For the week beginning March 31, 2023 – April 6, 2023, 30 Year and 15 Year Conforming rates decreased from the previous week. On Friday, March 31st, Core PCE Inflation (YoY) for Feb showed a decrease of 0.1% from 4.7% to 4.6%, a sign inflation is slowly decreasing. Monday, April 3rd, ISM Manufacturing PMI for Mar decreased from 47.7 to 46.3, suggesting that manufacturing is slowing. Wednesday, April 5th, ADP jobs for Mar decreased from 242K to 145K. Food and Recreation jobs increased by 90K, indicating that the slowdown in jobs is in the white-collar job sector; blue-collar jobs are strong. This trend could directly influence higher-priced home sales. Thursday, April 6, 2023, Challenger layoffs for Mar increased from 77.7K to 89.7K as did weekly Jobless Claims, which increased by 30K.
For the upcoming week of April 7th, 2023 – April 13th, 2023, key data will be released potentially determining the direction of interest rates. On Friday, April 7th Non-Farm payrolls Mar and the MoM Unemployment rate for Mar will be released. The key economic news for the week with the most impact on interest rates will be released on Wednesday, April 12th –the MoM CORE CPI for Mar. The previous month’s figure was 0.5, with a forecast of 0.4 for the upcoming release.
Market in Review:
· Per Black Knights Production Metrics 84.93% of all Mortgage Volume for the week was Purchase transaction, followed by 12.37% Cash out and 2.70% rate and term refinance.
· For the week 56.01% of all Retail loans originated were Government Loans (FHA, VA), while 43.98% were Conventional and Non-Conforming loans. A 3% product shift over the previous week.
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