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Home » MBS Prices Finally Begin to Ratchet Down. Is the Big ‘Correction’ Upon Us or More False Positives?
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MBS Prices Finally Begin to Ratchet Down. Is the Big ‘Correction’ Upon Us or More False Positives?

May 20, 2016
Over the past two weeks, MBS prices have been on a downward trajectory, leading some market watchers to ponder whether the long-awaited correction in values is finally upon the industry. But no one is quite ready to wave the white flag. Moreover, there’s a school of thought that says any rise in the yield on the 10-year Treasury bond could be short lived and, at some time over the next six to 12 months, rates might head south again, igniting yet another small refi rally. Some also believe the chance of a recession is in the cards. Barry Habib, who runs MBS Highway, a rate-locking advisory service, thinks...
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