Mon 29 Aug 2011
Rate Volatility for First Time Buyer Mortgages
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Mortgage rates have headed generally lower in the past few days following the S&P downgrade of U.S. debt. They’ve headed lower over the past few weeks for what is essentially the indictment issued by the S&P: there is a lack of general economic confidence largely due to their being a very specific lack of confidence in the abilities of our elected officials to agree, let alone define policies that would encourage growth. We’re seeing volatility in mortgage rates that is nearly unprecedented. During yesterday’s trading session, the market swung nearly 275 basis points. To put this in context, a 20-25 basis point swing in a day used to be a moderately volatile day. This volatility isn’t going away anytime soon and will create a unique way that we’re going to be evaluating loans for first time home buyers.
Mortgage rates for FHA and conventional loans are driven by the market and change day to day, almost minute by minute in markets like these. The impact of this on the mortgage comparisons is then immediately felt. There’s a difference in the state programs. Whether it is Colorado home buyer programs or Minnesota home buyer programs, the very nature of these interest rates are different than those of FHA and conventional programs. Governments tend to issue these bonds in large blocks, then offer the programs at a certain rate, and then go get new money. So, from bond series to bond series, they will vary, but from day to day they typically wont.
