Rate Lock Advisory

Friday, April 16th

Friday’s bond market has opened down slightly following this morning’s economic data and a mixed open in stocks. The Dow is currently up 139 points while the Nasdaq has lost 17 points. The bond market is currently down 1/32 (1.57%), but strength late yesterday should improve this morning’s mortgage rates by approximately .125 of a discount point. If you saw an intraday improvement in pricing Thursday afternoon, you may not see another this morning.

1/32

Bonds

30 yr - 1.57%

139

Dow

34,175

17

NASDAQ

14,021

Mortgage Rate Trend

Trailing 90 Days - National Average

  • 30 Year Fixed
  • 15 Year Fixed
  • 5/1 ARM

Indexes Affecting Rate Lock

Low

Negative

Housing Starts (New Residential Construction)

The first of this morning’s two economic reports was March's Housing Starts at 8:30 AM ET that showed new home groundbreakings jumped 19.4% last month. This was stronger than expected, hinting at strength in the new home portion of the housing sector. It is a sign of economic strength, but this particular report is not considered to be highly important to the bond market and mortgage rates.

Medium

Neutral

University of Michigan Consumer Sentiment (Prelim)

This week’s final economic release was the University of Michigan's Index of Consumer Sentiment for April at 10:00 AM ET. It came in at 86.5, up from March’s 84.9 but softer than the 88.0 that was expected. The readings show that consumer sentiment is stronger this month than last month, albeit not as strong as expected. That means consumers felt better about their own financial situations than they did last month and are likely to spend more. Because the reading came in lower than predicted, we can consider the data neutral for mortgage rates.

High

Unknown

Bond Trends

Next week is light in terms of scheduled events that may influence mortgage rates. The first item on the calendar comes midweek and the majority of what is scheduled is housing related. We saw the benchmark 10-year Treasury Note yield break below an important threshold of 1.62% this week despite unfavorable economic news. If it holds below the next few trading days, we could see rates make another move lower. On the other hand, failure to do so is a strong sign rates are about to move higher. Look for details on this and all of next week’s activities in Sunday evening’s weekly preview.

Float / Lock Recommendation

If I were considering financing/refinancing a home, I would.... Lock if my closing was taking place within 7 days... Lock if my closing was taking place between 8 and 20 days... Lock if my closing was taking place between 21 and 60 days... Float if my closing was taking place over 60 days from now... This is only my opinion of what I would do if I were financing a home. It is only an opinion and cannot be guaranteed to be in the best interest of all/any other borrowers.


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