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Daleville Alabama Mortgage Rate June 2009

June 19, 2009 -- As we expected, Alabama mortgage rates backed down after their strong three-week run upwards. A tempering of enthusiasm about how quickly the economy will resume a pattern of growth and no new auctions of Treasury Bonds contributed to the decline.

Overall, fixed mortgage interest rates declined by 13 basis points, according to HSH's Alabama Fixed-Rate Mortgage Indicator, which includes rates for conforming, jumbo and expanded conforming loans. At 5.91%, rates remain quite favorable for potential homebuyers but probably not low enough to see refinancers lining up at lender offices. The overall average for 5/1 hybrid ARMs moved down by 11 basis points, landing at 5.33%. Conforming 30-year FRMs, perhaps the most important product in the market, slipped back by seventeen basis points for the week, while true 30-year FRM jumbos managed a decline of nine.

Another cascade of debt, which the market will be asked to absorb, comes due next week with a fresh (and record-setting) $104 billion in Treasury offerings. Rates moved higher prior to the last set of auctions of all debt maturities, but eased after demand turned out to be pretty solid for those new obligations. That was especially true for the longer-dated issues, which tend to affect Alabama mortgage rates. Next week's auctions cover two-, five- and seven year notes.

There can be no doubt that the economy is on an upward bent at the moment, climbing from truly awful depths. At this point, however, even outsized gains from one month to the next merely move us to a better grade of lousy, or levels which are still consistent with economic decline. For example, much was made of the 17% gain in housing starts during May; that gain was a rebound off the bottom of the bottom for starts, and the overall number of a 532,000 (annualized) rate of initiation was about the same as that seen in February and March. Single-family starts moved higher as well, but only represented the 'highest' level since last November when things were still worsening. Permits for future activity moved upward to 518,000, again roughly equivalent to March levels.

The National Association of Homebuilders index of member sentiment for June came in at a reading of 15, down from May's 16 and about the same as we've seen for the last three months. These are still extraordinarily low levels, even if improved from the depths of the winter. Sales of single family homes were unchanged, and traffic levels were reported as unchanged from meager levels seen in May. Along with the housing starts report, there seems to be very little momentum for the new home market and the recent rise in rates adds nothing to the argument for an impending rebound.

Concerns about future inflation probably aren't unfounded, but there continues to be little near-term evidence of a problem. The Producer Price Index moved 0.2% higher in May after a 0.3% lift in April, but even with the slight gain, PPI has declined by 4.7% over the past 12 months. Declines, however are fading into the rearview mirror. Core PPI, exclusive of the most volatile components, actually slipped back by 0.1% for the month, and has now cooled to a 3% year-over-year increase.

That's not quite the same tale told by the Consumer Price Index, which increased by just 0.1% for May. "Headline CPI" is falling at a 1% rate over the past twelve months, dragged downward by reductions in energy costs, but the recent reversal of gas prices will probably goose the number higher next month. Core CPI also increased by 0.1%, with the 1.8% increase in non-food and energy costs entrenched in the range seen over the last six months. Core inflation is muted, if solid, but actual deflation is nowhere to be seen here.

Also not in evidence are gains in output for the nation's factories, mines, and utilities. Industrial Production slid backward by 1.1% during May, fast on the heels of a 0.5% decline in April, and factory floors in active use eased further; now at just 68.3%, they remain well below any level which might promote price pressures. Alabama Mortgage Lender

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