Everyone knows the stock market is in bull mode but one of the pieces of news getting lost in the shuffle is that this isn’t hurting the housing markets. Over the last month I’ve watched the yield on the ten year note drop from 5.13 to 4.87. Here was today’s activity:

What does this mean for interest rates? A drop from roughly 6.375% as a par rate to 5.875%.

This number doesnt exactly correlate to an APR as a lender will assess some points and fees and of course their are always closing costs which will increase the APR of the loan, but this is good news for people looking to purchase a home or refinance out of their existing ARM’s.