Friday, December 20, 2013

10 Year Comparison of ARM Indexes


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ARM Indexes: A 10-Year Comparison

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Monday, December 9, 2013

Rates continue to rise ...

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Monday, December 09, 2013

What happened last week?
Mortgage backed securities (MBS) lost -70 basis points (BPS) from last Friday's close which caused
30 year fixed rates to move higher for the third consecutive week. We saw our best rates on Monday and our worst rates on Friday morning. 

Last week was all about jobs and the labor picture.  And the picture certainly brightened.  With ADP Private Payrolls, Initial Weekly Jobless Claims and the Non-Farm Payroll report all coming in better than market expectations.  Friday's Non-Farm Payroll Report came in at 203K vs market expectations of only 180K.  It marked the second straight reading of 200K or more.  The Unemployment Rate fell from 7.3% to 7.0%.

Why do more people going back to work make mortgage rates go up? 
Mortgage rates have been artificially too low for two primary reasons.  First, the Federal Reserve purchases $85 billion of Treasuries and MBS each month which creates higher than normal demand for mortgage bonds which in return pushes down mortgage rates..  The Fed has made it very clear that they will begin to lower that amount of monthly purchases once the labor market improves enough.  Most economist are now projecting that the Fed will begin to "taper" in the first quarter of 2014.  During this summer (when rates were lower) it was projected that the Fed would begin to taper in the second  half of 2014.

Secondly, an improvement in the labor sector means economic growth and growth leads to inflation.  While there is certainly no  threat of inflation in the short term, bond holders look long-term and any inflationary threat is always negative for bonds and therefore bad for mortgage rates.


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