Black Knight Originations Market Monitor: Rate Lock Volume Up 5.5% in July as Interest Rates Fall Back Below 3%; Refinance Activity Sees Largest Rise
Black Knight, Inc. (NYSE:BKI) released its Originations Market Monitor, revealing mortgage origination data through July 2021. As the Delta variant raised market uncertainty, the 10-year Treasury yield fell, driving July's conforming 30-year mortgage rates down to 2.99%, 17 basis points lower than June. Rate locks increased by 5.5%, with refinance locks rising 24% and cash-out refinances up 20%. However, purchase loan locks dropped 7% due to rising home prices and limited inventory. The refinance market returned to a 50% share, aided by the FHFA's repeal of the adverse market fee.
- Conforming 30-year mortgage rates fell to 2.99%, encouraging refinancing.
- Rate locks increased by 5.5%, indicating strong origination activity.
- Refinance locks surged 24%, suggesting robust homeowner interest.
- Cash-out refinance locks rose by 20%, signaling increased market activity.
- Refinance market share returned to 50%, benefiting from favorable regulatory changes.
- Purchase loan locks decreased by 7%, impacted by high home prices and limited inventory.
JACKSONVILLE, Fla., Aug. 9, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, Black Knight, Inc. (NYSE:BKI) announced the release of its latest Originations Market Monitor report, looking at mortgage origination data through July 2021 month-end. Leveraging daily rate lock data from Black Knight's Optimal Blue PPE – mortgage lending's most widely used pricing engine – the Originations Market Monitor provides the industry's earliest and most comprehensive view of origination activity.
"The market's uncertainty around rising Delta variant caseloads across the U.S. has helped push yields on the 10-year Treasury down to their lowest level since February," said Black Knight Secondary Marketing Technologies President Scott Happ. "This has, in turn, put downward pressure on mortgage interest rates, with our OBMMI daily interest rate tracker showing July's month-end conforming 30-year at
The month's pipeline data showed that overall rate locks were up
"When the FHFA announced the repeal of its adverse market fee for refinances in mid-July on top of already falling 10-year Treasuries, we saw interest rates tick down below
Each month's Originations Market Monitor provides high-level origination metrics for the U.S. and the top 20 metropolitan statistical areas by share of total origination volume. Much more detail on July's origination activity can be found in the full Black Knight Originations Market Monitor report located here.
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