Mortgage Rates Today Decline Following Treasury Yields Lower on Bernanke Comments

Falling Treasury yields late last week are sending mortgage rates today lower on both conforming and jumbo mortgage loans. 10 year Treasury yields closed at 1.56 percent last Friday on news the Federal Reserve is more likely to act with another round of quantitative easing to force bond yields lower. At a conference in Jackson Hole, Wyoming, the Fed Chairman, Ben Bernanke, said they are ready to act with more easing if the economy slows down. This news sent bond yields lower and current mortgage rates lower as well.