The bipartisan legislation aimed at reducing barriers to new home construction, which included certain community bank riders, passed the lower chamber by a 358-32 vote.

Tech companies may be the biggest winners of a custodial deposit provision tucked away in a much-touted bipartisan housing bill set to become law this week.

Affected team members were offered severance, and some have received opportunities to remain with the company, a Pennymac spokesperson said.

Cybersecurity platforms said infiltrators gained access to terabytes of data with a wealth of personal information, but the lender disputed reported numbers.

The change aims to address hurdles in the onboarding process, which many have cited as a point of friction in mortgage servicing.

Mostly Sideways and Lacking Inspiration

Tuesday may as well have been a holiday. Volumes were among the lowest for any day in weeks and the lowest for a Tuesday in several months. The economic calendar was effectively empty and news/headlines had no discernible impact. There was token improvement in the AM hours but that merely served to keep yields in an increasingly narrow consolidation pattern that’s been underway for over a month.

Market Movement Recap

08:38 AM MBS up roughly an eighth of a point and 10yr down 2.6bps at 4.486. Heavy selling in stocks may be helping

11:50 AM MBS up 6 ticks (.19) and 10yr down 3.4bps at 4.478

02:35 PM Off best levels. MBS up 3 ticks (.09) and 10yr down 1.9bps at 4.493

Mortgage rates may be based directly on the bond market, but the two don’t always move in perfect lock-step. Today was a good example of that. Bonds improved enough for rates to move modestly lower according to typical correlation. Instead, the average mortgage lender improved by the smallest possible amount that we register on our daily rate index. When this happens, it’s often able to be explained by the timing of intraday volatility in the bond market and that’s generally the case this time around.  Simply put, yesterday morning’s best levels lined up with this morning’s weakest levels even though the bulk of today’s trading took place in moderately stronger territory. There was no major intraday volatility tied to any news headlines or economic reports. Tomorrow is also fairly quiet on the scheduled data front, but the calendar heats up a bit on Thursday morning. 

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Yesterday’s most interesting development was the visible decoupling of bond yields with oil prices. To a lesser extent, one could also lament that mid-morning stock selling failed to benefit bonds, but that’s far from a regular correlation these days. In fact, the stock/bond correlation is often reversed when the market is adjusting Fed rate expectations. Today’s trading session has seen some re-coupling with yields/oil/stocks all falling together. Some of the bond-specific weakness could have been driven by the official launch of SpaceX’s big corporate bond, and there’s been a heavy slate of corporate issuance in June so far in general.
We can also expect random tradeflows in multiple market sectors simply due to it being late June and money managers being required to buy/sell in order to rebalance portfolios to account for recent market movement. Despite all of the above, bonds are trading in a boring consolidation pattern with this morning’s little rally adhering to a descending ceiling.
 

The Senate passed a bipartisan housing package, which includes certain community bank provisions, in an 85-5 vote. The House is set to vote on the package Wednesday.