For the week ending 10.13.22 Mortgage rates INCREASE 26bp to 7.12%.
For a $100,000 loan the monthly payment INCREASED $17 to $656/mo or $0.44/day.
While mortgage rates INCREASED 26bp, 10 Year Treasury rates INCREASED 14bp. The net difference is a12bp increase in a spread of 315bp. With the historical spread being 168 there now exists a “safety cushion” of 147bp above this historical spread.
The historic spread between the 10 Year Treasury and mortgage rates is 168pb (see the green line, right axis) and currently, there is 147bp above the historical norm. For this spread to return to the historical norm, either mortgage rates will decrease or 10 Year Treasury rates will increase.
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