give the market better insight into whether the underlying core of inflation has picked up.
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The current uncertainty of corporate governance caused huge transfers of money into more stable and safer assets. Large money managers shifted their investments into bonds, thereby lowering their yields and allowing mortgage rates to follow.Frank Nothaft
Additionally, applications for home purchase were the highest ever recorded last week, according to the Mortgage Bankers Association, which also reported that refinancing activity reached almost 50 percent of applications over the same period. The housing industry continues to amaze us.
Frank Nothaft
Consumer confidence slipped in February to the lowest reading in three months, but manufacturing activity appears to have strengthened last month. On net, the latest economic news had little effect on mortgage rates this week. Over the past five weeks, mortgage rates have remained within a narrow range of 0.1 percentage points around this week's averages. Our forecast calls for rates on 30-year fixed-rate mortgages to increase about one-quarter of a percentage point by the end of the year.
Frank Nothaft
With the conflict in Iraq seemingly under control, the financial markets have shifted focus back onto the economy. Freddie Mac's most recent economic forecast recognizes that the first half of the year may be slower than originally thought, but that the second half will begin to pick up.
Frank Nothaft
The decline in mortgage rates was primarily due to a weak employment report for September, which suggested economic growth is still a bit subdued. As a result, we expect mortgage rates will continue to stay quite affordable over the next few months, benefiting future homebuyers,
Frank Nothaft
Today ARMS account for about 30 percent of new loans. We forecast that share to fall to around 25 percent by the end of 2006.
Frank Nothaft
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