10 Year Treasury Rates UP – Yield Curve FLAT For Years 5+
On May 4th the Feds increased the Fed Funds rate by 50 bps AND curtailed their Taper Program holdings of
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On May 4th the Feds increased the Fed Funds rate by 50 bps AND curtailed their Taper Program holdings of
When coronavirus first impacted the United States in March 2020, sales of NEW homes immediately stalled but quickly recovered as
The Yield Curve has had slight changes this past week (the red line is current, and the green is last week). The Yield Curve is virtually flat for 5+ years and the inversion is BACK.
The Consumer Price Index (CPI) for March 2022 data was released on April 12th, 2022 and year-over-year levels came in
For the 7-day period ending April 7th, 2022, 10-Year Treasury rates increased 31 bps while mortgage rates were up 5 bps. This caused the net spread to Decrease from 25 bps to 58 bps ABOVE the normal spread of 168 bps. Bond investors are trying to get ahead of the Fed’s future moves. Rates ROCKET up and feather down.
Treasury rates increased a modest 4 basis points while Mortgage rates decreased 3 basis points for the 7 day period
Mortgage rates decreased a minor amount: 3 basis points this past week from 4.12% to 4.09%. While 4.00% is not
Mortgage rates increased 23 Basis Points this past week from 3.89% to 4.12%. While 4.00% is not a major price
Mortgage rates increased 23 bps this past week from 3.89% to 4.12%. While 4.00% is not a major price point,
Following the rise in U.S Treasuries last week, 30-Year Mortgage rates increased 14 basis points (0.14%) to 3.89% for the
Covid-19 and Mortgage Rates At the start of 2020, mortgage rates were trending downward, and the COVID-19 pandemic has only helped
With the COVID pandemic, changes occurred which exceed the scales of many of the graphs. Most of the changes were short-lived
In this Situation Analysis, LANDCO Principal David Rosenbaum examines how, in the tree of knowledge, economics does not branch from mathematics, but from politics and why we can be too easily dazzled by the numbers.
Morgan Stanley’s view of a “rentership society” is an interesting read, but underlying it is the specious argument that Fannie