DFW Real Estate Guidance for Buyers, Sellers & Relocating Families

Solid Data-Driven Gains: Solid Data-Driven Gains Thursday was a fairly straightforward session for bonds. Yields fell modestly overnight in response to slightly lower oil prices and then more forcefully after the cooler-than-expected PPI data. Mid-day fuel price volatility caused a slight pull-back, but not enough to undo a reasonably robust rally by the close. If there's a "yeah but," it's that yields remain broadly sideways near long-term highs and were unable to challenge last week's lows. Econ Data / Events Core PPI m/m (Jul) 0.2% vs 0.3% f'cast, 0.2% prev Core PPI y/y (Jul) 4.2% vs 4.2% f'cast, 4.7% prev Jobless Claims (Aug)/08 209K vs 202K f'cast, 199K prev PPI m/m (Jul) -- vs 0.2% f'cast, -0.3% prev PPI y/y (Jul) 4.7% vs 4.9% f'cast, 5.5% prev Market Movement Recap 08:36 AM Moderately stronger overnight and no whammies after PPI. MBS up an eighth and 10yr down 3bps at 4.666 12:55 PM Off best levels, but still up 10 ticks (.31) in MBS, and 10yr down 5.3bps at 4.644 03:55 PM flat this afternoon. MBS up 10 ticks (.31) and 10yr down 5.3bps at 4.643 http://dlvr.it/TV0lq1 bio.jasonabalos.com

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Lowest Mortgage Rates in Nearly 4 Weeks: Mortgage rates dropped noticeably on Thursday on a combination of lower oil prices and a lower inflation reading via the Producer Price Index (PPI). Rates are driven by bonds and bonds are highly responsive to the outlook for inflation and the economy. The Iran war caused inflation implications to spike and the periodic relief in fuel prices has coincided with bond market improvement (and lower rates). The official inflation data is just another form of the same benefit. Fuel prices are just one aspect of inflation--albeit a critical one, but they're more of a leading indicator. In contrast, big government data like PPI and yesterday's CPI (Consumer Price Index) help the market more accurately measure the true impact of fuel prices. PPI was only slightly lower than expected, but that was enough to account for most of today's improvement in rates. Top tier 30yr fixed rates fell 0.05% to 6.69% for the average lender. That's the lowest reading since July 17th--just one day shy of 4 weeks ago. [thirtyyearmortgagerates] http://dlvr.it/TV0gmV bio.jasonabalos.com

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