Mortgage rates didn't move much today. Most lenders were just slightly lower/better this morning, but mid-day market weakness prompted several of them to reissue higher rates. In the bigger picture, however, the past several days represent a welcome stint of relative calm. The general trend had been toward higher rates beginning in mid-December. [30YR FIXED - 4.125%]Wednesday:
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• At 7:00 AM ET, The Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) will release the results for the mortgage purchase applications index.
• At 9:15 AM, The Fed will release Industrial Production and Capacity Utilization for December. The consensus is for a 0.4% increase in Industrial Production, and for Capacity Utilization to increase to 77.3%.
• At 10:00 AM, The January NAHB homebuilder survey. The consensus is for a reading of 73, down from 74 in December. Any number above 50 indicates that more builders view sales conditions as good than poor.
• At 2:00 PM, the Federal Reserve Beige Book, an informal review by the Federal Reserve Banks of current economic conditions in their Districts.
from Calculated Risk http://ift.tt/2rgDI3Y
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