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Mortgage Market Snapshot 05-25-2011
Rate markets started slightly weaker this morning, the bellwether 10 yr note still unable to crack 3.10% closing yesterday at 3.11% and at 8:45 this morning at 3.13%. Mortgage prices also a little weaker, -4/32 (.12 bp) at 8:45. Asian stock markets were lower on soft earnings, Europe's stock markets trading weaker and US stock indexes looking soft into the 9:30 open. Crude lower to start the day while gold a little higher. At 8:30 April durable goods orders were a lot weaker than thought; orders expected down 2.0% fell 3.6% after increasing 4.4% in March, the decline in April the biggest since Oct 2010. When transportation orders are excludes durables fell -1.% against estimates of an increase of o.5%; ex defense orders -3.6% (-0.4% expected), the largest decline since Jan 2009. Durables are the most volatile series we deal with each month and subject to big revisions, no initial market reaction to the weaker report, but as the clock ticked the interest rate markets held well; at 9:15 mtg prices +1/32 (.03 bp). At 9:30 the DJIA opened weaker, down 35, the 10 yr +2/32 at 3.11% and mortgage prices +2/32 (.06 bp). At 10:00 March FHFA housing price index, ... more
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