The 2016 election won’t soon be forgotten in the mortgage or bond markets. Many of the predictions were dead wrong when it came to how interest rates would react to a Trump victory, and the reason ended up being very simple in hindsight. Are there any parallels that can help us prepare for the coming week?
Source: Kevin Litwicki MBSLIVE
2016 Reminds Us How Completely Crazy Next Week Could Be For Rates
Don't Believe This Week's Mortgage Rate News. Here's Why
Another week, another glut of news articles claiming mortgage rates are at all-time lows. Don’t believe them.
Source: Kevin Litwicki MBSLIVE
Don't Believe This Week's Mortgage Rate News. Here's Why
All-Time Low Mortgage Rates? Not Exactly…
Have you heard the one about “all-time low” mortgage rates? It’s been in the news quite a bit over the past two weeks, but it’s massively misleading. Rates are definitely not at all-time lows, although they’re close in some cases. What’s really going on here?
Source: Kevin Litwicki MBSLIVE
All-Time Low Mortgage Rates? Not Exactly…
Interest Rates Increasingly Focused on Stimulus
The bond market, which drives interest rates, is in the habit of reacting to big developments that impact the economy and inflation. At present, bonds are forced to wait for several such developments, but only one of them might come into focus this month.
Source: Kevin Litwicki MBSLIVE
Interest Rates Increasingly Focused on Stimulus
Rates Ignore Trump's Covid Diagnosis. Has The Bond Market Gone Crazy?
After weeks of incredibly subdued volatility, the bond market (which dictates rates) is starting to show some signs of life, but not for all of the same old reasons.
Source: Kevin Litwicki MBSLIVE
Rates Ignore Trump's Covid Diagnosis. Has The Bond Market Gone Crazy?