Minimal Change Despite Lack of Progress in Peace Talks

Minimal Change Despite Lack of Progress in Peace Talks

The word of the day is "stalled." You can't get far reading top news stories over the weekend without seeing it in reference to the negotiations that looked at least somewhat possible on Friday afternoon. At that time, official word was that Witkoff/Kushner were heading to Pakistan on Saturday morning to meet with Iran's FM Araghchi, but the US contingent never made the trek. Now this morning there are additional reports that a resumption of military operations is being considered. One would think this would make for a big hit to financial markets, but oil prices and bond yields are only modestly higher. And stocks are actually in slightly stronger territory, once again pushing new all-time highs.

Market Movement Recap
09:13 AM

Bonds modestly weaker on stalled peace talks. 10yr up 1.4bps at 4.317 and MBS down 3 ticks (.09).

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MBS & Treasury Markets
UMBS 5.0 99.16 -0.06 10YR 4.318% +0.015% 4/27/2026 10:32AM EST
The word of the day is "stalled." You can't get far reading top news stories over the weekend without seeing it in reference to the negotiations that looked at least somewhat possible on Friday afternoon. At that time, official word was that Witkoff/Kushner were heading to Pakistan on Saturday morning to meet with Iran's FM Araghchi, but the US contingent never made the trek. Now this morning there are additional reports that a resumption of military operations is being ...   READ MORE
Today's Mortgage Rates
30YR Fixed 6.32% +0.00% 15YR Fixed 5.91% -0.01% 4/24/2026
With zero change versus Thursday's latest levels, the 30yr fixed mortgage rate index maintained a 0.03% range for the entire week (and 0.04% going back to last Tuesday). At 6.32%, today's mark is close enough to Friday's 6.29% to say rates are hovering at the lowest levels in more than a month. The sideways drift reflects uncertainty surrounding the next phase in the Iran war. Prospects for negotiations were called into question for most of the week, but improved somewhat o...   READ MORE
Economic Calendar
Time Event Period Actual Forecast Prior
Monday, Apr 27
10:20AM NY Fed Bill Purchases 4 to 12 months (%) $5.058 billion
11:30AM 2-Yr Note Auction (bl) 69
1:00PM 5-Yr Note Auction (bl) 70
Tuesday, Apr 28
8:15AM ADP Employment Change Weekly 54.75K
9:00AM Feb Case Shiller Home Prices-20 y/y (% ) Feb 1.1% 1.2%
9:00AM Feb FHFA Home Price Index m/m (%) Feb 0.2% 0.1%
9:00AM Feb FHFA Home Prices y/y (%) Feb 1.6%
9:00AM Feb CaseShiller 20 mm nsa (%) Feb -0.1%
10:00AM Apr CB Consumer Confidence (%) Apr 89.2 91.8
11:30AM 2-Yr Note Auction (bl) 30
1:00PM 2-Year FRN Auction (%) 0.115%
1:00PM 7-Yr Note Auction (bl) 44
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If there were a movie about mortgage rates, this week would be the part where they say "it's quiet... almost TOO quiet." Case in point: MND's daily mortgage rate index has held inside a range of 0.04% since last Tuesday. This kind of thing happens several times per year. The previous two instances gave way to noticeably sharper movement, but there are older examples that resolved uneventfu... READ MORE