ip) Jan 56.4 54.0 52.9
10:00AM Jan Sentiment: 1y Inflation (%) Jan 4% 4.2% 4.2%
10:00AM Jan Sentiment: 5y Inflation (%) Jan 3.3% 3.4% 3.2%
10:00AM Jan U Mich conditions Jan 55.4 52.4 50.4
Monday, Jan 26
8:30AM Nov Durables ex-transport (%) Nov 0.3% 0.2%
8:30AM Nov Durables ex-defense mm (%) Nov -1.5%
8:30AM Nov Core CapEx (%) Nov 0.5%
8:30AM Nov Durable goods (%) Nov 0.5% -2.2%
9:20AM NY Fed Bill Purchases 1 to 4 months (%) $8.304 billion
1:00PM 2-Yr Note Auction (bl) 69
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Mortgage rates pulled back this week as the bond market digested geopolitical tension. After the 3-day holiday weekend, traders returned to find overseas markets pushing bond yields higher. The lesser of the two motivations had to do with fallout over fiscal issues in Japan which prompted heavy selling of Japanese bonds. There is often a certain amount of correlation between the sovereign ... READ MORE