Slightly Stronger Start

Slightly Stronger Start

The bond market continues to decide who it wants to be in Q4, 2026--the harbinger of inflation concerns, debt issuance and economic growth or a safe haven for cash being freed up by AI capex deleveraging. We're starting slightly stronger today with the AI deleveraging trade apparently setting the tone. Movement is too modest to demand any rigorous analysis (Nasdaq lower, yields lower), but at least it's green.

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MBS & Treasury Markets
UMBS 6.0
98.91
+0.20 
10YR TREASURY
5.088
-0.047 
10/20/2026 10:40AM EST
Treasuries were at their best levels of the day at 10:30am ET, but are now at their worst levels with 10yr yields still down 1.3bps at 5.122. MBS aren't yet back to the AM lows, but are off the AM highs by roughly 6 ticks (.19).  Lenders who priced at those highs (around 10:30am or shortly after) could technically justify a small negative reprice.   READ MORE
Today's Mortgage Rates
30YR Fixed
7.40%
-0.03% 
15YR Fixed
7.05%
-0.02% 
10/20/2026
Mortgage rates were moderately higher to start the new week, adding to the modest losses seen on Friday. The silver lining is that any of the past 3 business days saw the lowest rates since September 23rd. There were no clear reasons for today's rate movement in terms of economic reports or news headlines. The same was true for last week's biggest swings which were driven by broad bond market sentiment as traders sought safer havens due to concerns about a pull-back in the...   READ MORE
Economic Calendar
Time Event Period Actual Forecast Prior
Tuesday, Oct 20
8:15AM ADP Employment Change Weekly 18.5K 24.75K
8:30AM Sep Building Permits (ml) Sep 1.4M 1.39M 1.403M
8:30AM Sep Housing starts number mm (ml) Sep 1.221M 1.30M 1.275M
10:00AM Sep Pending Home Sales (%) Sep -7.3% -0.5% 0.3%
Wednesday, Oct 21
7:00AM Oct/16 Mortgage Market Index Oct/16 199.2
7:00AM Oct/16 MBA Refi Index Oct/16 513.5
7:00AM Oct/16 MBA Purchase Index Oct/16 139.3
10:30AM Oct/16 Crude Oil Inventory (ml) Oct/16 -0.3M -8.557M
1:00PM 20-Yr Bond Auction (bl) 13