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As Fannie, Freddie start a second decade deferred, mortgage rates move up again

September 7, 2018 By Jason T. Shortes Author Leave a Comment

For the second week, there is an increase in the mortgage rates sustained by a selloff in the bond market, as housing is daunted with uncompleted work in the mortgage market.

According to the weekly survey of Freddie Mac, the 30-year fixed rate mortgage averaged 4.54% in the Sept. 5 week by two basis points. The average of the 15-year fixed rate mortgage is 3.99%, an increase from 3.97%. On the other hand, the 5-year Treasury-indexed adjustable-rate mortgage also averaged 3.93%, increased by eight basis points.

Those rates exclude fees related to the acquisition of mortgage loans.

Mortgage rates align with the benchmark path of the United States Treasury TMUBMUSD10Y, 0.93% note. In this case, the prices of the bond have reduced thereby causing an increase in the yields because the fantastic economic data of the previous week contributed to making the safe-haven assets less enticing.

Thursday is a favorable anniversary for Freddie FMCC, as it recorded +0.66% while its partner, Fannie Mae FNMA had -0.96%. It’s a decade to the day since both companies, which were on the edge of a liquidity problem were brought under the control of the government.

The plan which is referred to as conservatorship was supposed to be a temporal solution until the Congress can figure out a better and permanent solution, and that has not happened until now. Most observers of these two companies have noticed that these two brands have groomed themselves into steady and reliable guarantors that the American mortgage has been yearning for without any form of assistance from Washington over the past decade.

It is noteworthy to acknowledge that Freddie and Fannie also offered assistance to the housing market by purchasing mortgages from banks and other lending partners, and this has significantly helped these financial institutions to clear their balance sheets to lend more. The risk of these companies is watered down as they sell securities to investors. It is also observed that certainty and more capital would assist these two companies, and revitalize the weakening housing market.

The chief economist of Freddie, Sam Khater, in a recent release stated that there is an increase in the interest rate by few basis points, remove affordability in an already stretched slim market. According to him, “the dwindling in affordability is deterring various buyers who are interested this fall, despite being brought to the market by the healthy nature of the economy.” It is also good to know that applications for purchase mortgage have lately bounced back to above year-ago levels.”

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About Jason T. Shortes

He attended Palm Beach State College 1992-1993, then attended Eastern Florida State College 1994-1996 while waiting on tables to pay for living expenses and tuition. He entered into the Mortgage Business in 1998 as an originator working for GMAC soon afterwards he started BestRateDirect.com, Inc. mortgage company and passed state's tests and compliance licensing him and the company in many states, which stayed in business till the financial collapse of 2008. His duties were to grow and manage the company while analyzing and implementing daily financial and economic facts and trends, since then he has been a freelancer. He is also into photography as a hobby.

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