Mar 30, 2012 4:12PM "Across all operations in the schedule listed below, the Desk plans to purchase approximately $44 billion and sell approximately $43 billion in Treasury securities over the month of April." There were some slight changes in the size of the buybacks.. Mar 30, 2012 3:20PM After improving yesterday, Mortgages Rates moved higher today , falling roughly in line with mid-week offerings depending on the lender . The weakness was abrupt, arriving late in the day, but was not scarcely enough to affect the current Best-Execution 30yr Fixed Conventional Rate of 4.0%. That means the weakness was seen in the form of slightly higher closing costs. Buydowns to 3.875% remain too steep to make sense for most borrowers, and would need to get closer to the buydown that currently exists...
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