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Mortgage Rates on The Rise 9/25/2023
30 year treasuries skyrocketing this morning surpassingthe 4.5% mark. Mortgage Rates expected to increase this morning when they open. What’s going on? Rates are expected to increase until the 2024 election.
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Here are the treasuries screenshots for this morning. Mortgage Rates are expected to open higher this morning
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The recent increase in 30-year Treasury yields, which recently moved past the 7% mark, is due to several interrelated forces, notwithstanding the recent rate cuts that the Federal Reserve has undertaken. Out of many, certain points are worth examining:
Factors Influencing Rising Rates
Market Anticipations: ‘the market’ often rallies and lags with economic data expectations. If they anticipate vigorous economic growth, they may expect the Fed to hike Rates, which would cause Treasury yields to rise.
Inflation Issues: The general belief is that continuing inflation should also change Treasury yields as it would force investors to accept a declining purchasing power for fixed-income investments or seek higher rates of return. If inflationary conditions continue, this would be a factor in maintaining higher yields.
Policy by the Federal Reserve: The Fed has lowered rates some in the recent past, but market participants may see these cut rates as either brief or ineffective in aiding the economy, especially if inflation is a problem. Furthermore, if the Fed conveys a more tentative stance on cuts in the future or suggests a future rate increase, that could change market rates.
Supply and Demand: An increase in government bonds (Treasuries) in the market may also trigger a rise in yields. Suppose the government borrows more for spending purposes, which may have implications for the prices of Treasuries and their yields.
Geopolitical Factors: How key global events affect world politics may cause a shift in investors’ moods, which in turn may result in changes in bond markets. If investors change their game and look for safer assets, then yields may change due to changes in demand and supply.
Impact on Mortgage Rates
Correlation with Treasury Yields: Historical data has shown great correlations between mortgage yields and treasury bond yields. Since treasury yields are increasing, it is almost standard that mortgage rates will also increase. This leads to high borrowing power for members of the population who want to build an estate or breathe life into the family business.
Market Sentiment: If the market thinks the rates may go further up very shortly, mortgage zombies tend to raise their rates preemptively, resulting in abnormally higher rates long before the rate alteration happens.
To summarize, it has to be said that the Fed lowered the rates to drive the economy; however, the forces prevailing in the market, inflation performance, and expectation of growth in the upcoming term can make YTMs on both the bonds and mortgages increase, which will translate into a scenario worth the worst nightmare for investors in real estate or housing solutions. The movement of the rates, particularly when the 2024 elections are nearing, will be influenced by the real-time data on the economy and the indicators that the Fed will give out. It is important to understand these issues because they change the cost of borrowing significantly throughout the economy.