Volatility remains high after major FOMC meeting

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Published Date 9/19/2024

Today's Mortgage Rate Summary

How Rates Move:

Conventional and Government (FHA and VA) lenders set their rates based on the pricing of Mortgage-Backed Securities (MBS) which are traded in real time, all day in the bond market. This means rates or loan fees (mortgage pricing) moves throughout the day, being affected by a variety of economic or political events. When MBS pricing goes up, mortgage rates or pricing generally goes down. When they fall, mortgage pricing goes up.

Rates Currently Trending: Neutral

Mortgage rates are moving sideways today. The MBS market worsened by -10 bps yesterday. This was not enough to increase mortgage rates or fees. The market experienced high volatility yesterday.

Today's Rate Forecast: Neutral

Housing: We will get the August Existing Home Sales report at 10 am ET, it is expected move downward from 3.95M units on an annualized basis to 3.90M.

Jobs: Initial Weekly Jobless Claims were lower (better) than expected, 219K versus estimates of 230K. Continuing Claims remained elevated at 1.829M.

Manufacturing: We got our second straight regional manufacturing report that was better than expected. The Sep Philly Fed Manufacturing survey cracked into positive territory with a reading of 1.7 versus estimates of -1.0.

Central Banks: The Bank of England kept their main interest rate unchanged at 5.00% it was an 8-1 vote with the one vote wanting a 25BPS cut.

Today's Potential Rate Volatility: High

This morning markets are currently moving sideways. Volatility has started high as markets continue to respond to FOMC.

Bottom Line:

If you are looking for the risks and benefits of locking your interest rate in today or floating your loan rate, contact your mortgage professional to discuss it with them.

Source: TBWS

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