by NAMCO
March 10, 2012
Mortgage Rates came under pressure on Thursday as the Greek deal was finalized, slicing 107 billion Euro ($140 billion) off its debt. Equally important was Friday’s potentially market moving Jobs Report. Hence, I issued an “Alert to Lock” warning Thursday afternoon, as lenders moved to re price mortgage rates higher. The Jobs Report did pressure [...]
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by NAMCO
March 2, 2012
Mortgage Rates were on the rise earlier in the week as the price of the Fannie Mae Bond has been under pressure. Mortgage Rates move in the opposite direction of Bond Prices. Comments from Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke about the possibility of inflation due to higher gas prices along with no hint of further quantitative [...]
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