Mortgage Rates Only Slightly Lower After Ceasefire News

It’s a fluid situation in financial markets on Wednesday. The 2-week ceasefire in the Iran war caused a big reaction last night, but the benefit to the bond market (bonds dictate rates) has been increasingly wiped out during domestic hours.  If we measure the reversal versus yesterday’s closing levels at 5pm ET, the reversal is almost complete. But bonds were already rallying in the afternoon due to expectations for …