Mortgage Rates Start Week Slightly Lower as Election Volatility Works Both Ways

Election Remains Dominant Source of Volatility While the average day of the past few weeks has involved election odds pushing yields higher, today was quite the opposite.  There's some debate as to whether it was polling or betting market odds that got the markets attention, but less debate about the nature of the ifs and thens at a broad level.  A modicum of lower certainty of a Trump victory was the catalyst.  It was a spark that didn't need to burn for long in this environment characterized by excessive dry powder for volatility. Bonds thought better of the overnight rally by mid-day, but not enough to undo the gains.  Ultimately,