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Modest Gains After Opening Weaker

Modest Gains After Opening Weaker

Tuesday ended up being a uneventful trading session despite 10yr yields hitting 3-week highs. Those highs were in place right at the open and things gradually improved from there. Markets are expressing a token amount of concern over the lack of progress on US/Iran peace, which  continues to be the biggest potential market mover. Notably, there was also an obvious reaction to Consumer Confidence data today (even though it was very small). This lets us know we can't tune out other econ data just because the broader momentum is more likely tied to geopolitical developments. 

Market Movement Recap
09:14 AM

Modestly weaker overnight. 10yr up 2bps at 4.362 and MBS down 3 ticks (.09).

11:07 AM

MBS down an eighth and 10yr up 1.8bps at 4.359

02:29 PM

MBS down an eighth and 10yr up 1.5bps at 4.357. No reaction to 7 year auction

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Modest Gains After Opening Weaker

MBS & Treasury Markets
UMBS 5.0 98.92 -0.10 10YR 4.349% +0.007% 4/28/2026 7:31PM EST
Bonds sold off slowly and steadily overnight, largely tracing a similarly steady rise in oil prices. The latter is most easily attributed to reports that Trump is not happy with the latest Iran peace proposal although those reports stopped short of saying the proposal was flat-out rejected. There was additional volatility in oil prices surrounding news that the UAE is pulling out of OPEC, but that mostly resolved with oil moving off the highs (more competition, less supply th...   READ MORE
Today's Mortgage Rates
30YR Fixed 6.38% +0.06% 15YR Fixed 5.94% +0.02% 4/28/2026
Mortgage rates moved moderately higher today for the average lender, but not for any exciting reasons. Rather, the change has more to do with timing of the underlying market movement. While it's true that mortgage rates are directly influenced by the bond market, mortgage lenders prefer to set rates once per day. From there, they will occasionally make adjustments if the bond market experiences enough volatility. The catch is that lenders are less likely to adjust rates th...   READ MORE
Economic Calendar
Time Event Period Actual Forecast Prior
Wednesday, Apr 29
7:00AM Apr/24 Mortgage Market Index Apr/24 303.3
7:00AM Apr/24 MBA Refi Index Apr/24 1023.1
7:00AM Apr/24 MBA Purchase Index Apr/24 175.6
8:30AM Mar Building Permits (ml) Mar 1.39M
8:30AM Mar Housing starts number mm (ml) Mar 1.40M
8:30AM Mar Core CapEx (%) Mar 0.5% 0.6%
8:30AM Mar Durable goods (%) Mar 0.5% -1.4%
10:30AM Apr/24 Crude Oil Inventory (ml) Apr/24 0.3M 1.925M
2:00PM Fed Interest Rate Decision 3.75% 3.75%
2:30PM Fed Press Conference
Thursday, Apr 30
8:30AM Apr/25 Jobless Claims (k) Apr/25 215K 214K
8:30AM Apr/18 Continued Claims (k) Apr/18 1820K 1821K
8:30AM Mar Core PCE (m/m) (%) Mar 0.3% 0.4%
8:30AM Mar PCE (y/y) (%) Mar 3.5% 2.8%
8:30AM Q1 Employment costs (%) Q1 0.8% 0.7%
8:30AM Q1 GDP Final Sales (%) Q1 0.3%
8:30AM Mar Core PCE (y/y) (%) Mar 3.2% 3%
8:30AM Q1 PCE Prices (Q/Q) Q1 2.9%
8:30AM Q1 GDP (%) Q1 2.3% 0.5%
8:30AM Q1 Core PCE Prices QoQ Q1 4.1% 2.7%
8:30AM Mar PCE prices (m/m) (%) Mar 0.7% 0.4%
9:45AM Apr Chicago PMI Apr 53 52.8
10:00AM Feb CB Leading Index MoM (%) Feb -0.1% -0.1%
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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
Owner/Broker
Great American Lending LLC
License:
MLO-4493
Company-201546